RE: Is Unbelief Possible?
March 21, 2014 at 1:13 am
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2014 at 1:20 am by Hezekiah.)
(March 21, 2014 at 1:02 am)Stimbo Wrote: I have Hitchens' Razor stropped and ready, Min.
For the record and those who may not know, the Razor is usually rendered as: "That which is asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence."
Again, I'm not trying to argue for or against the existence of God. But I would be happy with continuing this conversation in a more relevant thread.
(March 21, 2014 at 1:12 am)tor Wrote:(March 21, 2014 at 1:11 am)Hezekiah Wrote: Yea! Exactly, I guess that's the direction of the idea I'm looking for. If belief is unreliable, why believe in anything at all? Why not choose to surpress your belief or suspend it?
I believe I have a monitor in front of me because I can see it and I see message at it which I type with my hands. Why would I want to suspend it?
You make a good point. I was presented this question from Buddhism, and it made me think. That which is imperfect and unreliable, such a beliefs, logic, and desire can't be trusted because they are illusions. I guess the idea is to rid yourself of the illusions of belief, logic, and desire in someway, and I recognized that these ideas seem step on the toes of the atheist as well and instead of hearing from one side, I honestly just wanted to hear thoughts from both.