RE: The Struggle to do Good
May 31, 2020 at 2:50 am
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2020 at 2:51 am by brokenreflector.)
(May 31, 2020 at 2:30 am)Shuffle Wrote: This is called an argument from ignorance. You are ignorant of what caused you to stop, so you assume that it must be God. That is not how these things work. If you don't know what caused you to stop, then you don't know. You are basically saying, "I have no explanation for what caused me to stop, so God is my explanation." What? Investigate, research, but don't throw your hands up and shout God. Don't use God as an object to fill in gaps of your knowledge.
No. And what you've done here is strawman my argument. That's not good practice by the way. It's better to steelman somebody's argument before responding to it. That's much more effective and persuasive.
What I've actually done is list all of the possible causes of this urge: nature, societal pressures, upbringing, etc.; and if the origin of this urge isn't any of these things, particularly not from nature, then the origin is by definition transcendental or metaphysical.
Stop mislabeling things as logical fallacies.
(May 31, 2020 at 2:46 am)chimp3 Wrote:(May 31, 2020 at 2:22 am)brokenreflector Wrote: What's with the personal insults?
Nothing! I did not mean to insult. There is nothing wrong with self pleasure! Keep on!
Why are you personally insulting me though? Are you angry?
