Louie Savva is an Irrational, Delusional Idiot!
Wow! Louie Savva is an idiot! I never really realized before exactly how dumb he actually is. First, he makes an argument from proclamation, based on the impossibility of being able to quantify unknown quantities: “There is no god.” God as an extant being is an unknown quantity - we have no empirical data which argues either for, or against. Therefore, Savva is either claiming himself omniscient, or claiming he has the paradoxical ability to quantify unknowns - either way he’s delusional, irrational, and/or stupid.
Then, he tersely, and with strong conviction, proclaims that he finds something someone said to be offensive, then proceeds to insult and offend a huge population of people with a sweeping generalization, and then claims he doesn’t care about offending them. (So why should anyone care about offending Savva then? Especially since he’s just adequately demonstrated a staggering degree of complete irrationality. And, if he doesn’t think anybody should care, then what was the point of bringing it up?!?!?!)
THEN, he tries to add weight to his original proclamation by making an appeal to authority - a logical fallacy. And, as if that on its own isn’ bad enough, it’s an appeal to a FALSE authority to boot! He offers, as a backing to his claim: “Most scientists say outright there is no god, there is no afterlife…” Firstly, if he knew anything about science, he’d know that consensus opinion doesn’t amount to a hill of beans in science - whether its consensus among scientists, or anyone else. If EVERY scientist in the world was of the opinion that the sky was red, the sky WOULD STILL BE BLUE! That’s why appeals to authority are logical fallacies - consensus opinion is entirely useless in forming a conclusion - no matter what group the consensus is held by.
And, lastly, Savva seems horribly confused even regarding HIS OWN OPINIONS! He says: “Look, if you want to believe there’s an afterlife, that’s fine. It’s childish and it’s infantile…” So, what? Savva thinks “it’s fine” for adults not suffering from some unfortunate mental disorder to believe in childish and infantile things? I certainly don’t think that. I happen to think that if an adult believes in childish and infantile things, then their brain is likely either malfunctioning in some way, or they’re just not very smart - and neither of those things are “fine” at all. Obviously Savva doesn’t feel this way at all, otherwise… why exactly is he getting so hot under the collar about it? He either doesn’t actually believe that it’s childish and infantile, or he believes it’s perfectly fine to believe in childish and infantile things. Which is it Louie? If it’s the former, then you’re a liar, and if it’s the latter, then you’re stupid. So, which?
Make no mistake - I have very, very, very little doubt that Acorah is anything but an outright fraud. But, at least he seems to possess some modicum of common sense. He might be immoral, but he’s not stupid. Louie Savva, on the other hand, has just demonstrated that he’s just an out-and-out moron - wholly irrational, and possibly delusional. And, of course, that’s just really sad. If I ever found myself intellectually bested by the likes of Derek Acorah, I think I’d probably just put a bullet in my head and be done with it all.
And, people, get ready for this: Savva’s currently working on a PhD! Can you believe that? How does a person obviously as dim and unscientific as this have any hope of ever actually getting a PhD? Have PhD degrees actually become entirely meaningless and pointless? Well… apparently Savva believes this to be the case, because he thinks “Everything is pointless.” Which also means that he believes all of his own opinions to be pointless as well. So, if he’s arguing them, he’s doing so with full realization and acceptance that he’s pointlessly arguing opinions that are in themselves admittedly pointless. But, he expects us to pay attention to his opinions, which he himself admits are pointless!?!?! Wow! Yeah! That’s one government certified, grade-”A” genius right there! THAT’s a man you should be listening to! …yeah, right.
Think about what Savva is saying in context with his own beliefs when he expresses his opinions in that video. He’s saying: “I have an opinion on something, but I admit that this opinion of mine is entirely pointless. Nevertheless, I believe my opinion, which is without any point, is actually true - although even if it is true, the fact that it’s true is pointless. I also believe that it’s pointless for you to share my pointless opinion which is also pointless for me to even have in the first place. But, here’s my opinion, pointless as it may be: It’s childish and infantile to believe in a god and an afterlife. Now, you should believe me… even though it’s pointless to do so. Nevertheless, I’m right”
And then, I challenge you to direct me to a bigger idiot, anywhere! He’s actually saying “My opinion is pointless, and it’s pointless for you to believe it… but, you should!” This man’s brain DOES NOT FUNCTION! End of story!
Hi,
Refreshing to meet someone who’s not taken in by Louie’s awful rhetoric. I’m actually an old acquintance of his, who gets a little tired of his rudeness and inability to appreciate anyone else’s point of view.
His crusade against parapsychology is also conducted in a grossly unfair way, given how decent the community was to him. It not his critcism I hate; its his manner and the assumption that the world’s divided into rational people (i.e. him) and irrational (everyone not as extreme as him)
Thanks,
Matt.
What an idiot YOU are! I do not like to call myself an atheist…as Sam Harris says, Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world;it is simply an admission of the obvious.In fact”atheism” is a term that shouldnt even exist. No-one ever needs to identify himself as a “non-astrologer” or a “non-alchemist”…Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs.
Anyway..read his book…along with Dawkins. Thank goodness some people, like Louie, are prepared to speak up. I even like the fact that he doesnt tolerate nonsense…have you ever tried talking to someone who belongs to a religion? Looke at Ted Haggard…he is the scariest man…but this evangelical priest…is in the news for drugs and homosexuality…he confessed, by the way, in case you believe in him too.
Question everything…even your motives for believing,,you owe it to yourself!!
What are my religious beliefs Debbie?
…Yeah, I didn’t think you’d know.
Well, well… engaged in radical assumption, sweeping generalizations, a complete lack of any semblance of rationality - while projecting an attitude that implies that you hold a monopoly on it, and a shameful lack of understanding of your own belief system… Hmmm… I’ve got it! You must be an atheist! You certainly fit the common bill.
How embarrassing for you.
Hi Derek,
I only recently watched Louie’s interview. I wasn’t impressed with his tirade in the least, the same way I am not impressed by anyone who feels the need to completely exaggerate their opinions when they know they have an audience. Around here, we call that “Little Man Syndrome”. A person’s belief is not necessarily a fact. Any rational person knows this. It’s really hard to suffer a person who thinks that because they speak the loudest, that they win the argument. I hate giving this a lot of attention because, clearly, that was Louie’s objective.
The main reason that prompted me to write was you anyway, not Louie Savva. I only wanted to say that there are sooooo many people on the Internet who like to rant but very few have held my interest until you. It’s very refreshing to find someone who has a legitimate argument, well written and thought through and can actually punctuate above a third grade level. Thank you for not sleeping through high school English!
By the way…I tend to agree with your argument. Well stated.