RE: Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism?
March 24, 2017 at 12:59 pm
(March 24, 2017 at 12:37 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(March 24, 2017 at 12:23 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: I stand corrected. It's not a dodge. It's sophisticated philosophy of science.
You seem confused about the difference between mere claims and actual evidence. I don't think that helps your case. In any event, no: science doesn't falsify such claims. However, common sense coupled with an approach to the claims that doesn't require prior credulity to buttress a religious conclusion certainly argues against it. It's not my job to support your claims.
Nope... it's not your job to support my claims... but it is to support your own claims.
And to what claim are of mine are you referring to here? I didn't say all that much. One might think this is a misdirection to avoid the reasoning, that you think is a waste of time.
My claim is pretty straightforward: Christians (of which you are one, if I'm not mistaken) make a number of claims based on their scriptures that fly in the face of everything we now know about how the world works. When pressed to justify these beliefs, they dodge the issue and try to lay the legwork on the skeptic: "Prove it's not true. After all, the cause of these extraordinary events we claim happened is supernatural! If science can't disprove the claim, you have no reason to say they're false." Etc., etc.
But aside from the book itself, which is the source of your claims and not the evidence for them, you have nothing. Without a prior commitment to believing in the veracity and factuality of the source, it would never occur to you to lend credence to some of these stories -- any more than you do for similarly fantastic stories from traditions not your own. You are likely a proper skeptic when it comes to those other beliefs, but a special pleader when it comes to yours (assuming, of course, you are a Christian).