RE: What one thing would disprove Christianity to you?
January 8, 2013 at 5:01 am
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2013 at 5:23 am by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
(January 8, 2013 at 4:36 am)fr0d0 Wrote:(January 7, 2013 at 8:35 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: That's simply an appeal to consensus fallacy. Simply because it is commonly accepted that these things are non-empirical objects does not mean they are so.The OED is an example. This is annoying.
I'm not sure what you're saying. OED? You mean The Oxford English Dictionary? Is a dictionary being appealed to again?
Quote:You're saying just because a concept is accepted, it should also be known before you understand it.
Can you explain why it should be accepted that angels and the like be classified as non-empirical objects without resorting to logical fallacies? Appealing to a dictionary as proof is a logically fallacy similar to appealing to authority.
Quote:(January 7, 2013 at 8:35 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: I never made the claim that they are empirically provable. I just want to know why you guys think they're "non-empirical" whilst apparently dismissing other extraordinary claims for empirical reasons. So far I've been only been given appeal to definition and consensus fallacies in response.
And it is being explained to you. More arm waving. I expected more from you.
I don't see it. What are you talking about?
Quote:(January 7, 2013 at 8:35 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: I never said the non empirical cannot be true.Good. Now continue your conversation with Ryft. Adieu.
He seems to have gone into hibernation.
Side-note: After reviewing my posts in this thread, I definitely need to learn to spell "empirical" correctly.
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).