[lbo-talk] An Appeal to Ignorance

[ravi]

On 16/06/2005 11:09 AM, Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
> 
> conversely, try proving that there's no god. go ahead. in an ethics
> class once, i was trying to explain this, and one of my true believers
> said, "you can't prove there's gravity, either". i picked up the desk
> in front of me and dropped it back to the floor: "there's gravity.
> next question?" of course, he had neither an answer not another
> question. then i said, "so do the same for me for god"? and of course,
> it can't be done.
> 

hmm... i (admittedly not the brightest bulb) don't get this. what if the
student had picked up the book off the ground and put it back on the
table, or perhaps dropped it back on the floor, and claimed that as
proof of god? what sort of proof is this kind of thing?

confused,

	--ravi