RE: Freeing the mind slaves
December 16, 2013 at 5:12 am
(This post was last modified: December 16, 2013 at 5:16 am by Rayaan.)
(December 15, 2013 at 5:58 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: It appears to be your enemy. Well, not yours exactly, but most people here.
What about you? Does religion appear to be your enemy?
If the answer to that is no, then why did you write "fits disturbingly well doesn't it ..." at the end of your OP? Who's viewpoint is that?
Also, what initially made you want to make that same post in the section about banning the burka?
(December 15, 2013 at 5:58 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Not precisely. I think that we all exist in the little space between our ears. Objective reality may exist but our sample of it is the bit between our ears. Like a photograph of the eiffel tower, the eiffel tower exists, but the photo is not the real thing. Now imagine the only way that anyone could see the eiffel tower was in photos. It would be real, but our impressions of it would not be, would be mere simulacrums. I think both religion and reality are like that.
Then, the question is, what was the purpose of pointing out religion specifically (in your original post) if both religion and reality are like that?
(December 15, 2013 at 5:58 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: What I find blissful in matters religious is that its OK to not be sure.
So, you find bliss in religion because in religion it's okay to not be sure ... but now I think that you contradicted yourself once again ...
In this post, you wrote:
"The difference between science and religion is that science allows for "we don't know" and does not claim to yet have all the answers."
In that sentence, you pointed out the difference between science and religion, which in essence is that science allows for skepticism; it allows for "we don't know" and does not claim to yet have all the answers unlike religion does. I agree with that.
But, in this thread, you said that you find bliss in religion because religion allows you to not be sure. So it's okay for you to say "I am not sure."
1. Religion allows for "I am not sure."
2. Science allows for "I don't know."
But what did you say was the difference again?
"The difference between science and religion is that science allows for "we don't know" and does not claim to yet have all the answers."
^ That would mean that religion doesn't allow "we don't know" and it claims to have all the answers (unlike science), which contradicts with:
"What I find blissful in matters religious is that its OK to not be sure."
