designtheorist to PaulK writes:
Since the question arises from the discussion of the big bang and the fact it "smacks of divine intervention," you are committing the logical fallacy of begging the question.
Some might say that you are committing the logical fallacy of the appeal to authority with "smacks of divine intervention" in quotation marks obviously referning to Hawking, again.
So committing a logical fallacy in the same sentance you are accusing another member of is not helping. Drop the whole appeal to authority thing you keep bringing into each thread that you have brought here from the get go and begin debating in your own words or no one is going to take you seriously.
I would love to just quote people smarter than me everytime I debate but we're here to debate not to just quote. No one is probably going to really be swayed (save a few) one way or the other so the enjoyment comes from actually debating not trying to convince the other side. Once you understand that it will be easier to stop appealing to authority.
Edited by Chuck77, : No reason given.