By: Pluto Animus
"Chaplin says there are 'tons of books' that describe God, meaning that God exists." There are "tons of books" that describe Santa Claus, meaning that Santa Claus exists. Wow, you Christians sure are a...
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Presumably this list is like an inventory of arguments covered in the book. As it stands this appears little more than a wish list of arguments they don't want atheists to use. And what good is that?
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By: PhillyChief
Christ, Eaton is pretty clueless. 1. Accepting one unwarranted belief IS comparable to accepting another unwarranted belief, and the fact that there are "tons of books" describing a fictional being...
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The actual point of Eaton and Apologetics.com Radio is that a thoughtful Atheist will use valid rather than fallacious arguments. That way any discussion about Christianity can proceed toward something...
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I don't think you are actually responding to the point Lane Chaplin was making there, but let's apply your point: Lots of books talk about God. Lots of books talk about Santa Clause. Lots of books talk...
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Rich, That radio program is not indicative of the outline or purpose of the book. The radio program is a discussion of Doug Eaton's video blog post about fallacious argumentation that should be avoided...
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PhillyChief, You bring up some objections to the 10 arguments. Your objection to #1 is: "1. Accepting one unwarranted belief IS comparable to accepting another unwarranted belief." There you point to...
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PhillyChief, Your objection to #2 goes: "2. Someone's ******* language is irrelevant. What's relevant is what they're actually saying…" Someone's "language" _is_, in fact, "what they are actually...
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PhillyChief, Doug Eaton's 3rd point was: "3. When you are having trouble answering an argument posed by a Christian theist, simply say, “well even if this were true, it doesn’t prove the existence of...
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Hi again PhillyChief, Doug Eaton's 4th point is this: "4. Assume that simply because you explain a phenomena from a naturalistic perspective that it constitutes an argument which must be true." And...
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PhillyChief, Doug's 5th objection: "5. When arguing against the Christian God, simply say that you only believe in “one less god” than most people, as if that does not require you to defend an...
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Well, PhillyChief, how are we doing? Doug Eaton 5 PhillyChief 0 And I don't hold out much hope for the remaining 5. It seems it may have been a bit hasty for you to say, "Eaton is pretty clueless."...
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Just a couple more, because they really are illustrative. Doug Eaton's proposed line of argumentation that a thoughtful Atheist should abandon #6: "6. Make metaphysical statements that suggest that...
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PC, you made this rather blustery comment: "7. If faith is valuable as a means to knowledge, then I challenge Eaton or anyone to rely on it for now on to cross a street. Just cover your ears and eyes...
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