(July 26, 2012 at 6:32 am)jonb Wrote: Why?
It almost seems too obvious to me to point out why not being able to trust your senses makes reality seem unlivable, but I guess that suffices for an explanation in itself. I feel that not being able to trust your senses with a logical basis yet trusting them anyway is similar in many ways to faith, bar the fact that faith typically entails a non-necessary aspect of existence.
I scorn faith in all modes, types, forms, and mediums. I try not to believe what hasn't been proven, and above all try to remain genuine in my search for truth.
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
