(January 20, 2017 at 12:39 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Perhaps it would help it I gave an example of what would be a fair comparison to God, namely Truth. Consider the following two propositions:
P1: The tooth fairy exists.
P2: Truth exists.
In one trivial respect some smartasses could claim that neither of the proposition’s subject has sufficient empirical evidence to justify belief in it. I challenge these Champions of Reason to justify their self-conceit of being Truthseekers without tangible falsifiable evidence that Truth exists.
If there was a tooth fairy, someone could at least, in theory, set a pair of dentures on a mousetrap and catch one. Not so with truth. If truth exists then it isn’t just another thing in a universe full of things. Has anyone seen truth? Distilled it into a test-tube? It’s not even reasonable to suggest that belief in truth is justified only after a sample has been produced under controlled conditions. Truth cannot be isolated. Either it informs everything or it doesn’t. Any comparison between the existence of the tooth fairy and truth is a ludicrous and obvious category error. I question the intellectual integrity of those who deny it.
I take that back. I don’t question it. They dishonest. Why is it that skeptics compare the existence of God to fairies, unicorns, and other fantastic mythological beasts as opposed to the existence of things like truth or personal identity or Platonic Forms or moral principles? I will tell you why. Because their only intention is to make believers seem ridiculous. Douches.
So close, yet too far. You know this chad, you really have to believe in the tooth fairy, e.g. have faith. the tooth fairy will be obvious to all that already believe, setting all your premises true by default.
And you are the one being dishonest claiming absolute knowlege, yet, not evident to all humans. Go hide your ass in a monastery or something. mabe your god will come to you there.
