(July 21, 2012 at 5:13 am)Selliedjoup Wrote: This perspective mirrors a theist's perspective on why a god must exist.
And since the perspective is regarding an unseen, unknown entity rather than a time-tested methodology, it is irrational.
(July 21, 2012 at 5:13 am)Selliedjoup Wrote: You've bypassed the point by stating our reality is reality (in an absolute sense) and then compared to our collective imaginations.
And you have ignored it by questioning the tautology of reality being reality.
(July 21, 2012 at 5:13 am)Selliedjoup Wrote: So earth's smartest species is capable of assessing absolute trurh?
If there is such a thing as "absolute truth" then yes.