Quote:So someone said to me the other day that because I’m an atheist, I’ve got no humility
So what? Ad hominem AND Strawman fallacy; that does not invalidate the atheist position.
Tell it to go away and perhaps come back when it has grasped the basics of critical thinking.
I try not to argue with presuppositional* apologists ; I find them intellectually dishonest and often rather ignorant.
*a person who argues from a fixed premise,unwilling to even entertain the possibility of error. Most often theists,but I have also run across hard atheists just as bloody minded--not to mention people who defend a specific political party..
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IF you insist on arguing with those dropkicks,I suggest familiarise yourself with some of the more common logical fallacies used by theists.
These include:
Ad Hominem attacks
Stawman fallacy
No true Scotsman
Tu quoque/appeal to hypocrisy
Appeal to authority; EG citing the bible as evidence.
Argument by consensus.
Moving the burden of proof "you can't prove it's NOT true" (they make the claim, the burden of proof is theirs)
The Wiki article below is a good place to start. However,it's worth keeping in in mind
Quote:If you could reason with religious people,there wouldn't be any (Greg House)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_fallacies
