RE: A good case against God
July 10, 2012 at 8:42 am
(This post was last modified: July 10, 2012 at 8:47 am by LastPoet.)
(July 10, 2012 at 7:59 am)NickB Wrote: the burden of proof is rubbish!What an ignorant thing to say

If you really think that way, I have a bridge in Brookilyn that I'll make a good price, just send me10 K dollars and its yours.

Quote:perhaps you are assuming that theists have the burden of proof just because you are atheist.
No, because you say X exists(in your case, god), its your burden to show us that X exists. I am an atheist as a conclusion from the fact that there isn't a spec of evidence for a god, not mentioning your speciphic god.
Quote:this is just assuming from a theological standpoint, you could twist that logic e.g. a person from the flat earth society might say ' i don't need to present evidence that the world is flat but you must give evidence of the world being round'. your logic is lazy. in order to prove the non-existance of god you must present your own arguments. otherwise its looks like you are just trying to cop out of an argument. come on people!
I don't make any claims, I reject the claim theists make that there is a god. There is no evidence, just woo and switching the burden to us.
Why is your god real, and not the hindu pantheon? Either you acknowledge its a matter of faith, or you will have to be dishonest enough to claim bigger knowledge than hindus, just on faith.
BTW, there is such thing as 'lazy logic'.
(July 10, 2012 at 8:42 am)NickB Wrote: In the words of William Lane Craig : 'absence of evidence is not evidence of abscence'
Yes, but the absence of evidence don't give you the right to claim any god, and WLC is just a snake oil salesman, his favourite argument is nothing but a big non-sequitur. BTW, it wasn't WLC that coined that phrase.