(August 16, 2014 at 1:38 pm)Mozart Link Wrote:(August 16, 2014 at 12:34 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: The fact that people have delusional beliefs that they are special, does not make them so.It is a scientific fact that who you are is your brain and all of your thoughts and emotions. Therefore, if you have the thoughts and feelings that you are all great and special, then it is a scientific fact that this makes you all great and special.
Oh please!
In my brain I am the King of the Universe, living among the commoners here on Earth.
I am the most great and special being in existence.
Seriously dude.
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.
