Argument #2: Evolution Of Species

[Cyberman]

I'll leave this here for when he gets back from his timeout.

Apologies if this has already been covered; I'm catching up and replying on the fly.


Here's how it works. Please take the time to take this on board, beacuse it really is key to the entire issue.

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The Earth, like every planet we know, is spherical. Slightly flattened at the poles, hence "oblate". Now...

A man believes the world is a flat, circular plane. Does that change the shape of the world?

The man points to an ancient book which supports his belief. Does that change the shape of the world?

The man finds ten people who agree with him. Does that change the shape of the world?

Those people recruit thousands of followers. Does that change the shape of the world?

Some of those people are scientists. Does that change the shape of the world?

Eventually the group grows to millions, some of them world leaders. Does that change the shape of the world?

Soon the entire population believes the world is a flat, circular plane. Whole websites and libraries are filled with literature declaiming the truth of the world's being a flat, circular plane.

Does that change the shape of the world?

Would the world, if able to express a preference, care?

That is why the argument from popularity is a logical fallacy. We already know there are people with such beliefs; but belief in a thing does not equal the true nature nor even the existence of that thing.

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Are you insinuating that the Bible says the world is flat? It doesn't say that.

And neither did I. Look up the word "analogy". Then re-read what I wrote in the light of your insistence on arguing from popularity.