RE: Atheists don't realize asking for evidence of God is a strawman
November 9, 2017 at 1:49 pm
(This post was last modified: November 9, 2017 at 1:52 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 9, 2017 at 1:40 pm)pool the matey Wrote:
(November 9, 2017 at 1:38 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Your "argument" fails at the first premise, and then manages to reach a conclusion that is not only false in it;s own right....it doesn't follow anyway.
Why do you think it fails?:
Quote:Only scientific works or works that claim that they can withstand scientific scrutiny can be subject to scientific scrutiny.
For the basic and fundamental reason that any premise fails. It is not sound. Not only do you have no reason to believe that it's true..it's patently, trivially, and demonstrably false.
Many claims outside of peer reviewed journals are incredibly well suited for and subject to scientific scrutiny. You won't find the notion that arsenic laced jelly beans cure cancer in any peer reviewed journal...but scientific research can certainly tell you both why and that they don't if anyone wants to claim it in their arsenic laced jelly bean advertisements. Similarly, just because magic book isn't a peer reviewed journal doesn't mean it contains no claims that are well suited for and subject to scientific scrutiny.
So that's problem one, isn;t it? You need sound premises for the argument to be true. You do not have sound premises. OFC...assuming you had sound premises...and ignoring that this is not a sound premise..it wouldn't matter. Your conclusion doesn't follow from your unsound premise anyway. You don't even have a -valid- argument.
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