The Trap of Pure Rationalism

[lucent]

Except of course, you are wrong.

I am curently thinking of a banana in a purple tutu.

Was this a god given thought, no.

How do you know?

Was this the inevitable result of random atoms interacting, pre ordained since the big bang, no.

Unless you want to say the mind is immaterial, the conclusion of determinism is inescapable.

What happened, you see, was that creatures evolved the ability to think for themselves which openned up a world of possibilities.

All of which go from point a to point b based on cause and effect. If the conditions were the same as they were prior to your thought of the banana, you will always think of the banana every time.

The trouble with a lot of theist thinking is that it is very black or white, it is either this or that, here is no room in their limited thinking for shades of grey.

The trouble with stereotypes is that they make you stereotypical. You need to read more philosophy. Try Nietzsche

It is really surprising how very simple thinks can get complex all by themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcuBvj0pw-E

Cause and effect is a very simple concept