(May 5, 2013 at 3:12 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: My problem is not with atheism itself, but physical reduction. I think bridging the gap between mind and body is a serious philosophical issue. The mind-body problem still leaves something to explain. That is what I meant about undermining knowledge. You guys have stopped inquiry well before the reach of reason. You stance is not "I don't know" but rather "I do not care to know." A small part of the dilemma in the induction problem. You have given up and pretend that nothing more needs to be explained.
I had hoped someone would be able to contribute to my understanding by at least taking the problem seriously. A provocative thread title helps attract attention, but apparently that is the wrong strategy. It attracts the attention of the wrong type of critic. Being open minded, I find it conceivable, though unlikely, that a non-theistic solution could be found. If so I will return to my previous atheism. You cannot truly call yourselves freethinkers if you have stopped thinking.
Our stance is that we will consider your approach to the truth once you can demonstrate that there is any chance that your approach is valid. You believe we don't care to know because you have made the arrogant presumption that you already know precisely where the truth lies and consider important only lines of inquiry which lead toward verifying that conclusion. You have made this clear over and over again, in spite of your allegedly open mind. We take your problem seriously. We don't take your approach to solving it seriously.
