(August 31, 2018 at 5:45 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Doesn't follow..you say? Then neither would an argument purporting to show that since god is the creator of x, and x exists, so too must god. It is a one-for-one exchange with garden gnomes and gardens. Anyone who thinks it doesn't follow for garden gnomes but does follow for gods, after having had this explained..is delusional.
Glad to know that you'll be on hand to explain to your fellow believers, the next time this invariably pops up, that the argument doesn't follow.
Well that’s a different argument with a different form, which has a different issue. But I have no problem telling a Christian that they have a bad argument here (I’ve do done so before).
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
