Friday, October 19, 2018

Bad apologetics (Part 1)

Bad apologetic often use faulty logic and misunderstanding of science. Here's a good example of how amateur apologists utilized the wrong end of the stick to prove the existence of their god. 

In the first post, Mr. Rene Jun Alameda had made an analogy between the invisibility of air and the invisibility of his god. 

This is quite typical for amateur apologists. They will ask non-believers if they can see the wind. So, a non-suspecting person will answer no, she cannot see the wind. This will be followed up by another question - "Do you believe that the wind exists?" or "do you feel the wind?" If she will say yes... Got ya! Now, why would you believe wind exists, you cannot see it? So, VIOLA, the same with god. You cannot see god but you can feel him, just like the wind.


I don't know. Maybe it's all about their lack of understanding about the different nature of matter or they intentionally twist it so they compare the hiddenness of their god from the invisibility of the wind. Ewww... what a sly, cunning SOB's. Yuck!

Anyways, air or wind are gas, one of the three fundamental states of matter. As matter,  gas has mass and it can occupy space - that is why balloons expand when you blow it and LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) has mass. Gas consist of a  vast number of molecules moving chaotically in all directions and colliding with one another. So, same as liquid, gas is considered as fluid. However,  unlike liquid gas molecules are so far apart from each other. That's why air is invisible.

No need to review Physics 101 - the issue here is how can we compare wind or air (which are gas, which is matter) to Mr. Rene Jun Alameda's god which is considered a supernatural, disembodied, agent? Does Mr. Rene Jun Alameda's god have a mass like the wind? Is his god so small like air molecules? Is his god a  fluid like air? Does his god conduct heat like gas? Is his god measurable? Is Mr. Rene Jun Alameda's god made up of matter, molecules, and atoms?

False analogy anyone?

And you know what's funny? The wind doesn't care whether you believe it or not, unlike Rene Jun Alameda's god who is so hungry of affection and recognition to the point that it will curse you of hellfire if you don't believe its existence.

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