An Analysis of the The Tinsetbig Argument

Tinsetbig is an acronym for there-is-not-enough-evidence-to believe-in-God, which is an argument put forth by atheists and agnostics that the evidences at hand are not sufficient to believe in God. There are several faults in this assertion:

1. The decision that there is not enough evidence to believe in God is a subjective one and many may argue that there is enough evidence to believe in God. Hence, this argument of insufficiency gets deflated on the grounds of lack of objectivity.
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3. The second thing that makes this argument weak is the covert assumption made by the proponents in proposing this argument that the scientific-method-is-the-only-method-to-know-the-reality(smitmtktr argument), while this is not the case. Morality, which exists, is not provable by the scientific method. The scientific method cannot tell us why morality exists or what is the cause of morality. Hence, realities do exist tha are not amenable to testing by the scientific method. god is one such reality. However, other methods like argument from design, reasoning by analogy, the Sakina effect, fulfilment of prophecies, the teleological argument, the cosmological argument and the inability of physicochemical processes and chance to account for the origin of life(ioppactaftool argument )prove the existence of God. The methods other than the scientific method to arrve at the reality are:

•                         Tawatur(based on a large number of witnesses of different backgrounds)
•                         Conscience
•                         Reasoning by analogy
•                        Human logic(scientific method is only a part of human logic

Third, the tinsetbig argument does not take into consideration the evidences of the existence of God which are overwhelmingly important.