RE: Thoughts on Atheism and Apologetics
June 26, 2015 at 5:53 pm
(This post was last modified: June 26, 2015 at 5:53 pm by Simon Moon.)
(June 22, 2015 at 11:12 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:(June 22, 2015 at 8:13 am)Stimbo Wrote: Wow. Pointing to one bit of a story to evidence another bit of the story. How old do you think we are, Randy?
I ask myself that every time I read the posts from some members of this forum.
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Stimbo points out your circular logic, and the best you can do is ad hominem.
Why should we expect any better?
As I pointed out in another thread weeks ago, you came here with the claim that you were going to argue from logic and reason, yet your posts are loaded with just about every fallacy there is.
Count me as another who is unimpressed.
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.
