Tag Archives: Faith and Reason
Eggless Chickens don’t Require Extraordinary Evidence: Or, The Problem with ECREE!
In discussions about fine-tuning or the resurrection of Jesus, it’s often claimed that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence (ECREE). Is this claim true? A few months ago the BBC website covered an uncanny and singular event in Sri Lanka, where a hen gave birth to a chick without an egg.
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Posted in Existence of God
Tagged "Leap of Faith" (Not), ECREE, Evidence, Faith and Reason, Miracles
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Believing in One Less God than You…Four Problems With a Terrible Slogan
It’s difficult to take “New Atheism” seriously when it keeps propounding “arguments” like this:
“I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours”
This is rather like arguing that a triangle is a square with one angle fewer, or that a bachelor is just a married man without a spouse.
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Posted in Quick Thoughts
Tagged Apologetics, Faith and Reason, Gnus, McAtheism, New Atheism, One less God than you, popular
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