{"id":2093,"date":"2011-02-09T07:31:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T12:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2011-02-09T07:31:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T12:31:02","slug":"the-argument-by-popularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2093","title":{"rendered":"The Argument by Popularity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recent, a Christian informed me that he has evidence that God exists. Part of me expected him to take the Bill O\u2019Reilly route of \u201cthe tides go in and the tides go out.\u201d But he didn\u2019t take that route. He didn\u2019t even go with the Argument by Design or the First Cause argument. Instead, he went with the Argument by Popularity.<\/p>\n

Apparently there are six and a half billion people on Earth and between Christians and Muslims the vast majority believes in some kind of deity. I am not entirely sure this is the case since many Christians and Muslims may not actually believe but claim to out of fear. Plus, many Buddhists don\u2019t believe in a deity per se and they make up a significant portion of the population. Needless to say however, the argument is that because so many people believe in a deity, doesn\u2019t that prove that some kind of deity exists?<\/p>\n

Um, no! Just because a belief is popular doesn\u2019t make it true. This is just a ridiculous argument and I really don\u2019t think there is much to say about it. It certainly doesn\u2019t rise to the level of evidence for God\u2019s existence. It doesn\u2019t even rise to the level of evidence for gods\u2019 existence. We really need to start teaching critical thinking skills in schools.
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