rjh4 thanks for your reply to my last post and I will try to reply to the questions you asked me. Namely: "My question is why you think things are any better with your current world view? Do you think that your current world view doesn't include unprovable assumptions? Do you think your current world view correlates better with reality? If so, why?"
The answer to your first question is yes. Alot of people on these forums have a hard time understanding my viewpoint on this matter, even atheists. But I will try to simplify it to the best of my ability. I am of the opinion that religion in all its forms are derived from ancient mythology, remember that what we now call myths were once believed wholeheartedly as fact by its adherents. Myths in my opinion are nothing more than mans futile attempts at trying to explain firstly his origins, the world, and the many mysteries during a pre-scientific age. This correlation between myths and religions has led me to conclude that god and all the religions based on god or gods are the fabrications of mans fertile imagination therefore god does not exist.
Of course there are some unproven assumptions in my worldview but the difference maker is that we don't claim absolute knowledge. We continue to work towards finding the answers to those assumptions. And finally I think that this worldview does correlate better with reality simply because I believe that religious thinking is primitive thinking. We no longer need to look to the heavens to explain how rain is produced, what causes lightning, how babies are made etc. As I stated in an earlier post, I am not concerned with not ever finding out some of life's mysteries, I am comfortable with not knowing. As I always say when it comes to science: "It is a work in progress".
The answer to your first question is yes. Alot of people on these forums have a hard time understanding my viewpoint on this matter, even atheists. But I will try to simplify it to the best of my ability. I am of the opinion that religion in all its forms are derived from ancient mythology, remember that what we now call myths were once believed wholeheartedly as fact by its adherents. Myths in my opinion are nothing more than mans futile attempts at trying to explain firstly his origins, the world, and the many mysteries during a pre-scientific age. This correlation between myths and religions has led me to conclude that god and all the religions based on god or gods are the fabrications of mans fertile imagination therefore god does not exist.
Of course there are some unproven assumptions in my worldview but the difference maker is that we don't claim absolute knowledge. We continue to work towards finding the answers to those assumptions. And finally I think that this worldview does correlate better with reality simply because I believe that religious thinking is primitive thinking. We no longer need to look to the heavens to explain how rain is produced, what causes lightning, how babies are made etc. As I stated in an earlier post, I am not concerned with not ever finding out some of life's mysteries, I am comfortable with not knowing. As I always say when it comes to science: "It is a work in progress".
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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