Hitchens: deism, theism, wishful thinking. - Video

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Posted by Melvin6566842 on October 21, 2008

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Another piece of the debate Turek vs. Hitchens at VCU in Richmond, VA complete at:
http://www.vimeo.com/1904911

CH argument:
There is an infinite possibility of "god-assertions" (Ra, Jehova, Huitzlopochtli, etc. up to the "personal god") that cannot be disproven. Atheists however do not deny those gods existence, which is logically impossible, they simply say there is no empirical evidence for such an assertion.

Deism, while being empirically not necessary -science offers better explanations- is also not Theism: the argument from design does not imply (and cannot) the Christian god or any interventionist god.
Further, the spiritual language of many scientists does not necessarily mean they believe in god.

Interesting for those who want to learn how to argue consistently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy

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