2007-05-30 08:32:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's not "defending an absolute negitive" (sic). Apparently you don't understand atheism very well, or you're missing the concept of what an absolute negative is.
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2007-05-30 08:35:13 · answer #1 · answered by vinslave 7 · 11⤊ 0⤋
How is it more logical to blindly defend an absolute negative than to say that The Tooth Faerie exists?
2007-05-30 15:35:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
How is it logical at ALL to claim that there's a God, when there is absolutely ZERO evidence indicating that the idea of the modern-day God is any different than the "mythological" gods of old? It is not illogical to not believe in something for which there is NO evidence. Would you consider it more logical to
(A) Insist that unicorns exist or:
(B) Defend your position that they don't. ?
2007-05-30 15:37:52 · answer #3 · answered by Jess H 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Let's say I claim there's an invisible pink unicorn living in my garage. If you said my unicorn probably doesn't exist, you don't need to blindly defend that position. I'm the one making the claim, therefore the onus is on me to provide proof. It's only logical.
2007-05-30 15:41:15 · answer #4 · answered by Nature Boy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How logical is it to pretend that some unseen entity exists. Do you believe in UFO's as well. Look at the book you read which is lies and blasphemy. Hey wait lets look the other way when God orders people to kill and murder in his name. Thats the real negative you see all the people who kill in God's name. How about these churches which hurt our kids by secretely molesting them! Get a life and wake up!
2007-05-30 15:43:03 · answer #5 · answered by Jenny r 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Look, there is always a probability right? For me, the probability of gods existing hovers near zero. At that point, does it really make sense to call me agnostic? Call me a de facto atheist. And learn to spell "negative".
2007-05-30 15:40:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The literal, mathematically provable impossibility of free will's existence in the universe in which we find ourselves is pretty much the nail in the theistic coffin.
See, it IS possible to prove an absolute negative, because the contrapositive is a positive, and thus subject to analysis.
If a deity exists, then free will exists.
Free will does not exist.
Therefore, no deity exists.
This is a logical structure known as modus tollens. Modus tollens is often used to prove absolute negatives.
2007-05-30 15:38:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
so I'm going to write this book that says you can fly. Just close your eyes and jump off a building. Now christians have already established the fact that they believe anything that is written down, so go jump... just have faith!
2007-05-30 16:34:46 · answer #8 · answered by ♥willow♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, we don't defend the negative. If there is absolutely no evidence of something, then it is logical to assume it doesn't exist. e.g. magical fairies
2007-05-30 15:38:46 · answer #9 · answered by funaholic 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Good point.
One cannot absolutely disprove the existence of anything.
On the other hand, believers feel they have plenty of evidence to support their position.
If one cannot believe, agnosticism seems the logical choice. Atheism doesn't make any sense at all, given the facts.
2007-05-30 15:39:22 · answer #10 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋