Saturday, April 4, 2009

Rebuttal - Hitchens

The proposition "Atheism is true" is a misstatement that I have to prove it. I don't have to prove tooth fairies or Santa Claus doesn't exist. However, since the term "atheist" is popularly used in the debate, (unlike be an a-tooth fairy) it seems people assume I have to prove such a position.
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15 comments:

  1. PaulApril 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    how many people grow up to believe in the tooth fairy or santa?

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  2. JonathanApril 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    1 Point for those who chose "rhetorical firestorm"!

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  3. UnknownApril 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    of course you have to prove santa claus doesnt exist...theres no one in the north pole! I dont have a chimney! duh....lol

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  4. AnonymousApril 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    *counts points*

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  5. AnonymousApril 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    Non-substantive rhetorical firestorm in 3..2..1..

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  6. PaulApril 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    noted.

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  7. Mark K. SprengelApril 4, 2009 at 8:41 PM

    He has to demonstrate the arguments for God exising are not sound. Still waiting....

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  8. Michael MorrisonApril 4, 2009 at 8:42 PM

    Wait... wait... guys.. are you kidding me this is blowing my world. There is no Santa!!!

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  9. PaulApril 4, 2009 at 8:42 PM

    i trust your breath is not being held Mark?

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  10. JonathanApril 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM

    Where have my teeth been going that I put under my pillow then?

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  11. calomie88April 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM

    Wow...it's almost sad, most of this stuff is going over his head:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCy8MpT45gk

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  12. Forrest PantherApril 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM

    the question of God isn't as crucial as the question of tooth fairies, as there can be a logical answer to where the money under your pillow comes from than the question of where the universe came from, which has the logical answer of God.

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  13. UnknownApril 4, 2009 at 8:47 PM

    "Atheism is true." "God does not exist." They are both truth claims. Where his evidence to support those claims?

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  14. AnonymousApril 4, 2009 at 8:49 PM

    In short. False analogy

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  15. UnknownApril 4, 2009 at 8:49 PM

    Sorry, Mr. Hitchens, but the burden of proof IS on you to demonstrate why the existence of God is so logically untenable that one can positively say that God cannot, and therefore does not, exist.

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