RE: A little bit of a personal crisis
July 25, 2014 at 2:52 pm
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2014 at 3:05 pm by Simon Moon.)
So, basically with SilentVex, we have an atheist but not a critical thinker. Which us fine, as long as he understands that he really does not have a good reason for 'Aether' and a 'soul that continues after we die' beliefs.
"Personal thoughts, feelings, and soul searching. That sort of thing" is not a path to truth. Whatever conclusion that is derived from this method is most likely wrong. And even if somehow he did happen on the truth, how would he test it? How would he verify that his feelings actually coincided with reality?
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"Personal thoughts, feelings, and soul searching. That sort of thing" is not a path to truth. Whatever conclusion that is derived from this method is most likely wrong. And even if somehow he did happen on the truth, how would he test it? How would he verify that his feelings actually coincided with reality?
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You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
