RE: 'Counterargument - immediate fresh argument'---a forum game.
July 19, 2020 at 3:44 am
(This post was last modified: July 19, 2020 at 3:47 am by Porcupine.)
(July 19, 2020 at 12:43 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: If the harbor gazette writes about it, a ship will sink off the coast.
The harbor gazette will write about it,
therefore a ship will sink off the coast.
Invalid argument because 'if X happens then Y does happen", as a premise, isn't fulfilled with 'X will happen'.
Premise 1: If a great many fossils and DNA evidence is found then evolution is very probably true.
Premise 2: A great many fossils and DNA evidence is found---but God put them there to test our faith.
Conclusion: Therefore, evolution is very probably true.
"Zen … does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes." - Alan Watts
