(October 11, 2013 at 11:30 am)Chas Wrote:(October 11, 2013 at 11:24 am)Faith No More Wrote: I understand. I just get frustrated sometimes at the disrespect shown towards philosophy here when people don't realize they use it all of the time. Every time someone takes a moral or political stance, they are using philosophy.
And yes, theology is mostly bullshit.
fixt.
I said "mostly," because theology is the philosophical attempt to understand god. The part that is useful is the part that leads you to the conclusion that there is no reason to believe in god in the first place.
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
