Special pleading. Exempting oneself from the standards one applies to others without providing justification for the exemption. Example: an atheist argues that a Creator needs a creator who needs a creator, yet is willing to accept that the universe has always existed. Because the atheist never offers a satisfactory explanation as to why the universe can just exist but God cannot, he is engaging in special pleading. Of course, we know that the universe cannot have simply always existed, because Romans 1 tells us the universe is evidence of a Creator. Nothing can exist without a Creator.
Moving the goalposts. Dismissing evidence presented in response to a claim and demanding other, usually greater, evidence instead. RL example:
Quote:
Originally Posted by MitzaLizalor
When I hear of people claiming that the world we see around us is not the one described in Genesis it makes me wonder, where do they think it is?
When someone tells me they've done a painting it helps A LOT if they show me the painting. That's evidence.
But when God tells me He created the world and lo, there it is — they move the goalposts and that's NOT evidence?
Who needs electroconvulsive therapy when there's atheism!
|
Just remember that Creation is evidence of a Creator. It is not evidence of evolution. I always challenge evolutionists to show me one example – just one – of a missing link. But whatever they come up with just creates more gaps in their "tree of life."