(June 12, 2010 at 11:55 pm)tackattack Wrote: @Strongbad- Was "It is understandable that you are not fulfilled or satisfied 100% of the time – that’s a little doubt called “reality” that is always in the back of your mind. " an attempt at calling me delusional? My doubts are the same doubts that everyone has. What if we're in the matrix, is black really black, what is truth, could I be making more money, why is she looking at me... nothing is 100% I'm not satisfied with my paycheck, that doesn't indicate anything underlying or false.Nice attempt at trying to make my post appear to be a personal attack on you. It is plainly obvious that “fulfillment and satisfaction”, in the context which you have been using them, refer to religious thinking. Now you toss in the matrix, truth, money, etc. Remember what I said before about dancing around the subject? I have already stated my position that anyone who is a “believer”, in any religion, has bought in to the delusion. All believers will disagree with me, and that’s fine.
It's very possible that it's impossible since the advent of the information age that all environmental influence could be ruled out as bias. You're still assuming that I believe before I observe, which IMO is false.
How about addressing the actual points of my post, regarding coercion and the origins of deities and religions?
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