RE: Ok.....So you killed off Religion...
June 11, 2013 at 10:01 am
(This post was last modified: June 11, 2013 at 10:03 am by Faith No More.)
(June 10, 2013 at 10:33 pm)ronedee Wrote: I dunno? What's your take on that?
There would probably be some collective anxiety for a while, but I think human resilience would eventually persevere. Of course, there would be some that panic at the thought of not having a god, and even some that go on mass crime sprees, perhaps even violently.
I think ultimately, however, humanity would discover that all of the things they had attributed to their deities were simply inside of themselves all along. You have to remember that if a god were proven non-existent, that would mean that it would have never existed and humanity had been propping itself up the whole time.
I think of the god concept as being analogous to my two year old's pacifier, not in a derogatory manner, but in the sense that he thinks he needs it and can't imagine life without it, however, once he goes long enough without having it, he will realize that he is fine, despite its absence.
(June 10, 2013 at 10:08 pm)Baalzebutt Wrote: nicely dodged. You really are a pro at avoiding legitimate responses.
In GC's defense, I think that most of the time he is accused of dodging, he simply didn't understand the point being made.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell