RE: Atheism Destroyed in Under 50 Seconds
July 4, 2012 at 1:42 pm
(This post was last modified: July 4, 2012 at 1:48 pm by Ace Otana.)
(July 4, 2012 at 1:32 pm)CliveStaples Wrote: t the only logically possible explanation for B is A. That is, A is the only thing that ever even possibly causes B. Suppose you don't have any evidence that A has ever happened. But then you see that B happened. Can't you infer that A happened?
No. How can you state that A (for which hasn't been demonstrated to exist) be the only possible cause to B? I could state that X is the only possible cause and look, there's B so X must be true!!!
Wrong! It doesn't work that way. You can state that A or C or D or E or F or G, ect ect were the ONLY possible cause but they'd be just as valid as each other. Just as likely (which is not at all to be realistic). Unless you can demonstrate that A exists and is the cause, nothings going to change.
Here's your argument thrown back at you -
Quote:You can only exist through the intervention of pixies, now pixies haven't been proven to exist but look! You exist, so there for pixies must exist!See why it fails?
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.