Atheos The Wisdom of Crowds

Lots of people believe it, so it must be true.

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Many people are vulnerable & lack the intellect to come to a different conclusion. Sound familiar?

Ignoring for a moment all atheists, don't theists all believe in many different Gods?

Not everyone does believe in Him, even when they say they do.

I don't accept your premise. What makes you think that everyone believes in the existence of a deity?

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Hovind & Comfort have a combined IQ of 74.

Are you kidding me? Those two guys are total nutcases.

What if I said that intellectual atheists had shown me that theism is untenable? Would you find that compelling?

Could you summarize their actual arguments? I'm not impressed by their intellect; I'm only interested in their reasoning & evidence.

Why would you take anything that Hovind or Comfort say seriously?

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A minority of scientists are theists, yes. But I'm less interested in who believes than in why they believe. Isn't that what's important?

What does it matter who else believes? You believe. It's your reasons that interest me.

Isn't everyone succeptible to deception?

Yes, but the majority of scientists are atheistic, right?

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I'd bet many of them—like many atheists—have never carefully, objectively considered why they believe what they do. Does that seem possible?

Everyone in the past has desired an explanation for why we're here. Humans created religions & their narratives themselves.

Maybe because they've been fooled & indoctrinated by theists?

So, if many people share a belief, that proves it to be true? When most people believed the world was flat, did that make it so?