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Is this reasonable?
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RE: Is this reasonable?
(May 24, 2018 at 11:52 pm)Kit Wrote: Is it not reasonable to not believe in fairies despite there being no evidence they don't exist?

Take your time.

Considering the logic that lead to an answer of "yes", is it too far fetched to substitute "fairies" for "god"?

Take your time.

Ignoramous has the right of it. Because inductive inference is not deductively closed, there always exists the possibility that an unknown can become a known at the drop of a hat. One might suggest that the number of exemplars that one is making an induction from is related to the confidence one can have in the induction, but that measure of confidence is in relation to the total size of the undiscovered continent, and not solely on what is known. So while it may be reasonable to withhold belief, it may not be as justified to conclude the question of the existence of fairies or God in the negative. I think that judgement awaits more conclusive arguments based on what God is, rather than what he is not.

Is that weasonable?
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Is this reasonable? - by Kitan Etos - May 24, 2018 at 11:52 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by ignoramus - May 25, 2018 at 12:53 am
RE: Is this reasonable? - by RoadRunner79 - May 25, 2018 at 12:04 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by polymath257 - July 19, 2018 at 9:08 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Losty - May 25, 2018 at 12:55 am
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Edwardo Piet - May 25, 2018 at 12:56 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Joods - May 25, 2018 at 3:36 am
RE: Is this reasonable? - by ignoramus - May 25, 2018 at 4:06 am
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Joods - May 25, 2018 at 8:13 am
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Fake Messiah - May 25, 2018 at 4:18 am
RE: Is this reasonable? - by notimportant1234 - May 25, 2018 at 8:22 am
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Joods - May 25, 2018 at 8:32 am
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Drich - May 25, 2018 at 10:06 am
RE: Is this reasonable? - by downbeatplumb - May 25, 2018 at 1:07 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by RoadRunner79 - May 25, 2018 at 4:01 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Fake Messiah - May 29, 2018 at 3:27 am
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Fake Messiah - July 19, 2018 at 4:52 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Sal - May 25, 2018 at 10:20 am
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Angrboda - May 25, 2018 at 1:17 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Edwardo Piet - May 25, 2018 at 2:05 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by The Grand Nudger - May 25, 2018 at 2:11 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by The Valkyrie - July 19, 2018 at 5:04 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Kitan Etos - July 19, 2018 at 5:24 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Neo-Scholastic - July 19, 2018 at 5:25 pm
RE: Is this reasonable? - by Kitan Etos - July 19, 2018 at 5:35 pm

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