Quote Originally Posted by Polymirize
Why do you keep bringing up santa claus and the easter bunny in all your posts? reductio absurdum arguments are for people who can't understand the premises. Grow up a bit. Don't pretend you know it all and you just might find yourself open to different possibilities. I'm sure you believe at this point that you will die an old man anarchist... I don't see it happening, because hopefully you're not done learning.
I never claimed I know it all. I'm just saying that I will only believe in things I know to be true, not things which I don't have any evidence for. I only believe in those things which my experience gives me reason to believe.

See, you don't HAVE to extend into the unknown, you merely acknowledge its existence outside the borders of human knowledge. If you want to say it will all be understandable by science SOME DAY... fine. I think that's a little naive, but cool. Regardless, people have been attempting to understand the universe since the beginning of mankind, so believe it or not, they've figured out some alternate paths already. Does this really sound so bad to you?
I'm not saying humanity will ever understand everything. But if I'm going to believe something, I want a reason to believe in it. Is that really such an absurd position to take?
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