RE: ...Truth?
June 28, 2017 at 5:36 pm
(This post was last modified: June 28, 2017 at 5:42 pm by Alex K.)
@insufferable Caleb,
You are strawmanning hard there, telling atheists what their supposed motivations are. You should ask us, not tell us. We're the experts, after all.
That the search for truth is a "natural progression" for the theist is a completely unfounded claim, often shown to be false by the blatant religiously motivated denial of reality by theists (climate change is bogus because jesus, evolution is a lie because jesus). But even if that were true, it would be a mere accident that truth is pursued, not a motivated decision that truth is pursued for some higher purpose because it is the truth - "I am a believer in God, and like the mental plankton that I am, the memetic currents wash me this way, towards truth, as it happens, but why that is good, I don't know" (Euthyphro calling) . There'd be no deeper reason that makes the belief in God any truer because of this accidental outcome.
Alas, we know that this exercise is not necessary because god-belief manifestly does not steer man towards truth in general.
You are strawmanning hard there, telling atheists what their supposed motivations are. You should ask us, not tell us. We're the experts, after all.
That the search for truth is a "natural progression" for the theist is a completely unfounded claim, often shown to be false by the blatant religiously motivated denial of reality by theists (climate change is bogus because jesus, evolution is a lie because jesus). But even if that were true, it would be a mere accident that truth is pursued, not a motivated decision that truth is pursued for some higher purpose because it is the truth - "I am a believer in God, and like the mental plankton that I am, the memetic currents wash me this way, towards truth, as it happens, but why that is good, I don't know" (Euthyphro calling) . There'd be no deeper reason that makes the belief in God any truer because of this accidental outcome.
Alas, we know that this exercise is not necessary because god-belief manifestly does not steer man towards truth in general.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
