50 days of stupidity – Day 48
I’m out of “proofs” or “reasons”, what ever you want to call them, early because a few of them just couldn’t be answered separately in good conscience. However, that doesn’t mean I’m out of stupidity.
These “proofs” are all, each and every one, based on common, well documented, misunderstandings and lies. Some are wrong on many levels. For instance, number 39 (Day 36) is wrong because it is a fallacy but on top of that, it isn’t even based on facts. Even if it were proven that women discovered the empty tomb of Jesus, this still wouldn’t make this a good argument for the existence of god. But the fact that it isn’t based on real facts makes it wrong on top of wrong.
This isn’t unusual for these kinds of arguments. Believers have already “fooled” themselves. They already believe so they can’t see the illogical reasoning they put into these “proofs”. They don’t understand that this is the kind of crap you get when you try to prove something you already believe rather than believe something you have proven. That is an extremely important distinction.
I am frequently asked, “do you believe anything?” or “what DO you believe?” My answer is: “I do believe. My beliefs are based on facts and the logical conclusions you can draw from those facts. You give me the facts, if they check out, I’m a believer.”