Welsch: "can people find a sence of purpose in their life w/o imaginary friends..."
- it is YOU who are presupposing God is imaginary. Straight off the gun you beg the question.
"You made the erroneous presumption God exists without evidence."
- where? Not once did I state God exists. None of my claims or queries needs God. In fact my entire question is how life can have objective purpose without God.
"We're not in denial."
- I never said anyone on here is. Until now. You most definitely ARE in denial.
"No deity has ever been demonstrated to exist."
- commits the fallacy of invincible ignorance. You know this.
"Existence is void of real (objective) meaning."
- so your answer is real meaning doesn't exist and neither does God. No problem with that, you should have just stated it from the get go.
"Rationalization is the wrong word"
- No. It's not. Rationalization is the mental act of justifying ones beliefs or actions...
"People haven't done anything inherently wrong or unacceptable by simply trying to justify their own lives (rationalization), giving themselves a reason to live, and then living them accordingly."
- well if it's a false belief (which you just stated above) then it is just a belief in God by another name. If there is nothing inherently wrong or unacceptable with believing in real purpose then there is nothing inherently wrong or unacceptable with believing in God. Both are fine by me.
"what is the point you are trying to make"
- that any belief in an objective reality is equivalent to a belief in God.
- it is YOU who are presupposing God is imaginary. Straight off the gun you beg the question.
"You made the erroneous presumption God exists without evidence."
- where? Not once did I state God exists. None of my claims or queries needs God. In fact my entire question is how life can have objective purpose without God.
"We're not in denial."
- I never said anyone on here is. Until now. You most definitely ARE in denial.
"No deity has ever been demonstrated to exist."
- commits the fallacy of invincible ignorance. You know this.
"Existence is void of real (objective) meaning."
- so your answer is real meaning doesn't exist and neither does God. No problem with that, you should have just stated it from the get go.
"Rationalization is the wrong word"
- No. It's not. Rationalization is the mental act of justifying ones beliefs or actions...
"People haven't done anything inherently wrong or unacceptable by simply trying to justify their own lives (rationalization), giving themselves a reason to live, and then living them accordingly."
- well if it's a false belief (which you just stated above) then it is just a belief in God by another name. If there is nothing inherently wrong or unacceptable with believing in real purpose then there is nothing inherently wrong or unacceptable with believing in God. Both are fine by me.
"what is the point you are trying to make"
- that any belief in an objective reality is equivalent to a belief in God.
