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Why Does Atheism Have to be False?
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RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False?
I covered this recently in another thread so I will quote myself. This kind of argument contains many logical fallacies, and if you are interested, I can help you see why. It is based off the argument from incredulity, "I can't imagine how else all this could have happened."

If anything is unclear, please ask. I have links in the post to my website explaining what the fallacies mean.

(June 20, 2015 at 5:13 am)robvalue Wrote: All of science has never so far indicated there ever was "nothing". So to be blunt, to state there once was "nothing" is to make a completely unfounded assumption that goes beyond all scientific knowledge. We simply don't know what happened before a certain point.

But even if there was a "cause" then

cause =/= sentient being =/= god =/= any particular god

[ =/= means is not equivalent to ]

That's 3 non sequiturs in a row following an argument from ignorance/incredulity from an unsupported assertion.

Logic is my only friend.

I agree that there isn't 100% scientific proof for god. I would go further, and say that there is 0%. There isn't even a coherent definition that could be tested for.
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Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 3:51 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by robvalue - June 21, 2015 at 4:13 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 4:16 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by robvalue - June 21, 2015 at 4:20 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 4:53 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 5:00 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 4:27 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Alex K - June 21, 2015 at 4:38 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Alex K - June 21, 2015 at 4:58 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 5:10 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Alex K - June 21, 2015 at 5:15 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 5:45 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by robvalue - June 21, 2015 at 5:10 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by TubbyTubby - June 21, 2015 at 5:13 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 5:15 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Alex K - June 21, 2015 at 5:14 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by robvalue - June 21, 2015 at 5:16 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 5:25 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 5:22 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 5:26 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 5:45 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Aoi Magi - June 21, 2015 at 5:26 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 5:45 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by robvalue - June 21, 2015 at 5:26 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 5:50 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by LastPoet - June 21, 2015 at 5:35 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by TubbyTubby - June 21, 2015 at 5:49 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 5:55 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 5:55 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by ignoramus - June 21, 2015 at 5:58 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 5:59 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 5:58 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 6:02 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 6:04 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Whateverist - June 21, 2015 at 8:46 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 6:07 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 6:10 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by robvalue - June 21, 2015 at 6:09 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 6:14 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Alex K - June 21, 2015 at 6:09 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Alex K - June 21, 2015 at 6:12 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 6:13 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 6:12 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 6:14 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 6:18 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 6:22 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 6:27 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 6:28 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 6:41 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by crosssaves - June 21, 2015 at 6:44 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Longhorn - June 21, 2015 at 6:45 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by ignoramus - June 21, 2015 at 6:56 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by robvalue - June 21, 2015 at 7:08 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by TubbyTubby - June 21, 2015 at 8:49 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by robvalue - June 21, 2015 at 8:50 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Cyberman - June 21, 2015 at 9:55 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by LastPoet - June 21, 2015 at 10:02 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by robvalue - June 21, 2015 at 11:24 am
RE: Why Does Atheism Have to be False? - by Whateverist - June 21, 2015 at 11:54 am

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