More protests Against The Theocratic Regime in Iran

[Leonardo17]

I think I posted a message in this thread earlier today. I don’t know if my message was deleted or if I failed to post it.

 

Anyway:

 

I’m not interested in an atheist vs deist debate. I’m mostly interested in other types of intellectual discussions.

 

I don’t know why people think I’m attacking the atheist point of view. I didn’t say anything about atheism. I’m trying to add some perspective by sharing my spiritual convictions (which are not so rare convictions among believers within the different belief systems in this world) and contrasting these with the more politicized versions of religion.

 

I know about typical skeptical attitudes. While 80% of ordinary people have some religious view of some sort, 80% of scientists and almost 95% of famous scientists are atheists. In fact the more you educate people the more skeptical they are on these issues.

 

So this means that atheism is not an illogical approach at all. There are many arguments to support it. And in the end: If there is a “God” that is impossible to observe and impossible to estimate through mathematical reasoning, then what is the difference between that God and something that doesn’t exist at all?

 

The answer is this:

 

- It’s a matter of choice. Some people (like myself) chose to believe in these stuff and explore the possibilities.

 

/ Yet: When we talk about religious extremism (like messianic approaches in the US for instance) we are talking about observable / measurable realities (like Israeli extremists illegally colonizing Palestinian territory in a way that is based on their interpretation of the bible.

 

To this I can neutrally answer that this isn’t what the Judeo-Christian spiritual teaching is about in a way that is based on some less dogmatic more practical – spiritual approaches that are also present within the Judeo Christian approach in general.

- So this is a philosophical debate that we are having here. And don’t know why you are so reactive to me when I try to remind you that the religious experience in general can and should be more humanistic and more sober than it has unfortunately been in previous centuries and also (unfortunately) in this century too.

 

My only proposal is that the phenomenon as a whole is evolving and will probably continue to do so in the future. And I believe that this change will mostly be for the better and thus contribute to our evolution as a specie as well.

 
- I think these are rather simple and understandable viewpoints but if you find these issues annoying I can decide to stop mentioning them from now on.