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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Occam's razor has been brought up by several nonbelievers as if it is definitive proof that God does not exist.  As Inigo Montoya says in The Princess Bride, "You keep on saying that word.  I do not think it means what you think it means."

This could be the oldest dodge in the book, and practically stinks of desperation.  If you take issue with any of the points I quoted, you're free to make them.  I'm guessing you're the one who was claiming that Occam's Razor [b]can't possibly be used [/b]to question the god hypothesis because, gasp, William of Occam believed in God.[/quote]

Your argumentation relies heavily on the use of straw men.

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Ah, sorry.  You concluded in your paragraph re: Occam and the inaptness of applying this in the case of the god hypothesis "The author of this hypothesis was a Catholic priest and logician who believed in God."  You'll have to forgive me for reading your words, taking their plain meaning, and assuming you were arguing in good faith.  [/quote]

I did not say Occam's razor "could not possibly be used to question" God's existence.  I did say Occam's razor does not serve as definitive proof God does not exist, as many nonbelievers have stated.  First, OR is a theory, a hypothesis.  Second, it is often misunderstood and misapplied. Third, it is more a way to guess plausibility, rather than make an objective choice.  And fourth, the author of the theory did not himself utilize it to disbelieve in God.

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Of course, you'll want to point to at least one PP who claimed OR was "definitive proof God does not exist"  Anyway, Occam made a special pleading argument to exempt God specifically from the ramifications of his theory.  Kind of like Gore vs Bush in 2000.  [/quote]

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