RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes.
February 16, 2012 at 12:22 am
(This post was last modified: February 16, 2012 at 12:26 am by Cosmic Ape.)
(February 15, 2012 at 6:33 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I've been thinking about this issue.
Mental Gymnastics don't count.
(February 15, 2012 at 6:33 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Suppose Socrates was a fictionally made character by Plato. We can still respect and honor that character.
Irrelevant, nobody ever worshipped Socrates like a god, your point is moot.
(February 15, 2012 at 6:33 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Now Suppose he was real, and we thought he was fictional or rather didn't know whether he was fictional or real. If we respect the character describe, and it accurately describes the real person, then our respect for that person would be real.
You still didnt link Socrates and a God together or link any tale to any specific god, you do what many religious people do in an argument and thats forgetting how to actually explain the steps needed to demonstrate your claims. The burden of proof is always on the one making the claim, sir.
(February 15, 2012 at 6:33 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: In the same way, if Atheists don't believe Maximullly great being exists, but that maximally great being is worthy of highest honor, love, and veneration, which is synonymous with being worthy of Worship...
Why would a god want to be worshipped? your language reeks of the ancient times when people had to obey and worship kings / emperors.. any physical being (because thats the only being that can exist) that is powerful enough to do things on the magnitude of a god-like creature through Evolution.. surely couldn't be so petty and vain as to want to hear the murmurs of random monkies on a flying rock in the milky way?
(February 15, 2012 at 6:33 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Then whether they believe he exists or not, or even are strong atheists whom deny such a being exists to do philosophical arguments such as the problem of evil or suffering or bad design...but they acknowledge that the hypothetical being is WORTHY of Worship....
No, if I don't believe a god, that's the end of the discussion. But let's play that card then...I don't deny something I dont think is there, would you say you deny fairies? or would you say there's no reason to believe fairies exist? big difference brosef. And actually bad design and "evil" as you would call it shows nothing but a naturalistic universe, sorry you're so scared to die and need a story to make yourself feel better about dieing.
