(August 31, 2018 at 12:50 pm)polymath257 Wrote:(August 31, 2018 at 12:40 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: So your argument is that the garden grows, therefore gnomes and unicorns. With the secondary argument that since you can not detect them, they must be invisible.
This just seems like bad logic as is. There is no connection between the premise and the conclusion. Are you saying that bad reasoning; means that one is delusional? Because I find this to be bad reasoning.
This also seems to be a rather naive and childlike understanding of the arguments as an analogy. It seems more of a charicature than analogous to Christianity or religious arguments. Perhaps you should try stating your reasoning more directly without the analogy.
No, I really think there is no connection between the arguments and 'evidence' of most religions and the actual claims they make.
And yes, in this case, the person believing in gnomes and unicorns is delusional, not just mistaken.
I also do not think that someone being convinced or not convinced by evidence or reason, the same as you, is a correct usage of the word delusional.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther