RE: What is the Point of Believing in God Without Religion?
January 3, 2017 at 8:27 pm
(This post was last modified: January 3, 2017 at 8:33 pm by Rhondazvous.)
(January 3, 2017 at 6:09 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Some people are just too uncomfortable not having answers for the big questions.
So, whenever they run up against something that humans do not currently have a REAL explanation for, they get to insert their god.
They get to put a check in the "explained" box in their minds, and revel in their sense of relief.
But of course, they are fooling themselves, as it really doesn't answer the question, it just sort of sweeps it under the rug.
This is the gap theory without the hassle. So what happens when they have their cake and eat it too?
(January 3, 2017 at 6:27 pm)Rhythm Wrote: A case example presents itself........
He may not be there when you want him, but he's always on time
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.
