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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2003-07-15 01:13 pm

519 arguments for God

The List of Arguments


10. ARGUMENT FROM CREATION

(1) If evolution is false, then creationism is true, and therefore God
exists.
(2) Evolution can't be true, since I lack the mental capacity to
understand it; moreover, to accept its truth would cause me to be
uncomfortable
(3) Therefore, God exists.


11. ARGUMENT FROM FEAR

(1) If there is no God then we're all going to die.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

13. ARGUMENT FROM INTELLIGENCE
(1) Look, there's really no point in me trying to explain the whole
thing to you stupid atheists -- it's too complicated for you to
understand. God exists whether you like it or not.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

17. PARENTAL ARGUMENT

(1) My mommy and daddy told me that God exists.
(2) Therefore, God exists.


18. ARGUMENT FROM NUMBERS

(1) Millions and millions of people believe in God.
(2) They can't all be wrong, can they?
(3) Therefore, God exists.


Stolen from the ever spiffy [livejournal.com profile] yonmei

[identity profile] allorin.livejournal.com 2003-07-15 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
RE: 18) Yeah, but how many millions DON'T believe in God? A simple subtraction of that number from the number of believers will tell us if God really exists or not....

[identity profile] thepaintedone.livejournal.com 2003-07-15 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
I think that globallay there is a clear majority of people who believe in $deity of some description. IIRC beleivers of all the faiths put together heavily outnumber non-beleivers, never mind active atheists.

You have to bear in mind large sections of the less developed word where religious beleif is much more the norm than it is in the west.

Not sure about China mind you.

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[identity profile] allorin.livejournal.com 2003-07-15 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but do all Gods count as one? Or does the equation get more complicated?