In the absence of evidence for God's existence, Christians are consoling themselves with yet another fallacy.
The headline should have been "Not even the smartest man in the world has the evidence for the existence of God"
Although, what makes someone the smartest man in the world is unknown, and the sources they give here are questionable.
Nevertheless, it is a logical fallacy that even Christians wouldn't follow if it was referring to something that is serious, instead of the existence of a magical man.
Let us say the world's smartest man told a Christian for no reason that he has a brain tumor and that he needs surgery right away, and that he has no other evidence for the existence of this tumor other than the fact that he is the world's smartest man. Needless to say, the Christian would likely refuse the surgery.
Quote:World’s smartest man professes Christian faith on social media
On June 17, South Korean scientist YoungHoon Kim, who claims he has an IQ of 276, the highest IQ ever recorded, posted on X: “As the world’s highest IQ record holder, I believe that Jesus Christ is God, the way and the truth and the life.”
His post has received 14 million views and a quarter-million likes as of Thursday, June 19.
Kim’s claim to being the world’s highest IQ record holder has been verified by organizations such as the Giga Society, Mensa, World Memory Championships, World Memory Sports Council (in partnership with Guinness World Records), and Official World Record.
Kim, responding to the tremendous popularity of his original post, said in another X post on June 19 that he “will use this opportunity to lead many souls to God.”
“Amen. Christ is my logic,” Kim, 36, said in another response to a commenter on X.
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The headline should have been "Not even the smartest man in the world has the evidence for the existence of God"
Although, what makes someone the smartest man in the world is unknown, and the sources they give here are questionable.
Nevertheless, it is a logical fallacy that even Christians wouldn't follow if it was referring to something that is serious, instead of the existence of a magical man.
Let us say the world's smartest man told a Christian for no reason that he has a brain tumor and that he needs surgery right away, and that he has no other evidence for the existence of this tumor other than the fact that he is the world's smartest man. Needless to say, the Christian would likely refuse the surgery.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
