On Moral Authorities

[Edwardo Piet]

The fact that I can answer with "neither" does indeed demonstrate that the dichotomy is false.

And I can answer with "squirrel". Both unintelligible answers until justified.

I'm asking you whether you accept that a dichotomy that can be answered with "neither" is a false one or not. That''s not anything I have to justify that's something you've failed to consistently answer.

Are you aware of the nonsense you're proposing yet? It could be 'neither' just as it could be 'squirrel'. It will be only when it has been successfully justified. And saying:

"Squirrel" is an example of "neither".

To say that a false dichotomy is a dichotomy where the answer "neither" can be given is not to propose nonsense, it's to give you the definition of a false dichotomy in order to demonstrate to you that you were wrong to say that a dichotomy involving gods is a true one because it can be answered with "neither". That makes it a false one.

won't fly because that atheistic conclusion can't be the rebuttal to its own atheistic argument.

A dichotomy involving gods can't apply if there are no gods.

In all honesty, the only thing that makes me reply again and again is the sheer stupidity of what you're rooting for. I keep thinking I'm being punk'd, but I'm no celebrity, so this must sadly be real life.

I didn't say I was routing for anything. All I'm saying is that a dichotomy that can be answered with "neither" is a false one, the dichotomy you gave was an example of that, and I believe that "neither" is the true option because I believe there are no gods so a horn of the dichotomy involving gods is an incorrect horn. You're making up some really bizarre misrepresentation of things I never said. You have literally no idea how pedantic I am. If you had said that your dilemma presupposed the existence of gods it would be a true dichotomy but you didn't' say that. You left open the option for "neither" and you admitted it was an option and yet still denied it. You're not pedantic enough. Oh goodness, I wish you were, I wish more people were. Non-pedantic is inaccurate. Anything less than full pedantry is an openness to jumping to conclusions and making assumptions. Make the implicit explicit.