Fallacy or not?
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Original Question
Daniel: God exists
Sam: Prove it
Daniel: Can a copy create itself?
Sam: No.
Daniel: How can nature create itself?
Daniel: natural things cant move beacause they need some agency to move therefore, god exists
Answers
2Daniel is attempting to divert the focus of the discussion He presented the proposition, therefore, he bears the burden of proof --- not anyone else. Fallacy of Diversion in action. Fallacy of diversion is when you have no answer to the topic at hand, you divert the discussion to something more comfortable.
non sequitur since nature 'requiring agency' does not necessarily imply that 'God' is behind that agency. This would need to be established a posteriori with independent evidence.
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