List of god arguments.
I think there needs to be a list of this poor excuses for logic so I'm making one.
Pascal's Wager
There needs to be a first cause (Big Bang)
God is (this thing/feeling)
My holy book says so
My religion is old
A lot of people believe
Banana = scary
Watchmaker
Morals (godly do good/atheist do bad)
- Communist
- Hitler
- Hippies (this one was a shocker to me)
Low Probability of Life means there is a creator
I had a feeling
Prayer works
Faith is enough
If I repeat it, If I repeat it, If I repeat it, If I (SLAP)
Fallacies (yes this is the catch all)
Uh this is all I could think of at 7:30 in the morning with no sleep. Feel free to add to or give the real names to arguments. I plan on explaining and then ripping apart each one so if you want to do that go ahead. Real world examples would be good for this I think. Maybe like two or three for the each of the really common ones, but presented in a different way. I’ll probably search the net for those sites that try to prove god and pull stuff off of there to break down.
Edit: is there a way I can tab or do bullets? I could figure out a quick example
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I think someone beat you to
I think someone beat you to it:
http://www.godlessgeeks.com/LINKS/GodProof.htm
Just for the record, there
Just for the record, there are at least two apologists who frequent this site who use this argument:
ARGUMENT FROM EXHAUSTION (abridged)
Atheist: No. So far I have only agreed with X! Where is this going, anyway?
(1) Do you agree with the utterly trivial proposition X?
(2) Atheist: of course.
(3) How about the slightly modified proposition X'?
(4) Atheist: Um, no, not really.
(5) Good. Since we agree, how about Y? Is that true?
(6) Atheist: No! And I didn't agree with X'!
(7) With the truths of these clearly established, surely you agree that Z is true as well?
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(9) I'm glad we all agree.....
....
(37) So now we have used propositions X, X', Y, Y', Z, Z', P, P', Q and Q' to arrive at the obviously valid point R. Agreed?
(38) Atheist: Like I said, so far I've only agreed with X. Where is this going?
....
(81) So we now conclude from this that propositions L'', L''' and J'' are true. Agreed?
(82) I HAVEN'T AGREED WITH ANYTHING YOU'VE SAID SINCE X! WHERE IS THIS GOING?
....
(177) ...and it follows that proposition HRV, SHQ'' and BTU' are all obviously valid. Agreed?
(178) [Atheist either faints from overwork or leaves in disgust.]
(179) Therefore, God exists.
It's the old "If you leave the discussion first, I win" argument.
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
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