(February 9, 2012 at 12:59 am)Epimethean Wrote: Silly Abra, magic(k) is cool only in D&D and Mindfreak.
I really don't care what people think of magic, witchcraft, mysticism or anything else. And in truth I don't even care if they have no respect for me based on that.
I was actually arguing for a moral principle more than for a personal need to be respected. I'm use to people disrespecting me for my spiritual views. Christians do that on a regular basis with no problem. I naively thought that atheists might be more intelligent than the Christians. Or at least have a higher sense of ethics or be more open-minded about respecting people for their beliefs or non-beliefs.
I didn't realize this thread was in the philosophy forum. I just clicked on it because of the subject title. I actually thought it was in the religion forums.
It was never my intent to argue for a 'philosophical basis' for spirit.
I mean, I'll stand by my original position that I don't see anything in science or philosophy that can rule out a spiritual view of life. But I'm certainly not going to argue that people should actually become spiritual because of that.
But at the same time I think it's wrong to spread ideas that spirit has been 'ruled out' or that it is so unreasonable that it should be branded as being utterly ignorant to even consider.
There just isn't enough "evidence" in either science or philosophy to justify a stance claiming that to even consider a spiritual essence of life should be considered to be unreasonable or ignorant.
No one is going to convince me otherwise. At least not without coming up with some new evidence so dramatic that it would be making front-page news if it could be confirmed.
Christian - A moron who believes that an all-benevolent God can simultaneously be a hateful jealous male-chauvinistic pig.
Wiccan - The epitome of cerebral evolution having mastered the magical powers of the universe and is in eternal harmony with the mind of God.
Atheist - An ill-defined term that means something different to everyone who uses it.
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Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Clearly Jesus (a fictitious character or otherwise) will forgive people if they merely know not what they do
For the Bible Tells us so!
Wiccan - The epitome of cerebral evolution having mastered the magical powers of the universe and is in eternal harmony with the mind of God.
Atheist - An ill-defined term that means something different to everyone who uses it.
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Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Clearly Jesus (a fictitious character or otherwise) will forgive people if they merely know not what they do
For the Bible Tells us so!
