RE: Systematically Dismantling Atheism
November 24, 2014 at 12:32 pm
(This post was last modified: November 24, 2014 at 12:34 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I do sometimes think that this "you cannot know" business is just an effect of having had the notion placed on a pedestal for so long. A benefit of longstanding cultural dominance that even exerts a pull over those who otherwise do not believe or do not ascribe a single ounce of credibility to the idea. Those subtle ways that religious tradition has built a bastion for itself in our societies and even our minds.
Sometimes I'm glad I escaped what I see as a yoke in that regard...but I probably have similar ticks about other subjects waiting to be discovered.
How about yourself Losty, why is it that you think that I cannot know (and I assume you think the same for yourself)?
(as far as that list of things that you say we cannot know - I'll just use the same line for your own name, the sun rising, your very existence or the existence of anything - maybe "know" is a meaningless word - and we should stop using it entirely? I wouldn't, I don't think that it is......but what do I know?)
Sometimes I'm glad I escaped what I see as a yoke in that regard...but I probably have similar ticks about other subjects waiting to be discovered.
How about yourself Losty, why is it that you think that I cannot know (and I assume you think the same for yourself)?
(as far as that list of things that you say we cannot know - I'll just use the same line for your own name, the sun rising, your very existence or the existence of anything - maybe "know" is a meaningless word - and we should stop using it entirely? I wouldn't, I don't think that it is......but what do I know?)
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