(July 3, 2011 at 1:11 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: One of the central concepts of deism is that God exalted humans as rational animals and that the "Gift of Reason" will prevail (see the last sentence of The Age of Reason).
The stupidity I have witnessed in the last decade is what has given me pause and made me consider that maybe the atheists are right, we were lucky to get this far.
I had a little talk with a deist and he explained his beliefs pretty well.
He said to me: "God gave us the gift of reason and also a choice that follows it. We either use this reason to create the technology that will send us to the moon and stars and become as gods, or we use this gift of reason to create the technology to destroy ourselves in a rush of hate. Ultimately, sending ourselves to oblivion. And that it is our choice alone which path we take, do we use reason to become more than we are or destroy ourselves with it?."
Quite an interesting view. I do agree that we do have the choice, to become more or not at all. People like those who are poor in Africa that would harm themselves by walking miles to a church, he said, demonstrates the choice in how we use our gift of reason.
What do you think?
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
