(July 30, 2013 at 1:48 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Disclaimer: Works best if god actually exists.
Actually, that line of thinking "works" regardless of whether god exists or not, which is why it is a bullshit way to reason.
Imagine I put a tooth that I lost under my pillow, and then I wake up in the morning to find that the tooth is missing and a dollar has been replaced. Now, I could posit a fairy that collects teeth and pays humans for them that could be entirely consistent with the evidence left behind, but the ability to posit a solution consistent with the evidence has no bearing on whether that solution is accurate. In other words, I am no closer to having demonstrated that fairy exists, but I have reasoned(read: rationalized) my way to justifying that I can believe it does.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
