[lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance

snitsnat snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com
Sun Jun 12 10:24:24 PDT 2005


At 12:42 PM 6/12/2005, Carrol Cox wrote:


>joanna wrote:
> >
> > Because the question of "God" is a lot more complicated and interesting
> > than the fundies or rabid atheists make it out to be.
> >
>But you haven't given us any reason for believing that the question is
>either interesting or complicated. I can easily say that the question of
>the large five-legged invisible frog sitting in my kitchen is
>complicated and interesting, but I doubt that anyone would pay much
>attention to me.
>
>And why can't you say "atheists" rather than "rabid atheists"? Are
>atheists "rabid" by definition? If not, what is the difference between
>an "ordinary atheist" and a "rabid atheist"? You are throwing pejorative
>labels around without making any serious attempt to lay out, even
>crudely, the grounds for that kind of labelling.
>
>Carrol

What he said.

"Finish your beer. There are sober kids in India."

-- rwmartin



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