(January 19, 2017 at 6:02 pm)Jesster Wrote:(January 19, 2017 at 5:55 pm)SteveII Wrote: I defend the Christian version and think it has the most rational complete worldview. However, just the basic concept of God is not irrational--and many people just stop there and are content with that level of detail.
So you're saying that belief in tooth fairies is irrational. Why should I think a god belief is any more rational?
Does my very disbelief based on my own rational thinking offend you?
If you think your god belief is rational, are you saying my disbelief is irrational? If so, you're being as much of a "douche" to me as you think I am to you.
Please enlighten me if you'd like to elaborate on any of that, though.
Yes, the tooth fairy belief is irrational. You would have logically undercut all the reasons why a person might believe in God to equate the two. You are incapable of doing that.
You do not offend me.
I did not say your disbelief is irrational.
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(January 19, 2017 at 6:00 pm)SteveII Wrote: If you think believing in the tooth fairy is rational, then you would be objectively wrong. It is not rational. As a parent of 5 children, it was me who put the dollar under the pillow. You are simply elevating the belief in the tooth fairy with no warrant to avoid the the mockery charge.
I'm saying there are reasons people think the tooth fairy are real. I think they are mistaken, but they do believe because they have been convinced. If I didn't think they were mistaken, I would believe along with them. Same thing with god belief.
Sure, there might be reasons to believe the tooth fairy is real. None of them rational. The existence of reasons does not equal rationality.