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What are some great analogies to explain theism to an atheist?How about this:“You know how in movies, people sometimes get hit on the head and all of a sudden they start seeing things that nobody else can see? Yeah, theism is kind of like that, except without needing the bump on the head.”No? OK, what about this one:“Remember when you were a kid and you actually believed in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy because your parents told you they were real and they actually left you presents? Well, theism is just like that, except without the actual physical evidence.”Ooh, wait. Here’s a better one:“You know how sometimes, especially after watching a scary movie, you are walking down a dark street and you just know with every fiber of your being that some sort of monster is lurking in the bushes about to jump out at you, even though you don’t actually see or hear anything? Well theism is the same thing — knowing with every fiber of your being that some fictional character exists despite having no good reason to believe it does.”Still no good? Ah well, I tried…In other related news, please remember that Analogies Are Not Arguments.

How did the ancient Greek Minotaur get lost in the labyrinth?The labyrinth (Λαβύρινθος labúrinthos) was a massive, elaborate and confusing structure patterned in the single-path (unicursal) seven-course "Classical" design without branching or dead ends. This became associated with the Labyrinth on coins as early as 430 BC, and similar non-branching patterns became widely used as visual representations of the Labyrinth – even though both logic and literary descriptions make it clear that the Minotaur was trapped in a complex branching maze. A unicursal labyrinth has only a single path to the center. A labyrinth in this sense has an unambiguous route to the center and back and presents no navigational challenge.Silver coin from Knossos displaying the 7-course "Classical" design to represent the Labyrinth, 400 BC. By AlMare - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, File:Knossos silver coin 400bc.jpg:It was designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus and his son Icarus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the hero Theseus. Daedalus had so cunningly made the Labyrinth that he could barely escape it after he built it. The Labyrinth prevented the Minotaur from finding his way out and the monster lurked in the recesses, waiting for his food. In the same way, the Athenian youths and maidens were trapped in the corridors.[File:Theseus Minotaur Mosaic.jpg - Wikipedia source and rights] 2nd-3rd c. AD, Roman, Bibliothek der Universität Fribourg:When I visited Knossos in 1970, it was still possible to go down into the lower rooms of the palace. There were scarcely any visitors at that time. Yes, I did get lost, finding myself in a dead end with a screen which prevented me from proceeding. Finally, I heard the welcome sound of voices speaking Greek, a group of students led by their teacher who was explaining the history. I cried out for help and they found me. I thanked the Ariadne and we all had a good laugh.

I'm 29 years old, but I still feel like a kid.I've never outgrown my absolute obsession with all things Lisa Frank.(I still buy the stickers, and put them on notebook paper. I put my mortgage statements in a Lisa Frank 3 ring binder and my bank stubs in a Lisa Frank folder. I color all the pages of the Lisa Frank coloring books I don't let my kids color in.)I also still like to swing at the park.I still like to dress up for Halloween as you can also tell. (I was a mouse.)I will never be too old to belt out my favorite songs even though I’m really terrible at singing, and I will always dance like a lunatic.I still run to my bedroom at night after I turn the lights out because I'm still afraid there might be monsters in the dark, and I still look behind the shower curtain before going to the bathroom for serial killers lurking in the bathtub. (And I also never take a bath without bubbles.)Getting older has never meant giving up the kid part of life. It just adds to it.