RE: Detecting design or intent in nature
January 23, 2015 at 7:30 pm
(This post was last modified: January 23, 2015 at 7:33 pm by bennyboy.)
(January 23, 2015 at 7:22 pm)Heywood Wrote:*resists desire to flame and post cat memes*(January 23, 2015 at 7:19 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Begging.
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The argument will be over when you guys can come up with an observation which supports proposition 2(and consequently falsifies proposition 1). There is no begging the question. There is only argumentative somersaults by you and others to try to avoid coming up with an observation which supports proposition 2.
No, dude. The situation is simple. You are making an assertion about nature: that it is designed (i.e. by God). You are dancing in semantic circles, and ignoring the many, many posts in which we explained to you what begging the question is, and in what way you are doing it.
You don't get to demand proof AGAINST your assertion. You are asserting it-- you have to demonstrate that the things you say were created actually were created. And you haven't, because there is no good evidence supporting those assertions. So parrot away about making us accept the BOP and provide proof. I'll provide proof that no intellect created evolution just as soon as you prove that yin/yang or magic fairies didn't do it.
Here's a basic lesson about proving a negative, and about why people who ask for it think they've "won," and about why it's an epic logic fail. Enjoy:
