I’m pretty sure the correct action in this instance is a mustache twirl.
Of course they will, just like I did. I wouldn’t want them to take my word for it.
Or a good bout of maniacal laughter.
MWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
You need a big staff to bang on the floor too.
That’s good.
I guess I would say something about how there are things known & things unknown, [del]and in between are the Doors[/del]… I know enough to know that “god” can be defined to mean different things, some of which certainly exist, some of which most likely do not, & some of which we haven’t thought of yet nor know enough to tell whether they exist or not.
On the existence of God, I am an ignoramus & unashamed.
In short, “Maybe.” It depends on what you mean by god.
Since I was a teenager, I guess, it’s seemed to me that a good answer would be, “define God.” I guess that can used on a five-year-old.
“What kind of god are we talking about?”
Yes, it really adds emphasis when you yell “You FOOLS!” <BANG!>
For one thing, the tooth fairy doesn’t quite have the same historical documentation and tradition as belief in gods. Gods *are *subject to different standards because a large portion of society *belives *in him/it/them. If you take the faith of all those believers as some kind of evidence (unconvincing as it may be), then you’ve got plenty more evidence for god than for these other mythical creatures. Like it or not, religion is a huge part of our society and as such, it needs to be respected. That’s why it gets treated differently.
Other forms of superstition are just as common. Again, what’s the difference?
As I understand the Legend of the Tooth Fairy, it is falsifiable.
As I understand the Legend of God, it is not.
This, then, provides the reason for answering questions about the Tooth Fairy differently than questions about God.
Well, MY Tooth Fairy isn’t so easily dismissed, Bricker. MY Tooth Fairy can eat your God for lunch, with teeth to spare.
Other forms such as…? If they are as big a part of society as religion, they should probably be respected.
If you want tell your kids that god = tooth fairy, that does not concern me. I just think kids should also realize that god/religion is a huge part of other people’s lives and the more they understand about it, the better equipped they’ll be to 1) draw their own conclusions and 2) respect others’ lifestyles.
Falsifiable, my ass. I got whole shiny quarters for my teeth!
Mayhap so. And if your kid is asking about a non-falsifiable version of the Tooth Fairy, such as you assert yours to be, then I think it’s perfectly defensible to say, “Some people believe in him, and some don’t.” (Assuming that statement to be true… every version of the Tooth Fairy story I’ve heard of is either eminently falsifiable or describes non-supernatural events).
Banging your staff on the floor is bad enough, but calling them fools while banging them is prolly gonna upset the HR department…
I just realized you aren’t humming at the end of each post-
That’s a signature, huh?
It took me a sec too. It thought maybe he was eating pie while posting and typed out his appreciation after each bite.
I figured he just had a really delicious keyboard.
The number 13, for example. Plenty of buildings don’t have a “13th” floor. (Which is to say they do but they call it the 14th.) Astrology is pretty huge, too–big enough that it gets printed in pretty much every newspaper in this country.
Lots of people used to believe in Zeus and Odin and Itzamna. I’m sure you wouldn’t see this as an argument in favor of their existence.