Baraka_Guru

So, logically, it's okay if I worship Apollo?



By the way, how is "The sky is blue. Therefore God doesn't exist" logically valid? "I like apple pie, therefore you don't have a pet salamander." Does that work, too? What if a friend were to give you a pet salamander? Does that mean I'd suddenly hate apple pie?

Infinite_Loser, what you are describing is faith, not logic. What you are saying is that if I accept the existence of the Greek pantheon as true, then any argument denying its existence is false. Where do we draw the line between logic and delusion? Does this mean that Christianity only exists because we believe in it? Does this mean that a great shift into secular beliefs will eventually mean that Jesus will be just as Apollo is now: without any living followers, and therefore without existence? Or does Apollo exist? Does he exist?

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