RE: Tooth Fairy Bullshit
January 15, 2017 at 12:24 pm
(This post was last modified: January 15, 2017 at 12:24 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
As a proposed explanation, the tooth fairy is a childish answer to a trivial parental prank. In contrast to this, the existence of a divine being is one answer to profound philosophical questions such as why is there something rather than nothing, why does nature operate lawfully, etc. Even if the atheist thinks that is the wrong conclusion, intelligent minds have considered the existence of divine agency a reasonable answer to serious questions.
And the questions are not merely philosophical. Throughout human history religious sentiment has been motivating force behind many of Mankind’s greatest achievements and many of its darkest moral failures. No hospital was built in honor of the tooth fairy. She inspired no wars. She gave no strength to a missionary nor excuse to a criminal. How do you explain the difference between those beliefs that drive history and fanciful notions that do not? There is a reason.
Religious convictions, whether they are right or wrong, address the most profound questions of human existence and, at least for Christianity in particular, provide reasonable answers to those questions. These questions include who am I, why are we here, what am I obliged to do, etc. Trivializing Christian faith by comparing it to a childish superstition is to mock moral heroes, like Dr. King, whose Christian faith was essential to his life and legacy. Shame on you all.
And the questions are not merely philosophical. Throughout human history religious sentiment has been motivating force behind many of Mankind’s greatest achievements and many of its darkest moral failures. No hospital was built in honor of the tooth fairy. She inspired no wars. She gave no strength to a missionary nor excuse to a criminal. How do you explain the difference between those beliefs that drive history and fanciful notions that do not? There is a reason.
Religious convictions, whether they are right or wrong, address the most profound questions of human existence and, at least for Christianity in particular, provide reasonable answers to those questions. These questions include who am I, why are we here, what am I obliged to do, etc. Trivializing Christian faith by comparing it to a childish superstition is to mock moral heroes, like Dr. King, whose Christian faith was essential to his life and legacy. Shame on you all.
