new atheists

I will now continue my "Tricks," series that has exposed serious fallacious rhetorical tricks played by both Atheists and Theists alike. Here we see an attempt to undermine the moral argument for the existence of God. Its publisher AntiCitizenX challenges the viewers to: "Prove the...

I. Argumentum ad Ignorantiam: (appeal to ignorance) the fallacy that a proposition is true simply on the basis that it has not been proved false or that it is false simply because it has not been proved true. This error in reasoning is often expressed with influential rhetoric. A. The informal...

Recently I read an article by a Christian philosopher, Randal Rouser. He is an interesting Canadian chap who engages atheists in a friendly manner. He has written a 20-page scholarly paper entitled, "The Atheist and the Antitheist:
A Critical Analysis of the Rebellion Thesis." I have shortened...

In "Tricks 1" I highlighted how the New Atheists attempt to redefine "Atheism," so as to avoid defending the claim, God does not exist." They do this by equivocation and a false dichotomy. Today, I will introduce another example of bad, irrational thinking. The goal of this series will be to...

For some atheist philosopher responses to the problems with defining atheism as a "lack of belief," See: -An atheist philosopher’s critique of the “lack of belief” definition of atheism Atheism: Proving The Negative: The Burden of Proof is on the Atheist...