RE: The Trap of Pure Rationalism
December 2, 2011 at 5:49 pm
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2011 at 6:00 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Quote:Do you feel that pursuit of truth is hindered by not allowing for the possibility of supernatural revelation?
The only one doing the limiting here is your "supernatural force" who hasn't revealed anything whatsoever. So, put in the word to whoever you talk to and get this whole issue cleared up?
Quote:Do you feel that there is a basis for ethics outside of the existence of higher authority?Do you feel that you would be asking this question if you were a mollusk, a panda, or a rock? That human beings exhibit some behavior or have some concept in their heads in now way means that you can extend this onto the cosmos at large. On the other hand, if you'd like to explain to me why it's so easy to argue that herd animals behave "ethically" without any such revelation from your "higher authority" I would appreciate it. The claim that a "higher authority" (seriously, just say god) has a hand in morality is garbage, use the search function on the forums here because we have to deal with this trash every couple of days.
All of us collectively are a higher authority than any of us individually, and thusfar this is exactly how we've decided issues like this.......even those who claim to have received "godly laws" are ignoring the fact that their godly laws are also an invention of a large group of people, and draw their authority from the numbers of followers they can drum up to enforce them. Thankfully our opinions of what is right and wrong change over time (the religious are no different here) and when enough people decide that some law or ethical mandate is trash, we get rid of it. Even if there is a claim to the divine attached.
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