I've seen this argument from Christians quite a few times now:
"Those who don't believe are like ostriches who hide their heads in the sand... they figure 'if I can't see God, then there is no God!'. They look foolish."
...don't they realize that this argument a)Begs the Question, i.e., God exists, b) is nothing more than a thinly veiled insult against those who don't share in your superstition, c) is INCREDIBLY ironic?
2007-02-06 00:17:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have to say that answer C is really the most accurate for this question.. Those who hide their heads in a collection of books whose origins are spurious, that are filled with scientific and historical inaccuracies, and who refuse to even read the entire thing from beginning to end but claim it is the word of their god have no right to speak to "hiding heads in the sand".
It's actually laughable and I can't begin to take someone seriously who believes that they have the only handle on "The truth".
2007-02-06 01:23:25 · answer #1 · answered by Kallan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. I guess it is a more insulting version of the box argument. In which non-believers can only think inside the box and cannot imagine the gods and demons and whatnot outside of it. which is also ironic since they cannot imagine anything outside of a dusty old crumbling set of scrolls.
2007-02-06 08:22:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I use the same argument with creationists -it's just an argument you apply to people who ignore the facts that are staring them in the face.
2007-02-06 08:24:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure that the argument begs the question. But It is up to each to search for God if they want to, and then make up their mind about it. Here again if I am asked for proof, I will present, what I believe, is the best argument.
2007-02-06 08:24:53 · answer #4 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
And just like Pascal's wager any other religion can use the same argument against them. In this case even we Atheists can.
2007-02-06 08:39:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dang! you beat me to this question!
Faith is belief without proof
Faith in the face of proof is delusion.
2007-02-06 08:22:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
never heard that one before, sounds stupid. i bet it took a long time at a seminary school for someone to come up with that one. seriously, will any of us every be able to debate at a high functioning level again?
2007-02-06 09:00:03 · answer #7 · answered by alex l 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋