Posted: Jun 09, 2012 12:02 pm
Galactor wrote:See how he did that? Just shift the onus of burden and you have to start proving why he's wrong as opposed to not right.
The usual allegations are of course, reasonable objections to his arguments. Carrier has slaughtered his questions and their form. He just doesn't seem to realise it.
Another example of his double standard, in his response to the "fine tuning" argument:
Alternative theories, such as Stephen Hawking’s multiverse theory, are not provable and with a complexity that runs wildly contrary to Occam’s razor’s demand for succinctness and simplicity.
So "Goddidit", is provable? And consistent w/ Occam's razor? The multiverse just poses other naturalistic universes, of which we already know at least on exists. "Goddidit" necessitates adding an entirely different mode of existence, called the "supernatural". So Occam favours the multiverse.
I see he also trots out the hoary old Lewontin quote, and misinterprets it in the same way that all other theists seem to.
Just another half-baked apologist. The fact that he has MD after his name doesn't mean he's any less a dunce.