RE: An alternative to atheist thought
September 26, 2017 at 8:06 am
(This post was last modified: September 26, 2017 at 8:32 am by BlindedWantsToSee.)
(September 25, 2017 at 8:18 pm)Succubus Wrote:(September 25, 2017 at 7:46 pm)BlindedWantsToSee Wrote: ...Brain dead people being revived: I have not met anyone personally. I have seen reports on the subject which testify the subjects had no brain activity whatsoever while they still experienced awareness. I believe at least some of those reports are genuine. You don't believe them. We will see...
Then why post your thoughts in an environment so clearly hostile to this sort of thinking? This forum is dedicated to the dissection of, and the dissemination of, the very thoughts you hold most dear. You spout nonsense here and you will be questioned robustly. So why us, how did you find us?
I was searching online for a forum to share what I have to say. This website happened to come up. My intentions were to offer an alternative way, my way, of interpreting or making sense of life as we know it, why, and how it came to be the way it is, and my opinion on what is the most effective way of dealing with it. I think atheist people are rational. I think you can judge what I say in light of your own experiences. If there is anything of value to you, I hope you use it to improve your life and the world you live in. I said what I needed to say. I'm not saying anything else unless I am asked a question.
(September 26, 2017 at 2:59 am)Whateverist Wrote: Why would anyone want an alternative to atheist thought?
There are theories or beliefs and better theories or more accurate beliefs. I believe my theory is better because it takes into account a lot more evidence, which in my opinion is reliable/relevant, and which is dismissed by other theories or beliefs and by atheism. I think people want the best, most accurate information there is, so they can live their lives in a better way, or be happier.
(September 26, 2017 at 2:07 am)Tazzycorn Wrote:(September 25, 2017 at 3:46 pm)BlindedWantsToSee Wrote: To me, denying the existence of intelligence in life, or the world, or the universe, or in energy is like denying the presence of coldness in a glass of iced tea that's full of ice.
You do realise that coldness isn't a thing, but rather a privative, a word used to reify an absence of a thing, I hope.
Alright, it is not a thing; but it is something that exists or happens, and impacts life. I mean it does not matter whether coldness is a thing or not; if you or I were to be left naked in the waters of the antarctic, we would freeze just the same. Let's try to catch the ideas behind the words....