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Logical fallacy alert! That's called a faulty appeal to authority, Porpoise! Your line of reasoning…
I see your point about the potential for an appeal to authority fallacy. However, it's important to…
Except were you there to witness soup being struc k by lightning and turning into human beings, or absolutely nothing spontaneously combusting (zero ingredients of the fire triangle) and creating everything? We can argue about evidence all day because evidence can be interpreted any way we want, the thing to search for is logical contradictions within the disputed worldview. In yours (correct me if I'm wrong) you take it that nothing exists beyond the physical, noting spiritual, etc. But then where on earth did the immaterial laws of logic come from? You can't stub your toe on a law of logic! So in order for your worldview to make sense, which it doesn't, it must be false!
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It's true that none of us were there to witness the beginnings of life, but that doesn't mean we can't study and understand it. We weren't there to see dinosaurs roam the earth either, yet we have a pretty good understanding of their existence and behavior thanks to fossils and other geological evidence. Similarly, the theory of abiogenesis (life arising naturally from non-living matter) is supported by a myriad of scientific experiments and observations.
As for the laws of logic, they're not physical entities that exist or were created in the world; they're pri… Read more
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“As for the laws of logic, they're not physical entities that exist or were created in the world; they're principles derived from our observations of consistent patterns in the universe. They're a reflection of how our minds understand and interpret the world. Just like mathematical principles, they don't physically exist but are tools we use to make sense of our experiences.”
"Principles derived from our observations of consistent patterns in the universe"? That's circular reasoning -- in order for the patterns to be consistent the laws of logic must necessarily exist before we can observe them. You're right, we have observed them -- and I'm not disputing that. But the premise that they exist because we observe that they exist does not explain why they exist, which is what I asked for. I agree with you that they exist -- and I would challenge you to come up with a valid reason for their existence, free of logical fallacies, that they would… Read more
