The comparison is suppose to be analogous to the feeling a nullifidian experiences when thinking about the possibility of a tooth fairy.
I'm sure theists can think of the tooth fairy story and can reject it for many reasons but imagine the feeling you have towards the tooth fairy when no one else brings up the topic of the tooth fairy and it doesn't cross your mind and you are taking a walk or on vacation or at work . That is exactly how I feel about any god, which is nothing, no feelings or thoughts.
And if I stumbled upon a person IRL that was going on and on about the tooth fairy and yet the rest of their life seemed normal and productive I don't think there would be a legal thing to be done to them. No matter how odd you thought they were acting they could still raise their children, work a job, volunteer, invent something or be a criminal.
The tooth fairy is just an easy to grasp at fake thing that we can all agree on. It would be poor to use an example where there is a population that might actually find validity in the chosen example of woo.
I'm sure theists can think of the tooth fairy story and can reject it for many reasons but imagine the feeling you have towards the tooth fairy when no one else brings up the topic of the tooth fairy and it doesn't cross your mind and you are taking a walk or on vacation or at work . That is exactly how I feel about any god, which is nothing, no feelings or thoughts.
And if I stumbled upon a person IRL that was going on and on about the tooth fairy and yet the rest of their life seemed normal and productive I don't think there would be a legal thing to be done to them. No matter how odd you thought they were acting they could still raise their children, work a job, volunteer, invent something or be a criminal.
The tooth fairy is just an easy to grasp at fake thing that we can all agree on. It would be poor to use an example where there is a population that might actually find validity in the chosen example of woo.
If water rots the soles of your boots, what does it do to your intestines?