(July 3, 2015 at 11:35 am)popsthebuilder Wrote: No problem. Why do you reject a view so quickly?Occam's razor is a typically, a good guideline...
Why should I attribute something to the creator and ultimate controller of the cosmos when it can be a simple chemical gradient problem within the brain of an individual?... and such gradients can occur on multiple individuals, as we sort of share a lot of our genetic makeup.
(July 3, 2015 at 11:35 am)popsthebuilder Wrote: I could understand if it didn't solve every problem on earth. Just curious.
The genie in the lamp could solve every problem on Earth, too... doesn't make him a real entity, does it?
And yet, many people rub every lamp they come across... not that oil lamps are that common anymore... should we all do as they do, perhaps?
On the other hand, I see a lot of problems on Earth and, even those that are not caused by humans, must be solved by humans, or just left alone.... I see no ultimate power intervening anywhere... except, according to their own testimonies, on a few individual heads.... I hope you can understand how I find it far more likely that a few individuals have mental problems than that there exists such an ultimate being tweaking those individuals' minds so they feel better.
I mean, I would very much like for such a problem solver to exist and do its thing... but... sadly... that's not what I see... that's not what lots of people see. I see people. People doing good things, people doing bad things, people helping other people, people claiming things, people believing in such claims, people believing in other similar but non-compatible claims, people with mental problems, people treating some of those problems, people building structures where claims made by other people can be further enhanced and explored and spread to even more people, people feeling good by accepting those claims, people... I see people.
I keep telling this to every theist around here... Drich, remember when it was your turn?
