RE: Why atheism is important, and why religion is dangerous
October 11, 2017 at 10:15 pm
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2017 at 10:16 pm by Succubus.)
(October 11, 2017 at 8:49 pm)causal code Wrote:mordant Wrote:We need to promote rational thinking -- if we do, atheism and theism will sort themselves out.
Yes, and a non trivial portion of rational thinking, deals with rejecting deities, (i.e. atheism) especially in our unfortunately God-ridden / Plentifully religious world.
It is not the business of rational thinking, or rational thinkers to reject anything. Rational thinking says; 'show me the evidence.' Deities? First define your terms, ie, what are you talking about, what is a deity? This is where the proponents of things of a supernatural nature get it right around their necks. They fail to describe in coherent terms what it is they are proposing.
'The spoon definitely did bend'!
'Show me the evidence'!
Quote:Maybe in another world, where some required flavour of rational thinking was hypothetically needed to oppose some other large (but non-religious) foolishness... atheism would not be relevant in that world.
I'm struggling mightily with this. Why not whip out the razor and just concentrate on this world, the only one we know exists.
Quote:However that hypothetical world is not our <snipped duplicate of irrelevant wiki page> and this is why atheism is important.
No. Critical thinking is important, learn the difference.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
