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Are Atheists using Intellectually Dishonest Arguments?

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Are Atheists using Intellectually Dishonest Arguments?
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RE: Are Atheists using Intellectually Dishonest Arguments?
March 11, 2018 at 12:53 am
Grandizer Wrote: Well, 'b' isn't an explanation. It's just a statement of ignorance, so Occam's razor doesn't apply here (I think).

But yeah, 'b' is far more reasonable a stance to take than silly 'a'. God explanations fail on so many accounts and in so many ways I can't take such explanations seriously.

How about this one.


How did the universe come to exist?

a) supernaturally 

b) naturally


Apply razor.
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RE: Are Atheists using Intellectually Dishonest Arguments? - by rskovride - March 11, 2018 at 12:53 am

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