RE: Argumentum ad Ignorantium Fallacy
January 27, 2019 at 6:38 am
(This post was last modified: January 27, 2019 at 6:40 am by EgoDeath.)
You can claim there is a magical space elf that visits you at night. Without evidence of a nocturnal magical space elf, I have no reason to believe one exists.
You can claim there is a unicorn that you ride to work every. Without evidence of the unicorn, I have no reason to believe one exists.
You can claim that you have access to literature which explains how to turn iron into gold. Without evidence of these books or evidence of your riches, I have no reason to believe you have obtained such alchemical knowledge.
You can claim that some ultimate being with superpowers created our universe and watches over our lives. Without evidence of this being I have no reason to believe it exists.
The fact that our existence cannot be fully explained is not enough to accept that there is a god or divine creator. In fact, it's not even a start; it certainly isn't enough to claim that it is evidence of a divine creator. The fact that we don't understand why anything exists at all does not mean there must be some creator or intelligence behind existence. It simply doesn't. These questions, as meaningless as they may be, are just that: questions. That's it. That these questions exist don't suddenly give us the authority to start making claims about divine beings. There's no reason to believe that god is an explanation for our existence any more than the idea that maybe our universe is just a flame flickering on a candle somewhere inside some alternate reality.
There are a million and one explanations you could come up with to explain things; it doesn't mean any of them make sense or even need to be taken seriously. "God" is just another silly way that people try to explain things they don't understand.
You can claim there is a unicorn that you ride to work every. Without evidence of the unicorn, I have no reason to believe one exists.
You can claim that you have access to literature which explains how to turn iron into gold. Without evidence of these books or evidence of your riches, I have no reason to believe you have obtained such alchemical knowledge.
You can claim that some ultimate being with superpowers created our universe and watches over our lives. Without evidence of this being I have no reason to believe it exists.
The fact that our existence cannot be fully explained is not enough to accept that there is a god or divine creator. In fact, it's not even a start; it certainly isn't enough to claim that it is evidence of a divine creator. The fact that we don't understand why anything exists at all does not mean there must be some creator or intelligence behind existence. It simply doesn't. These questions, as meaningless as they may be, are just that: questions. That's it. That these questions exist don't suddenly give us the authority to start making claims about divine beings. There's no reason to believe that god is an explanation for our existence any more than the idea that maybe our universe is just a flame flickering on a candle somewhere inside some alternate reality.
There are a million and one explanations you could come up with to explain things; it doesn't mean any of them make sense or even need to be taken seriously. "God" is just another silly way that people try to explain things they don't understand.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
