RE: Atheists don't realize asking for evidence of God is a strawman
November 9, 2017 at 2:13 pm
Aroura Wrote:No one is claiming the bible is a scientific text. That's your strawman.
I'm not saying you actually say that Bible is a scientific text. I'm saying it's a soft claim you make when you demand scientific evidence from a religious text that never claimed it was scientific and never claimed it can withstand scientific scrutiny.
I wrote a TLDR read it and you'll get a better idea:
Quote:So my argument is this:
* Only scientific works or works that claim that they can withstand scientific scrutiny can be subject to scientific scrutiny.
* Bible doesn't claim it's a scientific work nor does it claim that it can withstand scientific scrutiny.
* So if someone asks for scientific evidence for God it also carries a implicit claim that Bible has claimed it is a scientific work or that it can withstand scientific scrutiny. This implicit claim is what I called the straw.