(December 23, 2019 at 9:53 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(December 23, 2019 at 9:40 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Please spare me.
I am not out to dictate to the world. I am arguing if somone, anyone agrees we are all humans, then the idea that a religion/god makes us different, I do object to that logic.
"So what" in what context? If she returns to her Jewish faith, not a damned legal thing I can do, nor would want to do to stop her.
But in terms of logic, which if you would read my prior post, makes no logical sense. I am sure it makes her happy, but that doesn't make it provable.
I have seen plenty of people in my life who are weekend worshipers, or holiday worshipers, OF MANY religions, who don't go regularly, and don't follow the traditions, whom, upon sudden stress fall back into it. I have a family member who came out to me almost a decade ago being a former Christian, called herself an atheist. Earlier this year she unfortunately lost both her adoptive parents on top of getting a divorce. Now she claims she is "Knights Templar" Christian.
If you read my prior post, the lady on the show said that she had gone through a bad breakup. Trauma causes humans to seek out comfort. It does not mean what they seek comfort from is provable.
She found a placebo, she did not find a provable truth that is universal.
From your prior post, she never claimed that it was provable, just that it works for her.
And the thing about placebos is that they work.
Boru
Yep, religion works for for most humans, and?
Yet our species is far older than written religion, the planet far older than our species, the universe far older than our planet, and nobody wants to face the fact that our species nor the religious we concoct will be around after our star dies.
Yes, placebos do work. Worked for the ancient Egyptians for 3,000 years, but nobody today believes in Ra, Osiris, Isis or Horus. Placebos worked for the ancient Romans and Ancient Greeks. And? If our species never questioned social norms, our species never would have left the caves.
It isn't a matter of force, so please do not imply that with me. It is a matter to me, our species willing to question social norms and be willing to give up on bad data.
