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The argument doesn't appear to have any formal fallacies, but it is extremely unsound because all of the premises are unsupported and rather questionable.
??? Atheism is simply the lack of belief in God. It doesn't imply anything about...ontology.
This is alleged certainty because the premise isn't supported, it's just asserted as "certain". |
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answered on Sunday, Jul 25, 2021 11:11:11 AM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | ||||
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This should be more clear. To most atheists, atheism is the lack of belief in any gods. This premise is conflating epistemology with ontology. I am not even sure what the premise is meant to claim. I wouldn't want to say simply "if there is no God" because God can be defined in too many ways. What properties of this god is required to make this premise true? I don't know how anyone can possibly know this or claim it with enough confidence to take seriously in an argument.
This is getting too specialized in physics (i.e., I could be talking out of my ass). Does quantum randomness exist? If it does, this is compatible with materialism and would mean the determinism is not true, would it not? Now we bring the concept of "free will" in that has not been properly defined. I would quit there. |
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answered on Saturday, Jul 24, 2021 06:32:52 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |||||||||||
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There is no fallacy, the conclusion follows logically from the premises by the rule of hypothetical syllogism and modus tollens: 1. If A then M |
answered on Monday, Jul 26, 2021 11:49:43 AM by Kuda | |
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