(April 4, 2013 at 10:36 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: This sort of confirms the studies. You are worried about being wrong so much. Suppose morality is objective and subjective, and subjective is judged through the objective. Suppose we have free-will. Would've been better to stick to our intuition of morality and free-will, even if there was no analytical proof of them...or only act upon them and believe in them, if we have analytical proof of them or evidence of them?
How much of humanity has analytical proof of free-will, human rights or morality?
Analytically, we can't prove there is such a thing as praiseworthy unless you can to accept properly basic beliefs, that are on intuition alone.
I should have been more clear. I don't see a fundamental problem with intuition and the fact that I could be wrong isn't what is so bothersome. What I mean to say is that while your private intuitions about life are harmless, it is dangerous that you should give them such credibility that you actually go out into the world and try to change people based on it. At this point, you really ought to think about your beliefs, because they could be doing more harm than good. The same goes for morality- it must be analyzed for its inconsistencies or risk causing undue suffering.
When, for example, people accept the story of Noah as being a factual event, this isn't just wrong- it's a positive impediment to progress, for it vastly limits the scope of our science and by extension the context for our own lives. Sometimes being wrong very much matters, as it prevents us from gaining the kinds of understanding that would help to ease our lives (you don't want your doctor to be wrong). In this sense, I am very much in favour of being correct. The problem with your post is that it implies some sort of insecurity on my part, which I don't believe is an accurate portrayal.
In conclusion I would say that if your intuition leads you to God, it shouldn't lead you any further. Even being wrong about one small issue can make a huge negative impact on society when it goes to the ballot box. But that's not to say that theists are intuitive and atheists analytical. Some people's intuition is enough to say there is no god, and some people are very analytical about their theism, but very poor at it.
