Wednesday, May 30, 2012

The Atheist Argument Against God.

1. Here is the argument against god(s), placed into a legitimate syllogistic format:
P1: IF [ X is the case], THEN [There is/are no god(s)];

P2: IT IS TRUE THAT [ X is the case];

C: THEREFORE: [There is/are no god(s)].
As an Atheist, it is impossible not to accept this syllogism, because it is the Atheist position.

But unless X is fully explained and supported as a rational, coherent, and irrefutable claim, then there is no reason to accept Atheism as a rational position.

So it is up to the Atheist to provide the details of X, and to show that X is irrefutable logically, therefore it is indisputable under disciplined logical analysis that there can not exist any god(s).

Or contrarily, provide empirical, material evidence (data) that shows conclusively that there is no God.

2. Atheists seem to want to quibble over what "god" entails; that is an illegitimate argument because Atheists have already rejected their concept of "god", and are obligated to show the details of what it is that they have rejected, as well as obligated to show their exact reasons for rejecting it.

3. If there is no incontrovertable logical explanation/argument in support of the Atheist Argument shown above, then there is no reason to accept Atheism as a rational position, and it becomes reasonable to accept that Atheism must have non-rational reasons for its existence.

4. Atheists are expected to use known disciplined logical processes for supporting their Atheist Argument, and to own up to any fallacies, grounding errors, non-coherence and other axiomatic failures which are found in their arguments. If necessary this section might be more fully elaborated in the future.

Atheists are invited to make their case using this syllogism.

3 comments:

  1. Nice post but oh my I find comment moderation annoying. Anyhow, nicely written.

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  2. thesauros,

    Thanks!

    Yes, moderation annoys me too, but it is necessary I've found.

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  3. Keep it up Stan this is an excellent blog!

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