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Atheism, for the purposes of this community, is defined as lack of belief in deities (as opposed to belief in a lack of deities or other definitions).

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Zamboniman

Smaller claims of God are often but not always easier to defend. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by afraid_of_zombies to c/debate_an_atheist

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We say that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence but I am betting you could create ordinary claims about the supernatural that require extraordinary evidence.

Example: the deist god could make a four sided triangle.

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[–] Zamboniman 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Hi, thanks for posting.

We say that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence but I am betting you could create ordinary claims about the supernatural that require extraordinary evidence.

Example: the deist god could make a four sided triangle.

Interesting.

The way I see this is that is both extraordinary and a non-sequitur, since a triangle can't have four sides by definition. So, once the purported deity made it have four sides it simply wouldn't be a triangle anymore by definition.

[–] T0RB1T 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yeah, that's a rectangle. I can make a rectangle.

Does that make me a god?

[–] Bonehead 1 points 2 years ago

I can make a pyramid, which turns triangles into a rectangle. Therefore, I am god.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Any claim that asserts that the supernatural exists is automatically extraordinary, since there has never been any evidence that the supernatural exists. It assumes an entirely new component to the universe.