(October 25, 2012 at 7:20 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Why would he have to dictate us if he proved his existence?
In the case of God sending Messengers, the Messengers life and ideas will all be taken as guided and an authority.
As for not talking to us via voices, perhaps, we have no way of recognizing the voices are from God.
Of course, if God made us know he exists, he would not have to dictate to us.
Quote:According the christianity, that 'honor and dignity' includes burning eternally in hell. I understand that one would need to strengthen their soul. My point was that if someone is born not even believing thay have a soul at all, then they will naturally make no effort to strengthen it.
Well Atheists believe in will power as well. They believe it's generated by the brain only as opposed to a spirit/soul, but never the less, they can struggle and try to overcome difficulties as well.
Quote:Design was assumed, but there are many things, even without evolution, that do not suggest design. Design, just like 'goddidit', has no predictive power. We can call it design, but does that actually mean anything?
Confirmation bias, on the other hand, does exist and can be used to predict how people might act. Psychologists did not simply say they are 'irrational' and move on, but give an accurate assesment of the phenomenon.
Sure confirmation bias is a possible theory behind our belief in God. But if all emotionally driven beliefs are fallacies, the same can be said about us knowing praise, value, or morals exist.
Quote:Is it? The evolutionary explanation of morality would be equally valid if there is no free will. Also, if nihilists make any effort to be moral, they must believe in morality on some level, even if they do not acknowledge it (perhaps not even to themselves).
I agree that everyone believes in morality to an extent, but people do take on the intellectual position that morality is a delusion as well.
It's like I said before, even a nihilist has pride, but that's not really possible without belief in objective praise/value.
But this doesn't change the fact, emotion is part of the "belief" experience of praise and morality.
