Hi there,
the Occam’s (not Hitchens) razor “also called law of economy or law of parsimony, principle stated by the philosopher William of Ockham(1285–1347/49) says that pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate, “plurality should not be posited without necessity. The principle gives to simplicity: of two competing theories, the simpler of an entity is to be preferred. The principle is also expressed as “Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity”. (Occam’s razor | Origin, Examples, & Facts | Britannica).
"Therefore, when a theory is economic and coherent, and converges towards the results of other theories, framing itself in a concordant and homogeneous mosaic, it is up to those who support different theses to dismantle this theory, taking on the task of having to refute a whole building of results between they are firmly interconnected. Those who continue to support the thesis of miracles, because they believe that God manifests himself in the world through them, must therefore not only answer all the questions raised by the various philosophical objections, but also face the immense task of disproving science, demonstrating that in miraculous phenomena the laws of nature are suspended or altered. Then imaginative hypotheses, transcendental theses made of words and verbal reasoning are not enough, nor can one take refuge in the bosom of God, thus masking one’s inability to explain the world ".
(Maurizio Magnani, Spiegare i miracoli. Interpretazione critica di prodigi e guarigioni miracolose. Edizioni Dedalo, Bari. 2010, end of chapter n.2 ).
Let see what Christopher Hitchens wrote criticizing the Buddhist group of the Imperial Way created by Nichiren japanese sect:
“They consist, like most professions of faith, simply in assuming as a given what should be demonstrated. Scientists have an expression to indicate useless hypotheses even to learn from the errors they contain: they are NOT EVEN WRONG. Most spiritual talk is of this kind”.
(Christopher Hitchens, Dio non è grande, come la religione avvelena ogni cosa, Edizioni Einaudi Torino 2007 chapter 14 p.192)
Now. If define themselves agnostics, instead of atheists, it means to follow linguistic quibbles which they’re so dear to theists, let’s go in the middle of Sain Peter’s square during the Pope’s Angelus and kneel waving a white flag with our hand.
I don’t want to waste my time explaining why I don’t believe in fictional characters who have the same credibility as the tooth fairy, Santa Claus, or any other fictional character that anyone has come up with.
Is that an atheist republic? If it’s so, please change name to this forum.
With all my respect, Paolo
AR is a platform - fucking post on it like it’s one. No one here is a “follower” of AR.
fiction brought “to life”.