I've been having QUITE an interesting debate with a theist on youtube.
It's fascinating how he takes simple understandings and takes them to mean something different.
Take for example two quotes I said to him: "Mine is negative - a negative claim can't have evidence."
- This referring to my negative claim, "There is no god."
Also, "There is zero evidence of this. Therefore, one cannot logically believe this claim."
- In response to this statement of his, "God is not subject to general relativity because he is super-natural, above or outside of space-time or causation."
From all this he incorrectly gathers that I'm speaking in oxymorons. Speaking out of both sides of my mouth like Richard Dawkins. (Again... all his words.)
It is simply fascinating to watch him not understand the simple concept that "There is a god" is a positive claim with no evidence. And not believing in a positive claim, but the opposite - thus, believing in a negative claim - "There is no god" - is just that.
2007-02-20
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