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Begging the Question is a fallacy in which the premises include the claim that the conclusion is true or (directly or indirectly) assume that the conclusion is true. This sort of "reasoning" typically has the following form.
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Yes, it also happens to be a fallacy. If I'm naming a fallacy, I won't be ambiguous about it - and it will be accurate.
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Theists assume god exists. There is absolutely no way for them to evidence god through a multiverse theory nor have I seen any of them try.
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But it renders your "boeing 747" example unanalogical.
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As I stated before, it is a stance that is taken on utter blind faith as it's well understood the ability to conceptualize a thing does not evidence that thing.
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Why do you think not atheist = theist? I'm not providing evidence for god - I'm not a theist. I'm deconstructing yours.
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Stating "god created the universe" is on par with "the Wright brothers used a Boeing 747 as a model for their first powered glider". So, the agnostic stance is akin to stating, "The Wright brothers may have used a Boeing 747 as their model for their first powered glider. We just don't know."
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Can you elaborate on your analogy for further deconstruction, or is it just conjecture?
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This is usually where the agnostic will come up with what if scenarios to account for the possibility of god. "What if a B747 went back in time and landed in Ohio?"... "What if the Wright Brothers were time travelers?" (etc ad nauseum). Such ramblings are every bit as unevidenced and untenable as the theist's image of god.
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The wright brothers made the first engine-powered plane.
Is our universe the first universe?
No, according to M theory. Not analogical.
Any possible god could have lived in, or derived our universe's design from another universe. Do I need evidence to back up this possibility?
No, not to validate agnosticism.