RE: "How God got started", how god belief + basic reason + writing -> modern humans?
October 9, 2017 at 5:17 pm
(This post was last modified: October 9, 2017 at 6:34 pm by Simon Moon.)
(October 9, 2017 at 1:30 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: On a personal note, I really do not understand this obsession with showing that faith and reason are not compatible. Nevertheless, Whateverist, if there is some particular point within the article you find interesting, I would be happy to drill down on it.
Because faith can be used as a justification to believe any claim, including all the religions that you don't believe. 1.5 billion Muslims and 1 billion Hindus believe their religions on faith, yet, according to you, they are wrong.
It is obvious that faith is not a reliable path to truth, if it can lead to mutually exclusive beliefs.
Reason, however, can be used as a pathway to truth. Reason incorporates valid and sound logic, critical thinking, and demonstrable evidence.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
