(August 25, 2015 at 1:48 pm)Ronkonkoma Wrote: Sure, and that's great to speculate, also it's very interesting to think about what's out there. And even what's in here in our twisted little minds. For example, did you consider the vast expanse of space inside our atoms? It seems like the more we zoom in, in the more the scenery begins to resemble the vast expanse of outer space!
Agreed. I think it is less intuitive to think of space as having either an upper or lower limit of scale. Having the means to image beyond a certain level is not a reason to set aside this basic intuition.
(August 25, 2015 at 1:48 pm)Ronkonkoma Wrote: Either way, we have to go on living. Should I get up this morning? Why? Why do good when its more convenient to do evil?
Surely you do not think it might be more convenient to do evil if only you could elude the long arm of the god? Do you find yourself beset by evil impulses which you must constantly be on guard against? I don't. Caring about others is in our nature, going against that should be hard.
(August 25, 2015 at 1:48 pm)Ronkonkoma Wrote: Are there good and evil? And who is to define it?.... We need answers to these now, and science might be great for that, the only problem is that it is very very SLOOOOW. And our lives are short.
I don't think science has any role to play where morality is concerned. More often, science provides us with more power to do incidental or unintended harm. If or when we ever reach moral agreement and achieve the political conviction to something about it, science may help us match means to ends. But morally, science is neutral.
(August 25, 2015 at 1:48 pm)Ronkonkoma Wrote: So we do in fact need philosophy to answer these. Philosophy is supposed to be reasonable. Reason is a tool we have other than science. Religion itself should be reasonable, and it should fit with science.
Couldn't agree more with the part I bolded. I personally get bored discussing religion with apologists who think they have to explain away bits of science as being in conflict with their theology. Evolution should pose no problem. Big bangs should pose no problem. And neither should a multiverse or abiogenesis pose an obstacle to an adequate theology.
I do think there is a reason for God belief and I don't oppose it even though I don't embrace it either. At the very least how and why it arises nearly everywhere and at all times makes it an interesting question.