RE: Debate with a Christian
March 5, 2014 at 9:25 pm
(This post was last modified: March 5, 2014 at 9:26 pm by Cyberman.)
(March 5, 2014 at 8:40 pm)discipulus Wrote:(March 5, 2014 at 8:38 pm)pocaracas Wrote: In the end... either you presuppose there's a god, or you realize you have no evidence for it.
There, debate finished, good night! :p
That is a false dichotomy which is an informal fallacy.
Perhaps if you can suggest a third option so as to demonstrate the dichotomy, instead of simply asserting it and claiming victory, you might find people more willing to trust your honesty and engage you in debate.
Maybe not, but isn't it worth the effort?
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.'
