Often I hear believers say something like [and please read this out loud in a shrill nasal tone] “Well, I believe because I know God is real. Maybe you just need more faith”. Then they will go on to say something twee such as [engage shrill nasal tone again] “How can you not believe when you see a beautiful sunset or a baby?”
This argument is just so wrong on so many levels. But they build a fairly unassailable position. What they are implying is that “God is real because I believe him to be real” and therefore “Belief in something will make it true”. Given this logic Santa Claus is real, the tooth fairy is real, homeopathy is real, astrology is real, vaccines really do cause autism. And the final truth is that “You can not say something is not true if I believe it, no matter how little evidence I can provide for the proposition nor how much evidence you can provide against the proposition.”
Well, Lewis Black [bless him] has an answer:
Thanks to your post I dont look like an idiot. I had an argument with my wife and this shows I was right. Thanks!
No problem
What was the argument about?