(April 21, 2014 at 7:31 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Why not? Is there anything not self centred that's seen as bad? I mean... we cite all this stuff that appeals to our emotions: project our emotions onto animal/ insect suffering... But that doesn't make it "bad".
Sure, but projecting our emotions is exactly what we're doing when we see the world as awe-inspiring. I was just pointing out to MysticKnight that you have to consider the bad with the good.
(April 21, 2014 at 7:31 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: It's all awe inspiring to me. And I make no plea to divine intervention at all.
So...you're an atheist now?
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