reasons to believe, there is no God

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Whilst I agree that it is likely that a younger person will have less wisdom than an elder person... I will challenge that it is ridiculous that a 16 year old human is giving people 'pep talks' about what they think love is (Or at least, i will challenge that it is any more ridiculous for them to be doing so than it is for anyone else to be doing so). Wisdom is a thing that people of many ages possess, in different amounts.

While I probably think Watson is wrong in his belief about what love is... his opinion is as valid as yours or mine or anyone else's. We can then debate his opinion... but try not to throw irrelevant ad hominem attacks into the mix. If you can't argue your point without them: it probably wasn't much of a point to begin with.

I apologize if my point was seen as an ad hominem attack. I simply meant that at 16, you're changing, both psychologically and physically. A perception of what love is tends to be VERY skewed, as a person in adolescence tends to be much more incorrigible and susceptible to naivete than someone who has fully physically and psychologically developed. This is not a guarantee, but it is much more likely that an older person has better control of their emotions and understands them more clearly than someone whose hormones are raging. I am fully aware that there are dumb, insensitive, and emotionally defunct older people in the world. Probabilities, however convey that since someone is older, it is more likely they have had more experience in a certain subject. It is not a given, but it is a better chance than a younger individual.

I'll also add that since love is highly subjective, the only thing you can do is offer your experience with this emotion. Throwing blanket statements like it's the meaning of life and "in everything" are objective statements, and require explanation. Acknowledgment that your feelings are not necessarily facts are a trait of a wise individual and one who has a fair bit of humility.

By what Watson writes, I see him as a very naive person, far from the free-thinking philosopher he believes himself to be.

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Very true. Religion requires no thought process at all. "God did it!" explains everything. Imagine being ill and your "cure" is to have a group of dimwits pray over you?

If religion required no thought processes at all... then I suppose all rocks are religious rocks.

If God is in everything, then you bet they are. Ho-lee rawks!

I'm pretty sure he meant no skepticism or analysis into claims using deductive reasoning and logic. God did it is intellectual stagnation.