(April 2, 2016 at 8:02 am)Mr.wizard Wrote:(April 2, 2016 at 7:51 am)athrock Wrote: Ya, just tell me where I'm wrong if my analogy is bad.
Special pleading is defined as Special Pleading is a fallacy in which a person applies standards, principles, rules, etc. to others while taking herself (or those she has a special interest in) to be exempt, without providing adequate justification for the exemption.
Since we are not God and He is, I have provided adequate justification for the exemption.
Because you haven't established that god even exists, let alone be able to tell us what rules he's made or has to follow. Your comparing things we know exist with something we have no knowledge of, your just making up god to fit your analogies.
That wasn't really the point anyway, the point was special pleading.
Agreed. This discussion assumes that point for the sake of argument.
However, if God does exist, then I think it is reasonable to say that justification for the exemption exists; consequently, there is no special pleading.
If God does not exist, then we should have a very different discussion!