RE: Ok.....So you killed off Religion...
June 10, 2013 at 1:19 am
(This post was last modified: June 10, 2013 at 1:22 am by ronedee.)
(June 10, 2013 at 1:12 am)whateverist Wrote:(June 10, 2013 at 12:57 am)ronedee Wrote: What would happen if we "absolutely knew", without a doubt this was it? When dead, we're gone?
You should know that science could never show that gods don't exist. Unless religious people insist on reading their holy books as empirical reference books, you're safe. Let the masses enjoy their religious based moral compasses. But they really need to keep their kingdom of heaven out of politics.
Just hypothetical...food for thoughtsall. But, you are seeing the point?
(June 10, 2013 at 1:10 am)max-greece Wrote: I think the idea that we behave morally purely out of fear of some divine retribution is rather bleak. On an individual level it certainly doesn't apply - I haven't pillaged or murdered in weeks.
On the flip-side the thing we can be certain of is that certain crimes would disappear off the map. Suicide bombing is an obvious candidate - I am sure you can list others.
I would conclude that if there is genuinely no god and we then "lose it" completely with society breaking down into random chaos then one has to ask if we, as a species, deserve to survive at all.
I should stress I do not see "losing it" as a real probability, maybe not even a possibility. No God means morality innate.
On a personal level the idea that we may one day prove that God (Judaic) does exist is infinitely more depressing to me.
They would be bombing for different things like snickers bars or pagan road races...etc.
On a personal note...would another God entice you?
Quis ut Deus?
