RE: Why is belief in a higher power required?
June 19, 2013 at 4:39 pm
(This post was last modified: June 19, 2013 at 4:47 pm by fr0d0.)
(June 19, 2013 at 4:26 pm)Faith No More Wrote:(June 19, 2013 at 4:19 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Faith gives me the potential to get more out of life than life without it.
I'd say that's less a statement about the strength of faith and more about your failings of dealing with existential questions.
I find the strength of the reasoning is precisely what supports the view. I think faith isn't better for being stronger. The balance between faith and doubt are important.
(June 19, 2013 at 4:36 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: That's just it. Christians often think that we atheists don't live happy, moral lives without belief in a higher power. That's why so many of them claim that we're all unhappy and if we do happen to have morals, they came from God.
Hmm. I think atheists can be happy. I can't reason how an atheist can't see the gains of a just reality. And I do think that's a reality an atheist must face. Reality sans God is unjust.
All humans have an ethical sense in my opinion. It's what supports the idea that justice is desirable.
