RE: Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism
September 15, 2022 at 9:22 am
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2022 at 9:31 am by The Grand Nudger.)
As usual, theism and religion are being used interchangeably. If it's true that religion is, in some sense, a practical response to reality as we face it (and I think that's exactly what it is) it's still unclear how that, then, conveys to theism - which is a belief in particular kinds of gods..and not a religion.
Further, if the criteria for "success" in this argument is that some x provides a way for people to deal with their mortality, and provides a framework for people to assert a value - then a successful x need not be religious or theistic and most of the ways for handling morality or value are not, in fact, either of those two things.
We've got a case of fractal wrongness on our hands - a position wrong on it's face is supported, at any level of consideration, by equally wrong things.
Further, if the criteria for "success" in this argument is that some x provides a way for people to deal with their mortality, and provides a framework for people to assert a value - then a successful x need not be religious or theistic and most of the ways for handling morality or value are not, in fact, either of those two things.
We've got a case of fractal wrongness on our hands - a position wrong on it's face is supported, at any level of consideration, by equally wrong things.
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