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It is not a fallacy; it is just a claim.
Isn’t the atheist asking us to believe that he knows everything that exists? It depends how God is defined in the conversation. For example, I have heard some atheists claim to be gnostic atheists (claiming to KNOW that God does not exist) based on the fact that the attributes of being perfectly good and all the acts attributed to this this God in the Bible (millions of deaths, command to stone gays to death, allowing people to suffer in Hell for eternity, etc.) are incompatible and therefore, this (version of) God cannot exist. Whereas if "God" is generically defined as some eternal creator, then yes, the claim that he knows this God does not exist is irrational. Also have a look at https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/193/Amazing-Familiarity<>. |
answered on Saturday, Mar 09, 2019 11:08:43 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD |
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