RE: Do people hate the actual belief in God, or just the religious organizations?
November 2, 2016 at 12:58 pm
(This post was last modified: November 2, 2016 at 1:01 pm by Whateverist.)
(November 2, 2016 at 12:40 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(November 2, 2016 at 8:55 am)goombah111 Wrote: again, there is a lot of evidence to support it.
Get started presenting it in that thread, then. The "evidence" I've seen is actually a bunch of supposition strung together with requirements that simply won't withstand scrutiny. Bldg 7 was demolished? Great. How and when did they wire it such that not a single person noticed it? etc etc.
I completely agree. Belief in 9-11 being an inside job is cray-cray all the way. Period. Full stop.
(November 2, 2016 at 12:40 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(November 2, 2016 at 8:55 am)goombah111 Wrote: so its not silly. it may be wrong, but its not ridiculous.
No, it is silly. It is ridiculous.
Where god-belief is concerned, it is just belief in a literal, out-there god which deserves to be scoffed at. Faith in the availability of wisdom not arrived at deductively is not nuts (though entirely unreliable). I mean not every dream unlocks the structure of DNA and not every fantasy results in artistic mastery. The role of god belief in our becoming as we are is an interesting discussion topic.
Could something not literally true have played a crucial role in our acquiring our mode of consciousness which to all appearances is unique. If so, is there a way to think about gods in an as-if way (allegorically rather than literally) which could be as useful in the domain of the subjective as science has been within the domain of the objective? I think the answer is either 1) yes or 2) maybe not but perhaps it enhances creativity, happiness and insight into the human condition. I lean toward 2.
