(November 23, 2016 at 1:21 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(November 23, 2016 at 12:46 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: You cannot reason fiction into reality. The world doesn't care about your words. What doesn't exist will not *poof* into existence if you utter the right words in the right order ... your fetish with philosophy notwithstanding.
...thereby dismissing an entire branch of human inquiry. I suggest you call your local University and advise them to shut down their Philosophy Department. See how they feel about that suggestion.
Hey, quit sticking words in my mouth and try some honest discussion for a change, no?
I didn't say that philosophy was useless or negative. What I said was that you have a fetish with it. In the context of this discussion, that means that you think a lot of verbiage can make your god real -- in my view. Now, if I'm wrong, I'm happy to admit as much, but let's face it: you retreat into philosophy and make a regular practice of trying to reason your god into existence.
In short, with this strawman, you're trying to avoid actually addressing my point in favor of a shallow rhetorical flourish. Color me underwhelmed.
It's nice you have an education. It's a goddamned shame they didn't teach you how to deal with dissenting points in an honest manner.
