(July 15, 2012 at 12:38 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Morality has applicable value for survival, does it mean because we need it, it has no real authority and is but a delusion?
Don't believe I ever said that God is a failed hypothesis because it is derived from human need. Actually, I cited logic as a human need that has proven itself. Morality has nothing to do with this, and is a terrible analogy.
(July 15, 2012 at 12:38 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: While I agree with you that fear of death motivates people to believe in God, love of loved ones, that doesn't anyway disprove we have knowledge of God.
I never said that because people derived God from fear, God doesn't exist. My, how stupid do you take me to be? Read me post again, you certainly didn't get it.
My point was that there isn't inherent knowledge of God as proven by the thought experiment I set out for you. Simple, but tried and true.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
