RE: Theory number 3.
October 25, 2012 at 11:43 am
(This post was last modified: October 25, 2012 at 11:45 am by Mystic.)
(October 25, 2012 at 11:39 am)Faith No More Wrote:Quote:Faith no more, I think without emotionally driven beliefs, we would all become nihilist. No morality, no praise, no value, no goodness, no meaning.
And it's hard to fall in love with someone you feel has no value . So you telling me I shouldn't care about that either.
It seems "marriage" institution might fall without emotionally driven beliefs as well.
No, I'm not saying eliminate emotions; I'm advocating for people to set them aside to the best of their ability when trying to determine the "truth" about the reality around them. Emotions are wonderful tools in the life of a human, just not when you're trying to understand any sort of objective truth about reality.
I don't mean without emotionally driven beliefs, we would be without emotions, but we would not believe in value, praise, morals, or meaning, without emotion driving these beliefs as a factor.
The key point is that it's a factor. Emotion is not the only thing that makes you believe, but it's a high driving factor, with regards to these things.
(October 25, 2012 at 11:41 am)pocaracas Wrote: The thing is.... emotions+ethics+morality+(anything non-material, non-rational) does not imply god(s).
You can have all those things without god(s).
I disagree with this, but this topic is not arguing that we need God for morality or emotions or ethics or value or praise. I've made those threads arguing that.
