"They’ll undoubtedly be using the same tired arguments we’ve all heard a million times."I mean, we all know, don't we, that all it takes for an argument to be rendered invalid is that it be used multiple times? I guess this is the kind of thing that will be passing for Reason at the Rally.
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That's an old argument, Martin. Can you give me something younger than Aquinas? :)
ReplyDeleteHe never said the arguments were invalid... he just said that the arguments were tired. Reading is fundamental...
ReplyDeleteUsually people say an argument is "tired" when it's been debunked over and over ad nausea. Also, just as an argument being repeated over and over doesn't make it invalid, repeating an argument also doesn't validate it. Theists don't seem to grasp that second point.