Whether it's atheists, Protestants, Muslims, and even the Eastern Orthodox, there's one fallacy I've noticed in many

of their arguments against the Catholic faith. That's what we're going to talk about today on the Council of Trent,

but before we do that, don't forget to hit the

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call this the You Lose, So I Win, fallacy. It happens when a person does not

give evidence for his own position, but merely attacks

what he thinks are all of the competing positions. He thinks he can prove his worldview is true

through a kind of ideological battle

royal or a philosophical hunger games where the last position

standing wins by default.

But that's not how answers to ultimate questions work.

If you want people to believe your worldview or your faith is true,

then you must provide evidence for what you believe to be true.

So let's take a look at four examples

where the you lose, so I win fallacy gets employed.

Number one, atheism.

Traditionally atheism has been defined as the rejection of the existence of God.

Atheist William Rowe says in the Rutledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy,

atheism is the position that affirms the non-existence of God.

It proposes positive disbelief rather than mere suspension of belief. And the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

says, atheism is the view that there is no God. But many atheists describe atheism as

a mere lack of belief in the existence of God, also called

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