RE: Tooth Fairy Bullshit
January 19, 2017 at 6:02 pm
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2017 at 6:05 pm by Jesster.)
(January 19, 2017 at 5:55 pm)SteveII Wrote:(January 19, 2017 at 5:33 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: 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.
So you're saying that belief in tooth fairies is irrational. Why should I think a god belief is any more rational?
Does my very disbelief based on my own rational thinking offend you?
If you think your god belief is rational, are you saying my disbelief is irrational? If so, you're being as much of a "douche" to me as you think I am to you.
Please enlighten me if you'd like to elaborate on any of that, though.
(January 19, 2017 at 6:00 pm)SteveII Wrote:(January 19, 2017 at 5:29 pm)Jesster Wrote: As an added note, CL, I do have plenty of respect for you. That's why I bother having real conversations with you. I think you're very level-headed even when I disagree with you.
Again, how you view tooth fairy believers is your problem to work out. I am giving them more credit than you are. Maybe you are being the douchebag.
If you think believing in the tooth fairy is rational, then you would be objectively wrong. It is not rational. As a parent of 5 children, it was me who put the dollar under the pillow. You are simply elevating the belief in the tooth fairy with no warrant to avoid the the mockery charge.
I'm saying there are reasons people think the tooth fairies are real. I think they are mistaken, but they do believe because they have been convinced. If I didn't think they were mistaken, I would believe along with them. Same thing with god belief.