(March 25, 2013 at 8:59 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Darkstar you made a post criticizing something that I wrote saying that I was making a fallacious argument from authority. I looked at and I took one look and realized you didn't even have an undergraduate level knowledge of atheism.But atheism is just a lack in belief in god, I didn't realize you needed to go to atheism ed...
(March 25, 2013 at 8:59 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Why can't you just admit you are wrong?Because I'm not...unless you can show otherwise.
(March 25, 2013 at 8:59 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Just think about what you are writing here. Let me ask you, how does what you are writing prove my point?It doesn't. If it does, then why not explain it? How is a chemist an authority on biology?
Quote:Example, a chemist rejects evolution. A chemist is not a biologist, nor an evolutionary biologist. Scientists can provide mountains of evidence in favor of evolution. Therefore the appeal to authority is fallacious.