Atheism 101 Critical Thinking Class Exercise, by request!

[RLBaty]

143. Trotsky continues his Terry W. Benton impersonation! I noticed, Trotsky!

The gimmick failed with Terry W. Benton.
Your effort likewise fails.

Both of you just used it to your detriment and as a further testimony to your failed efforts to challenge my arguments and the claims I make for them.

I'm still waiting for you to answer your own questions, such as I have done with mine, so that we might really put on a good show for the atheist and unicornist audience here. Some theist might even profit thereby.

Are you up to it, Trotsky?


Bring yourself up to speed by giving your answers and we'll be in a position to
try and build on that good faith effort, if you dare to make it.

Unicorn Step #1:

Do you believe the argument is so constructed that
if its premises are true its conclusion will follow
as true therefrom (i.e., that it is logically valid)?

Trotsky - ???

Atheist Step #1:

Do you believe the argument is so constructed that
if its premises are true its conclusion will follow
as true therefrom (i.e., that it is logically valid)?

Robert Baty - Yes

Unicorn Step #2:

Do you believe that nonbelief in unicorns implies the
truth of the conclusion and that unicorn nonbelievers
implicitly and/or explicitly believe the conclusion
to be true?

Trotsky - ???

Atheist Step #2:

Do you believe that atheism implies the truth of the
conclusion and that atheists implicitly and/or
explicitly believe the conclusion to be true?

Robert Baty - Yes

Unicorn Step #3:

Do you believe that nonbelief in unicorns implies the
truth of the minor premise and that unicorn nonbelievers
implicitly and/or explicitly believe the minor premise
to be true?

Trotsky - ???

Atheist Step #3:

Do you believe that atheism implies the truth of the
minor premise and that atheists implicitly and/or
explicitly believe the minor premise to be true?

Robert Baty - Yes

Unicorn Step #4:

Do you believe that you can take the minor premise
and conclusion of a logically valid modus ponens
argument and construct the major premise therefrom?

Trotsky - ???

Atheist Step #4:

Do you believe that you can take the minor premise
and conclusion of a logically valid modus ponens
argument and construct the major premise therefrom?

Robert Baty - Yes

Unicorn Step #5:

Do you believe that the major premise of the above
argument is properly inferred and properly constructed
from the minor premise and conclusion of the argument?

Trotsky - ???

Atheist Step #5:

Do you believe that the major premise of the above
argument is properly inferred and properly constructed
from the minor premise and conclusion of the argument?

Robert Baty - Yes

Unicorn Step #6:

Do you believe that nonbelief in unicorns implies that
the major premise is true and that unicorn nonbelievers
implicitly and/or explicitly believe the major premise
to be true?

Trotsky - ???

Step #6:

Do you believe that atheism implies that the major
premise is true and that atheists implicitly and/or
explicitly believe the major premise to be true?

Robert Baty - Yes

Sincerely,
Robert Baty