RE: What is logic?
March 18, 2017 at 1:04 pm
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2017 at 1:17 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 18, 2017 at 10:12 am)Little Rik Wrote: Atheists keep on saying that they follow logic but in reality they go against logic.![]()
But let me put in simple terms what is and is not logic.![]()
Most people feel satisfied after eating or after having sex or after they got a new car.
Unfortunately this feeling of satisfaction doesn't last very long indeed.![]()
After a short time that feeling goes away and the action need to be done once again and again and again.![]()
In this way most people think that this repetition is the way to go and therefore it is logic and make sense.
This is not logic.![]()
Logic is when the feeling of satisfaction is permanent not temporary.
Smart people come to understand that physical-material things can not possibly bring a permanent
state of peace of mind and happiness that is why they work on actions that fulfill a state of permanent
feeling.
Peace of mind come from within so the work need to be done within.
Forget about an external God.![]()
The real God is you and is all within.
You only need to understand who you are, all the rest will follow.
So....
Rik just proved that he knows about as much about logic as he does about the rest or reality.
None, and I mean NONE of what you posted has anything to do wot logic, formal or informal logic.
(March 18, 2017 at 10:12 am)Little Rik Wrote: Atheists keep on saying that they follow logic but in reality they go against logic.![]()
But let me put in simple terms what is and is not logic.![]()
Most people feel satisfied after eating or after having sex or after they got a new car.
Unfortunately this feeling of satisfaction doesn't last very long indeed.![]()
After a short time that feeling goes away and the action need to be done once again and again and again.![]()
In this way most people think that this repetition is the way to go and therefore it is logic and make sense.
This is not logic.![]()
Logic is when the feeling of satisfaction is permanent not temporary.
Smart people come to understand that physical-material things can not possibly bring a permanent
state of peace of mind and happiness that is why they work on actions that fulfill a state of permanent
feeling.
Peace of mind come from within so the work need to be done within.
Forget about an external God.![]()
The real God is you and is all within.
You only need to understand who you are, all the rest will follow.
Logic is a method to examine an argument, in order to tell if the conclusion follows from the premises.
Arguments, in the logical sense, follow a specific form. Usually:
Premise 1
Premise 2
Premise 3
.
.
.
Conclusion
If the premises are sound, and the argument is valid (no fallacies), the conclusion must follow from the premises.
Your entire OP is noting but a non sequitur. Which is a LOGICAL FALLACY.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.