Quote Originally Posted by Papewaio View Post
The invisible leprechaun and the omnipresent yet not measurable god have the same level of proof.

Attaching desires such as how the universe was created or wishing to live forever to one of these does not decrease the burden of truth required.
To mention the creation of the universe by God is not necessarily expressing a desire or wishful thinking - it is an attempt at an explanation, a theory, in which a being with the properties we attribute to God is posited to exist based on its necessity for the existence of the material universe. As such, it should be assessed on its merits as a theory, and not speculation on an individual's motivations for believing in it.

The invisible leprechuan is not an attempt to explain anything, and no reasoning is offered to suggest why, in the absence of more direct evidence, this being must by necessity exist.

Furthermore, the concept of God as an omnipotent, omnipresent etc being is consistent in that it is based on his relationship with the universe.

On the other hand, the design of the invisible leprechuan seems to make no sense, far less have any basis for positing its existence. How, for example, does it manage to float above Kadagar's head, yet still retain the form of a creature designed to live on earth bound by gravity and similar things? How has its leprechaun skin managed to manipulate light in such a way as to achieve invisibility?