RE: How was the sun created on the fourth day?
June 17, 2013 at 3:08 pm
(This post was last modified: June 17, 2013 at 3:08 pm by Fidel_Castronaut.)
(June 17, 2013 at 2:55 pm)Tonus Wrote:(June 17, 2013 at 2:27 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Yeah, that's why you can never win an argument with theists. They always play the magic card for a trump. I personally consider the argument won if they have to resort to that.
There are two fall-back positions that effectively end any argument. One is "god can do anything" and the other is "you cannot judge god" (often stated as "who are you to say that god can't do that?"). Which is just another way of saying "god did it, and you can't prove he didn't."
I always enjoy "you can't know god's will [or a similar facet]", despite the fact that that statement precludes that idea because you've already made a claim of knowledge about god in the same statement. I know not all theist do this, but a few I've come across on the Internet who propose this idea have the retort to right over their heads. Oh well, can't win 'em all I guess.