RE: MERGED: The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Part 1) & (Part 2)
December 15, 2014 at 9:58 pm
(December 15, 2014 at 9:08 pm)Stimbo Wrote: H_M is seriously positing a god that hides behind the Sun? Just because he can't think of a way to demonstrate that it exists outside his book and his head? Why are we still listening to this guy? He's about two steps away from ricky's territory at this point.
I don't think he's serious. I think he's trying to play the old Theist's game of "you don't know everything; so how do you know Yahweh isn't in some alternate dimension" or variations on that theme of shifting the burden of proof. His is just a lame, poorly thought out variation.
A popular variant lately is charging the skeptic with "presupposing against the supernatural". This is a sophisticated sounding variant on an argument from ignorance. I believe we live in a natural universe best understood b y science and reason. I don't have to prove the supernatural isn't real. The fact that all supernatural claims have failed to meet their burden of proof is sufficient to fall within the bounds of rational skepticism.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
