(February 7, 2014 at 3:10 am)JuliaL Wrote:(February 7, 2014 at 2:27 am)EvolutionKills Wrote: Simple, an all powerful Genie made the entire universe 25 minutes ago;
Great rebuttal. May I suggest you missed a point:
That the Evil Genie included in its simulation a prevalent though false memeplex represented by a collection of ancient documents. This 'bible' was edited by committed priests and described a creator God who brought the universe into existence 6000 years ago. Coincidentally there is also record that this collection of documents provided thousands and thousands of man-years of gainful employment free lunches for clerics up until the present. Though they've only been real free lunches for the last 25 minutes.
Sheesh last Tuesdayism is hard to deal with. I can't do the mental gymnastics needed to make up (implausible) explanations why such a preconception is True when it differs from observation. I guess I'll just stick with reality.
Between the 'free lunches' bit and 'Last Tuesdayism', the first thing that popped into my head was a reference to Lord Sheogorath the Daedric Prince of Madness from The Elder Scroll series.
Lord Sheogorath the Deadric Prince of Madness Wrote:Wonderful! Time for a celebration... Cheese for everyone! Wait, scratch that. Cheese for no one. That can be just as much of a celebration, if you don't like cheese, true? You've run a maze like a good little rat. But no cheese for you yet. Well, maybe a little.