(July 27, 2012 at 10:22 am)Rhythm Wrote: We should constantly question those principles regardless of what reality we may find ourselves in -don't you think? Why, btw, are we assuming that a self generated reality would be so easily subject to change? How adept are you at exploiting and controlling your dreams (since that example was used)?
I assumed it would be subject to change, but perhaps not easily.
If reality is subject to the individual and time alters everything, I though it was safe to assume reality wouldn't be set in stone.
To be honest, I have been awake for a long time now and it seemed reasonable when I said it, but it's one of those things...
And yes, I agree and have always held that we ought to question foundational principals regardless of reality. A proposed idea questioning foundational beliefs is silly, because to evaluate the idea is to accept the truth of said beliefs. That isn't to say that they are set in stone, however. If a discrepancy is found between observed reality and foundational beliefs, it would seem that they are false or teetering on false.
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
