(January 3, 2014 at 9:45 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: It's not fallacious. People are taught both Santa is real and God at the same time in many instances.
It is fallacious, and is often used by atheists. People are also taught that trees grow, the sky is blue, fish swim, 2+2=4, and numerous other things at that same time period. In fact, these are far more analogous to being taught that God does exist because the parents believe these things are true much like they believe God exists. They do not believe that the Tooth Fairy exists. It was a totally fallacious analogy and you’re usually better than that.
Quote: You're right that many cling to the god claim, but you're forgetting the other half of this little equation; there are those that also reject it later on, much like rejecting the notion of the Tooth Fairy.
Again, another fallacious analogy. Many healthy people adopt a belief in God later on in life (I.e. Francis Collins), and yet nobody who is healthy adopts a belief in the Tooth Fairy later on in life.
Quote: That last one about you shitting on the lawn was analogous to your shitty proceedings here.
Then….don’t….read….them……