(July 26, 2012 at 6:02 am)jonb Wrote:Truth is my priority, which is why I stated the positions I hold aren't fixed. I am more than receptive to new ideas and proofs that haven't been offered to me before.(July 25, 2012 at 3:18 pm)Skepsis Wrote: are all truths that humans intuitively assume and need in order to survive as a mentally and physically healthy individual.
That must be where I'm going wrong then, why I'm nutz. Has questioning anything ever sent anybody round the bend? True people who are less stable tend to question things others don't talk about. I would not think of a human that could not question as being a healthy individual. As such the axioms which are my starting points are not fixed, but are reappraised and set against other axioms which might be more pleasing to me.
A fixed position is a dead position. Without a fixed position your house of cards falls.
So the simple question for you is. . . Do you want to believe more than you want to look for truth?
With that in mind, I still hold that foundational beliefs such as "I exist" "I have a past" and "my senses are accurate to an extent" are necessary to live in this world. If I didn't believe my senses were accurate or didn't think I had a past I doubt I would fare very well during my short time frame of existence.
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
