(January 19, 2017 at 5:33 pm)Crossless1 Wrote:(January 19, 2017 at 5:29 pm)SteveII Wrote: I think the biggest difference is that there are rational reasons to believe in God and there are none to believe in the tooth fairy. So to equate the two is to intentionally dismiss the fact that people have rational reasons for their belief. Dismissing a person's thinking process in such an open and mocking way is disrespectful and "douchbagish".
Do you mean to say there are rational reasons to believe in a Deist god, or any theist's god?
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.