Here's how the false dichotomy thing plays out. I pose the question as follows: who holds up the sky if Ceiling Cat doesn't exist?
The replies come in saying, basically, don't be silly; of course Ceiling Cat doesn't hold up the sky, and why must it be a 'who'. I respond by saying "very well, if you think Ceiling Cat doesn't hold up the sky, give your reasoning why it must be Godzilla."
That, in a nutshell, is why we are saying the question is malformed - because, apart from maybe one vote given ironically, nobody is saying with any seriousness that it must be man governing human life etc instead of a god. Indeed, since the OP is trying to make the case that it has to be a god doing this stuff - since quite obviously it can't be a man - then we would all, I'm sure, be very interested to see the reasons and evidence to support that, instead of the fallacy of the excluded middle.
The replies come in saying, basically, don't be silly; of course Ceiling Cat doesn't hold up the sky, and why must it be a 'who'. I respond by saying "very well, if you think Ceiling Cat doesn't hold up the sky, give your reasoning why it must be Godzilla."
That, in a nutshell, is why we are saying the question is malformed - because, apart from maybe one vote given ironically, nobody is saying with any seriousness that it must be man governing human life etc instead of a god. Indeed, since the OP is trying to make the case that it has to be a god doing this stuff - since quite obviously it can't be a man - then we would all, I'm sure, be very interested to see the reasons and evidence to support that, instead of the fallacy of the excluded middle.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
