(June 14, 2014 at 10:05 pm)Lek Wrote:(June 14, 2014 at 8:28 pm)Starvald Demelain Wrote: This is called argumentum ad populum, as Kitanetos pointed out, and here is a link for your convenience.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum
Seriously Lek, you've got to stop resorting to ad. pop.
Call it what you want, but if 9 out of 10 people throughout history believed in God, especially accomplished scientists, I'm going to give that a lot of weight
Your willing, and blatant, use of ad. pop is noted. What I outlined in bold is called an argument from authority, and when it is misused it is a fallacy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority
(June 14, 2014 at 10:05 pm)Lek Wrote: - added to the fact that I experience God.
And what of those who say they experience Allah, or the Goddess, or Aphrodite, or Zues, or Odin? You see where I'm going with this right?
(June 14, 2014 at 10:05 pm)Lek Wrote: If some reputable person told you he had a stomach ache, would you believe it or you try to make him prove it?
You do know that this is like comparing apples with supernatural oranges right? I mean honestly Lek, I expected better even from you.