(July 3, 2016 at 11:09 am)popsthebuilder Wrote: Did you really say that one of faith in a singular creative force is necessarily of a lower intellect than a nihilist?
I know you didn't use those exact words but still.
As if all scientific advancement was made by atheists or something.
Don't be so quick to make the opinion of the masses your own. Especially such a biased opinion as that.
Faith in selfless Unity for Good.
I don’t think intellect has anything to do with it. Theism and nihilism are just two extremes. The theist has too much imagination. The nihilist has none at all.
We need imagination. We need to be able to envision the world as we can make it. Otherwise, we’d still be living in caves because if you can’t visualize a house, you can’t build one.
Balance is of the essence. Without a god to tell us what life should be, we are free to make it what we want it to be. The mind that sinks from there to a point of hopeless meaningless ness is totally lacking in imagination.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
