RE: The logical consequences of omnipotence
January 25, 2013 at 7:25 pm
(This post was last modified: January 25, 2013 at 7:25 pm by Ryantology.)
(January 25, 2013 at 2:34 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: If it is then your outlook is bleak. If hate wins sometimes, your position would be to take that into account. Instead of a happy, positive person, you would be a sometimes cruel, hurt person. This is simply a result of your world view.
I accept that hate wins sometimes. Hate wins a lot, and for long stretches of time; the dominance of Christianity and Islam for so many centuries is proof that organized hatred has a long life.
But, I also believe that it is getting better. Slowly. As Christianity becomes ever more neutered, it becomes less hateful and dangerous. As reason becomes the standard for explaining the world, so many prejudices are revealed to be meaningless and artificial. It won't ever be perfect or even close to it, there will still be ignorant religionists and hateful people of all other kinds.
But, when hate is no longer allowed institutional organization in the form of religion, hate will win less frequently than it does now, and it has in the past, when God's big religions made hatred and prejudice the standard practice for a vast number of human beings.
I feel extremely hopeful for the future, especially if it has no place for people like you.