[alexander_busek]

alexander_busek: I’m pointing out that you folks are (unknowingly) acting out tropes.

Boogieman: Which is a meaningless point to make in a philosophical or scientific argument.

A great many literary tropes are excellent illustrations of fallacious reasoning.

"Intelligent Design" a.k.a. "A Wizard Did It!" is just another dodge or evasion.

I can solve any philosophical or scientific problem if, in the course of expounding upon my solution to my learned audience, I am allowed, at any point, to cry, "And here, a MIRACLE happens!"

It is the lazy man's "Get Out of Jail Free" card.

Regards,

[Boogieman]

‘I can solve any philosophical or scientific problem if, in the course of expounding upon my solution to my learned audience, I am allowed, at any point, to cry, “And here, a MIRACLE happens!”’

And yet, in discussing philosophy, the question of the existence of a divinity or higher intelligence is a legitimate question. So to exclaim “that’s a trope” every time it is brought up is just as fallacious a tactic.