RE: Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism?
March 20, 2017 at 8:25 pm
(March 20, 2017 at 6:21 pm)Whateverist Wrote: To ask that we accept on hearsay the claim that something seemingly impossible has happened asks us to believe what is unimaginable. I decline. The extraordinary requires more than the ordinary and it just isn't very difficult to determine what is extraordinary. If it involves something never before documented and a process not understood, it's extraordinary and requires special vetting. But for yourself of course you may be as tight or loose as suits you.
I can accept the idea that people require different degrees of proof. In my own case, no single item is conclusive or even particularly persuasive. It is the cumulative case, that I feel warrants belief. At the same time, it puts the lie to the idea that "no" evidence has been provided; but rather, just not enough to suit people who are willing to raise the bar if the conclusion doesn't match their preconceptions about how the world should work.