RE: Atheism is unstoppable.
October 17, 2018 at 7:57 am
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2018 at 7:58 am by Belacqua.)
(October 17, 2018 at 7:57 am)Belaqua Wrote:(October 17, 2018 at 7:52 am)Deesse23 Wrote: Even if we grant Belaqua that religion does actually do something
#1 demonstrably true and
#2 beneficial to humans
there still remains the issue: Is there a way to get the same effect/satisfaction of a human need, without the *unwarranted belief* part? I would prefer this.
He mentioned art in an earlier post: Could we possibly have (in the future) Michelangelos paintings without the (detrimental!) religious baggage?
It is possible to have wonderful paintings without Michelangelo's Neoplatonic Christian foundations.
It is not possible to have Michelangelo's works without that. Form and content are not separable.


