RE: Atheists, what are your thoughts on us Agnostics?
June 23, 2017 at 5:12 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2017 at 5:15 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 23, 2017 at 4:55 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Right, god isn't what they actually experience. It's what they infer is what it comes from and what it means.-and gl telling them that, even if you could demonstrably show it to them to be true with their own brain...lol.
Quote:Admittedly, no believer I've ever talked to about it has seemed any too pleased with the idea of a scaled down god. Too bad. I think they could be very happy with it. The decrease in cognitive dissonance alone should seal the deal. Unfortunately they don't think anything that just comes from them can be good or important enough. I think they settle for a too limited notion of themselves.
There's a line of thought, I'll try to source it, about our concepts of god shrinking or enlarging in direct relation to our current self appraisal. When life is going well and we are successful..we have a tendency to interpret those results as having been importantly directed by ourselves...but when we feel small or powerless or incompetent and things aren't going well..god - an afterthought in good times, becomes big enough to cast shade on the universe. There's a correlation, too, between secular or national power and religious immanence. Commonly alluded to by the difference in tone in a place when the public feels more "god bless us" or "god save us".
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