RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
August 27, 2012 at 9:40 pm
(This post was last modified: August 27, 2012 at 9:42 pm by Cyberman.)
I can't find the clip, I've been trying for the last half hour or so, but there was a caller to The Atheist Experience (hosted by Matt and I think Jeff) who kept throwing around the accusation "that's a strawman fallacy!" at just about everything the hosts said, even when they were making no arguments of any kind and certainly no strawmen. For some reason I can't put my finger on, that caller reminds me of someone; for the life of me I can't figure out who.
Even then there won't necessarily be an ad hominem attack. It all depends on whether Atom was trying to make some point or other. There's a difference between saying "you're an idiot, so your argument fails" and simply expressing an insult couched as an opinion. If he had set out arguments regarding Jesus and you just responded with "blow fucking jesus out your donkey", that's an ad hominem.
The last bit of your sentence is perfectly valid though and sadly so true.
(August 27, 2012 at 9:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote: No, asshole. When I tell you to go blow fucking jesus out your ass THAT will be an ad hominem. And eventually all of you get there.
Even then there won't necessarily be an ad hominem attack. It all depends on whether Atom was trying to make some point or other. There's a difference between saying "you're an idiot, so your argument fails" and simply expressing an insult couched as an opinion. If he had set out arguments regarding Jesus and you just responded with "blow fucking jesus out your donkey", that's an ad hominem.
The last bit of your sentence is perfectly valid though and sadly so true.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
