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Old 07-13-2010, 07:07 PM
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Default Why do atheists consider Argument from incredulity to not be evidence against Atheism

It IS. Everytime I see someone say it isn't I want to repeatedly hit myself. It IS evidence against atheism.
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Old 07-14-2010, 07:07 PM
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You said so. And thus it is.
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Old 07-19-2010, 07:07 PM
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I just can't believe it is. That would be silly.

Do I win this one with that evidence?
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Old 07-20-2010, 07:07 PM
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Because There are more things in heaven and earth, silver62, Than are dreamy of in your incredulity.
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Old 07-21-2010, 07:07 PM
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No it's not, it just means that we need to investigate more before we can arrive at a conclusion.
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Old 07-26-2010, 07:07 PM
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Try to make less sense.....I dare you.
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Old 07-28-2010, 07:07 PM
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You must hit yourself a lot.
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Old 08-01-2010, 07:07 PM
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The only evidence against atheism would be evidence for a deity.
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Old 08-02-2010, 07:07 PM
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extreme claims require extreme evidence, argument from incredulity is a logical fallacy
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Old 08-05-2010, 07:07 PM
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There is no evidence against Atheism.

I don't consider a piece of paper that says "Word of God" street magic and card tricks disguised as "miracles" or men dressed like wizards and fat women rolling their eyes and speaking gibberish to be "evidence".

Sorry.
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Old 08-07-2010, 07:07 PM
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..."argument from incredulity"? Am I the only one utterly confused?
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Old 08-10-2010, 07:07 PM
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Come on now, do you actually think that atheists believe in your specific deity and just publicly reject such a claim? There are thousands of Gods out there, and which one should we pay homage to? Allah, Buddha, Rhama, even Thor have the exact same true evidence as whatever god or goddess you believe in. The evidence for any benevolent being is in books, pamphlets, and your culture not in science or reason. Incredulity is in no way an argument against atheism, but nice try!!!
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Old 08-11-2010, 07:07 PM
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They do no believe in incredulity
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Old 08-15-2010, 07:07 PM
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Exactly how is that evidence against atheism? I'm really curious as to how you think that.
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Old 08-17-2010, 07:07 PM
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There is no evidence for or against the existence of god . You can start hitting yourself now .
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Old 08-18-2010, 07:07 PM
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"It IS....It IS evidence against atheism."
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Um...OK. If you REALLY insist, then I guess I'll take you at your word.
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Or you could actually explain your logic here. I'm interested to hear it. How do you get from "the universe is here" to "a super-being Gustave created it" in a logical manner?
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Old 08-23-2010, 07:07 PM
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Argument from ignorance, also known as argument um ad ignorants or appeal to ignorance, is an informal logical fallacy. It asserts that a proposition is necessarily true because it has not been pr oven false (or vice verse). a false dilemma or false dichotomy in that they both fail to consider perfectly valid alternatives. A false dilemma may take the form:

If a proposition has not been disprove, then it cannot be considered false and must therefore be considered true.
If a proposition has not been pr oven, then it cannot be considered true and must therefore be considered false.
Such arguments attempt to exploit the facts that (a) true things can never be disprove and (b) false things can never be pr oven. In other words, appeals to ignorance claim that the converse of these facts are also true (therein lies the fallacy).

Nice Try.
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Old 08-27-2010, 07:07 PM
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The God premise is equally as plausible as an infinite number of alternatives. It is not an argument from incredulity.
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Old 08-29-2010, 07:07 PM
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Just because you do not understand how me finger works does not mean that it isn't giving you the salute.

What you are saying is that because you don't know a magical faerie must have done it. This is illogical.
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Old 08-31-2010, 07:07 PM
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Why? Maybe they reject anything that does not support their views?

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