RE: Argument against atheism
December 24, 2011 at 11:54 pm
(This post was last modified: December 25, 2011 at 12:02 am by amkerman.)
I just find it amusing that you picked "I am going to die" and asserted that is a fact and not an assumption cake. So the fact is based on the assumptions that you are alive, conscious, exist, and are mortal.
You tell me to prove that theism is logical AND provide you with evidence that consciousness exists apart from the brain, as if either of those conditions somehow have bearing on whether my argument is valid. There is plenty of evidence in the field of parapsychology which suggest consciousness exists apart from the brain. Whether you accept that evidence is of course another matter, and of course you don't accept such evidence. I would advise that you begin with familiarizing yourself with the work of Cleve backster and primary perception nonetheless. From there you can look into NDE studies if you like.
You obviously don't understand the fallacy of composition. I am not assuming anything about a class of things based on information about a parts. I am simply stating:
Only universal forces are believed to exist apart from our subjective experiences of them.
Consciousness is believed to exist apart from our subjective experience of it.
Therefore, consciousness is a universal force.
The argument makes no assumptions about the class "universal forces". It also makes no assumptions about the part "consciousness". You obviously need to brush up on fallacies. May I suggest the Internet.
* therefore, consciousness is 'believed' to be a universal force...
You tell me to prove that theism is logical AND provide you with evidence that consciousness exists apart from the brain, as if either of those conditions somehow have bearing on whether my argument is valid. There is plenty of evidence in the field of parapsychology which suggest consciousness exists apart from the brain. Whether you accept that evidence is of course another matter, and of course you don't accept such evidence. I would advise that you begin with familiarizing yourself with the work of Cleve backster and primary perception nonetheless. From there you can look into NDE studies if you like.
You obviously don't understand the fallacy of composition. I am not assuming anything about a class of things based on information about a parts. I am simply stating:
Only universal forces are believed to exist apart from our subjective experiences of them.
Consciousness is believed to exist apart from our subjective experience of it.
Therefore, consciousness is a universal force.
The argument makes no assumptions about the class "universal forces". It also makes no assumptions about the part "consciousness". You obviously need to brush up on fallacies. May I suggest the Internet.
* therefore, consciousness is 'believed' to be a universal force...
