(June 7, 2012 at 2:28 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(June 7, 2012 at 2:08 am)apophenia Wrote: I believe that's what's known in the literature as the "Oh yeah?" defense.
I believe it is colloquially known (at least by me) as the "What if monkeys fly out of my butt? defense" as well.
Then I think we should rename the defense to "What if Noah's Ark exists?" because monkeys flying out your ass is more plausible than the story of the flood.
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"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).