(August 4, 2017 at 11:30 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(August 4, 2017 at 11:17 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: my point is simply that I find "I don't know" to be a perfectly acceptable provisional answer, and I don't understand why your particular god should be the default answer in the face of ignorance.
See above. It is not a option to say "I don't know" when, for example, faced with certain end of life decisions, such as pulling the plug on a critically injured loved one.
Aren't you really just arguing for comfort in the face of death? Think I'll wing it without a security blanket. I'm sure I'm not worried about any awkward posthumous interview at the pearly gates. So really it just seems to be about spinning our mortality in a candy-land direction.