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So the tooth wasn't gone? I'm confused...
The daughter is providing evidence for the existence of the tooth fairy, who takes a child's tooth from under their pillow whilst they are asleep, often leaving a coin in the tooth's place, whereas in reality it's their parents who take the teeth.
Similarly the father, a priest/reverand, provides 'evidence' for the existence of God/jesus/whoever. Has be been hoodwinked by other people? Perhaps we will never know.
Maybe.
Or maybe not.
What sort of statistics are you using to come to this conclusion?Okay?
Statistical probability would strongly suggest that it is extraordinarily unlikely that all "religious followers" are "hoodwinked."
Kinda sorta.All does not allow for even one exception, which, when we're talking about an incredibly diverse and large sample frame, is so astronomically improbable as to be a laughable hypothesis. It might be somewhat less laughable if it was remedied to simply refer to all humans, period, because you might as well with how broad and diverse the sample frame already is. Then, you might as well also just point out that all human knowledge is limited as we are finite beings with finite senses, and, from that perspective, all humanity is "hoodwinked."
Are some people being hoodwinked by materialist science to believe there is nothing beyond the material?
You know, let's just be blunt here and point out the obvious (or what should be obvious at any rate) with respect to the topic at hand.
Whenever people make statements like this, or like that of the OP, it's a thinly-veiled excuse for a condescending attitude towards worldviews and truths differ from their own. It isn't always, but more often than not, the manner in which the questions are presented is not oriented towards inquisitive discussion, but being self-righteous and judgmental. I don't mean to suggest that either George or Silver made their posts with this intent; I see these questions as a satirical jab to point out their inherently flawed and incredulous nature. Their evaluation rests entirely on subjective personal or cultural assumptions (philosophy) about the nature of truth/knowledge. This makes it is painfully easy to come up with examples contrary to these statements (hence the statistical probability of "all" being zero), especially when we're talking about esoteric topics that you can't put objective measurements and statistics to in the first place. Add to this the diversity of religion being overlooked: not all religions are creedal and dogmatic, nor do all religions have governing authority or organization where the situation shown in the comic would take place. Given there exist these types of religions, they instantly defy the extremist claim of the OP that ALL (as in without exception) religious followers are "hoodwinked" by some religious authority. :slap:
Then again, I'm not in the "One and Only Absolute Truth" crowd, so of course I'd say so, and I'm a member of one of those non-dogmatic, non-creedal, non-organized, self-revising or error-correcting religions. There's my bias. You completely lost me in the first line of your rebuttal, 9-10ths. I just don't have a one-dimensional view of truth. :sorry1: But hey, if you favor the "One Truth" thing, it follows, I s'pose.
I think it depends on the hood.
The probability of statistics.What sort of statistics are you using to come to this conclusion?
Most likely, but that would be off topic.Are some people being hoodwinked by materialist science to believe there is nothing beyond the material?
Are some people being hoodwinked by materialist science to believe there is nothing beyond the material?
Maybe.
Or maybe not.
Bout sums up my viewpoint too.
Sounds preferable to the alternative.Along those lines, allow me to sum up God's viewpoint in Revelations 3:
"I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. But because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth."