(October 28, 2012 at 11:32 pm)festive1 Wrote:(October 28, 2012 at 11:13 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: You are taking away their treasure. Wisdom is their foundational guidance, except it's not wisdom, it's a delusion with some beauty in it.
It is truth. I, personally, hold truth in the highest regard. I'm not fond of religion, but I'm not on a crusade to convert believers. Some people need the delusion and the lies. They would crumble without it. My experience, which has been difficult, to say the least, has forced me to accept truth. If I delude myself, it only leads to my doom. I know that sounds dramatic, but for me it simply is. Wisdom comes from truth. There are nuggets of wisdom in every religion. Off the top of my head, the Golden Rule comes to mind. But there isn't much truth to religion. Truth is harsh and not often kind, but there is a freedom in accepting the truth. That freedom transcends everything.
I know, we all have our personal perception. What I'm saying is our believe in judgement, praise, morals, all can be myth we are inclined to believe in. Evolution could have favored us perceive there is praise in our actions, but there is no such thing.
Right now you feel it's praiseworthy to prefer the truth over a lie. But how far does that go. What if free-will is a delusion. Is it favorable to believe in no free-will over free-will. But it's not even possible to praise one action over another without free-will. Yet we can't even account for free-will through naturalism, and it seems in fact, the strong evidence analytically favor there being none.
Praise maybe a delusion. Some people praise Imam Khomeini others condemn him.
Everyone believes in their own perception of praise.
Look at the 20 vs 20 poly thing. I'm disgusted by it personally, but perhaps Violet thinks it's cool and praiseworthy from her perspective.
Perhaps there is no such thing as honor.
Perhaps sharing the truth to others is not always best if it doesn't make them happy.
Perhaps the Muslims should be allowed with their "barbaric" culture and theocracy, if it makes them happy.
Who is to say?
