(November 13, 2017 at 2:29 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I understand your stance Brian, I just don't think it's rational when so many cultures have proven God and the soul, and didn't expect people to accept these two things blindly.
Yes all sorts of things without proof get mixed with it, and that is wrong, but God and the soul are proven by most cultural frameworks of what they teach proves God.
No no no no.........
You are the one not getting it.
Think of as most babies WORLDWIDE like an empty chalkboard, or a puppy. It is very easy to fill that empty head with fantasy before the kid can form adult thinking skills.
Yes, Buddhists think they got it right. Yes, Hindus think they got it right. Yes Jews think they got it right. Yes, Christians think they got it right. You think you got it right.
Science in a very literal context proves that our species are notorious for having false perceptions.
Just because something is popular does not make it true, otherwise the earth would be flat which the vast majority of the world thought in antiquity.
Of course humans believe false things, just like a dog or cat can challenge it's own reflection in a mirror. Just like a kid will believe in Santa if you sell the idea to them at birth.
Yes, most people have a religion and God belief, but that does not make any God real.
I have far too much objections to any theism knowing the age of the planet and universe to buy into any claim of what is really nothing more than a local social norm any given society sells it's youth.
It is understandable why people fall for it sure, because even a false perception if enough people buy and sell it, can create safety in numbers. The Ancient Egyptians were successful long before Islam and Christianity and even Hebrews. The Ancient Egyptians were successful for 3,000 years as a society falsely centered around their polytheistic Gods you rightfully reject.
I don't see any currently held club, immune to the same flaws in logic.
I do hold the position that theists ARE capable of doing good and being good. I simply don't agree that it is being handed to humans from a divine magical place.
