RE: Jesus "a story too improbable not to be true."
November 29, 2011 at 12:00 am
(This post was last modified: November 29, 2011 at 12:01 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:Jesus "a story too improbable not to be true."
One of the more common and simple-minded apologist arguments. It could just as well be just be (and is) argued 'too improbable to BE be true" .Both arguments are based on the same logical fallacy; argument from incredulity/lack of imagination.
Quote:Argument from incredulity/Lack of imagination
Arguments from incredulity take the form:
P is too incredible (or: I cannot imagine how P could possibly be true); therefore P must be false.
It is obvious that P (or: I cannot imagine how P could possibly be false); therefore P must be true.
These arguments are similar to arguments from ignorance in that they too ignore and do not properly eliminate the possibility that something can be both incredible and still be true, or appear to be obvious and yet still be false.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance
