RE: In need of a more humbleness. Why condemning the Theistic position makes no sense.
September 21, 2014 at 12:44 am
(September 21, 2014 at 12:35 am)Celestine Wrote: How is a view of a theist contradicting to reality if they are also evolutionists? Once a long time ago I tried disproving this 'delusional' concept of a god and I found my efforts to be futile, there was never a bigger waste of time in my entire life. If the existence of a god cannot be disproved then it does not contradict reality, and if such a god did exist its power, as theists say, would be limitless.Who said anything about evolution? By theist I take you to mean a deity with functions analogous to a human mind, except one that is infinite! And intercedes when you pray to it/him/her! And is benevolent! (Reconcile that with the evolutionary process for us while you're pretending to be all-wise, will ya?) Well, no you can't disprove anthropomorphic gods in the same way you can't disprove imps, elves, unicorns, or faeries either, but I think it's fair to say that any person who invests a large portion of their time and energy into such mythologies--taking them to be a real aspect of the world and believing their actions can influence the pleasure or displeasure of such creatures--is victim to delusion.
Quote:As for your delusions? How should I know? You are better to say that than me for you know yourself better than I! To say that we have none though is arrogant and almost entirely likely to be wrong.Well, this is the second time you have equated ideas or views I hold to religious dogmas so perhaps you'd be better off to put your foot in your mouth. Admitting that I may hold some incorrect views because I am largely ignorant of certain topics is not quite the same as being faithfully committed to an untenable or unjustified belief.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza