RE: Hitchens '07: God is not Great
July 26, 2016 at 8:46 am
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2016 at 8:49 am by Excited Penguin.)
(July 26, 2016 at 8:44 am)Drich Wrote:(July 26, 2016 at 6:19 am)chimp3 Wrote: Perhaps a mirror for yourself so you can see the last expression on your face when you realize there is no transition to Christian Valhalla . One moment of healthy doubt on your face before you breathe your last. Why not live in doubt now. See doubt on your face every morning in the mirror while you brush your teeth preparing for one more precious day of life. Come on in. The water is fine!
Have you ever been to Disney World? do you doubt that it is still there? For those who have been, and or live in close proximity to, doubt is not possible.
That's how delusion works, I'm afraid. That's why we've got methods to ascertain the truth without appealing to our own personal, biased and subjective experiences of reality.
How is your belief any different from someone's who thinks there's an invisible unicorn in his backyard that lays diamond eggs every full moon if the stars are aligned perfectly and his zodiac is the right one?
Scratch that, how is it any different from anyone else's from every other religion in history?
Can you show to me that your supernatural beliefs are any more credible than any of the other ones? Or aren't your beliefs on the matter simply a matter of incident, pertaining to the place in the world where you were born, the family and/or the society that instilled them in you?
