(July 17, 2017 at 5:34 pm)Lek Wrote:(July 17, 2017 at 5:08 pm)mordant Wrote: Yes, we godless bastards have access to awe too.
Although if the universe is eternal it does not in any way imply that we are. You and I are particular configurations of matter and energy. The subatomic particles that make us up will survive; our consciousness will not.
But that's okay, because every heaven eventually becomes its own hell. I'm cool with being mortal.
Actually you don't know if our consciousness survives or not. How would science know?
How the fuck would YOU know? At least science can demonstrate whatever it claims. As soon as whatever mechanism you want to claim works, or is superior to science in producing results, you can start making assertions, until then, they can be dismissed as vacuous and moronic and would be better unsaid to save yourself some embarrassment. BTW, if the universe (which we can actually observe) is the eternal thing, you're adding an unnecessary contingency by positing a god, and Occam's Razor handily circumcises that bitch right the fuck out of the equation. Fuck, I can't believe I got goaded into responding to you.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
