(December 3, 2012 at 5:54 pm)pocaracas Wrote:You said that I find magic more likely than non-magic. However, as atheists frequently note, Christians only reject one fewer gods than atheists. In general I find natural explanations more likely than supernatural.(December 3, 2012 at 3:01 pm)John V Wrote: That's interesting. How do you reach that conclusion?Simple: You label yourself as christian. Your interventions in this forum show that you believe that a deity exists. Said deity must interact with this world by some form of magic..... hence, my conclusion that you think magic is likely.
Your use of probabilities is fallacious. To say that an outcome is unlikely in general does not preclude particular instances of the outcome. It was unlikely that my lottery ticket last week was a winner. Yet, two people won. Atheists correctly use this logic when creationists use arguments based on probabilities.
Quote:John just wants me not to discard his hypothesis, the one about magic, the one which, to me, is unlikely... very unlikely.Huh? I don't really care what you accept or discard.
