(November 22, 2011 at 4:50 pm)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: OK, you go around telling people that it is possible that tooth fairies exist in order to keep in check with your stringent philosophical rules, I'm fine with that.
However, nobody can tear me to shreds for stating that the tooth fairy is fictional, and that tooth fairy will not ever be proven real. They can try. This isn't even about philosophy. Just reality.
How do they believe it is possible that the tooth fairy could be real? Let's be hearing some theories, just for shits and giggles.
I'm one of those "agnostic" atheists. We live in a universe made up of billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars, and presumably billions of planets. As I'm unable to examine all - or even a meaningful fraction - of the evidence, I'm not willing to make a strong claim that something (no matter how improbable) absolutely does not exist.
Do I think that the tooth fairy exists? No - and I'm as certain of that as I can be in the absence of evidence. Would I make an argument for the existence of same? No. I'm not terribly interested in making an argument against the tooth fairy either. To do so would be a waste of time as well - I simply do not care one way or the other.
I don't think anyone is going to tear you to shreds for stating that the tooth fairy is fiction. Well, Statler might, but he's a tool.
