RE: When is a Religious Belief Delusional?
September 4, 2018 at 12:35 pm
(This post was last modified: September 4, 2018 at 12:43 pm by Amarok.)
Quote:It absolutely is circular because human beings are not naturally equal. There are all kinds of metrics by which people vary not the least of which are sex, intelligence, age, health, stature, and attractiveness. Any one or more of those natural inequalities could (and has been) used to deny the dignity due to every human being. And if you think that is obvious then you are at odds with the overwhelming judgment of cultures over history for thousands of years. I would suggest that the only reason it is 'obvious' is because Judeo-Christian values, developed over 2000 years, are so embedded in Western culture that even secular people in those societies take them for granted.1. Those you mention don't matter real equality and yes equality is naturally found dated .
2. Countless cultures believed in some degree of equality Christianity didn't invent this nor practice it for most of history so it's not remotely a Christian value. You simply hijacked it like everything else.
3.Secularism does not take from Christianity in the slightest you have no steak in morality period.
4. Equality is a natural moral fact like all other facts
5. Even if most cultures didn't believe something or understand something that does not mean it's not true .
Quote:Is the belief in categorical imperatives delusional?Love how he thinks he's stumping us this is child's play
Is it delusional to believe in mathematical objects?
Quote:That is irrelevant. The question is about delusions. Are you saying that anyone who believes something, like "humans are existentially equals" or "pederasty is evil",...that person is delusional? Suppose that person has no reason to support that belief. Does that, in-and-of-itself, make that person delusional.It's very relevant as for the rest of this is asinine
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