RE: Atheism is unreasonable
November 4, 2014 at 7:22 pm
(This post was last modified: November 4, 2014 at 7:28 pm by Simon Moon.)
(November 4, 2014 at 6:33 pm)Crossless1 Wrote:(November 4, 2014 at 6:16 pm)His_Majesty Wrote: So the origin of consciousness has come from within the brain, which is like saying the origin of the engine of your car has to come from within the car. It is foolishness.
Congratulations, you have expressed the worst analogy of the day! Thanks for the chuckle. Now go sit in the corner and don't come out until you thoroughly understand how incredibly fucking inane it was and why.
^At this point, I'm leaning toward tenacious Poe. But that's just me being optimistic.^
And I'll bet he doesn't even understand why his analogy fails.
(November 4, 2014 at 6:16 pm)His_Majesty Wrote: When I can conceive the thought of consciousness originating from inanimate matter, I will abandon my beliefs.
Great.
A classic example of the 'argument from ignorance' fallacy.
Nicely played sir, nicely played.
It's almost as if you have not kept up with the last 2 decades of major advancement in the neurosciences.
Lots of good science on the origin of consciousnesses. Magic not required.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
