Today's Atheist Meme of the Day, from my Facebook page. Pass this on; or don't; or edit it as you see fit; or make up your own. Enjoy!
"You can't disprove it with 100% certainty, therefore it's reasonable to think it's true" is not a good argument. Almost nothing can be disproven with 100% certainty -- that doesn't mean it's plausible. And that's just as true of God and the supernatural as anything else. Pass it on: if we say it enough times to enough people, it may get across.
I like when folks roll out the 100% argument... And then dismiss stuff like the FSM or IPU as being completely farcical attacks on religion.
If we have to accept their beliefs because they can't be 100% disproved, why don't they have to accept beliefs in the IPU or FSM?
Posted by: Ephemeriis | December 14, 2009 at 01:34 PM
This is a very general problem. Not just supernatural claims. For example, this argument is popular among people who think UFOs are aliens.
Posted by: Joshua Zelinsky | December 14, 2009 at 09:50 PM