(January 20, 2015 at 6:48 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Um, no.
Without such an imperative then it does not matter one iota what Foster believes.
(January 20, 2015 at 6:53 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: It probably has something to do with all the shit Christians have inflicted upon unbelievers for god knows how long. Nice to see their chokehold being loosened.
Poor atheists, being fed to the lions and sent to the gulag camps on a daily basis!
Quote: Of course, I can understand your churlishness. No one likes to see their worldview cut up in such a pithy manner.
An NFL running back being an atheist has no bearing on the soundness of my conceptual scheme kind sir.
(January 20, 2015 at 7:07 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: I think there's quite some room for debate on whether self-conscious human thought is entirely deterministic, even though the rest of the universe (and many of the factors influencing any human thought) obviously is.
There’s no room for debate if materialism is true, the mind is simply the result of the physical brain that is bound by natural law. I cannot fault you for thinking otherwise; after all, the natural processes within your brain caused you to do so.
Quote: There is something a lot more comforting about the idea that it's not being controlled by a brutal fuckup of a god, as Christianity asserts, because then we're all victims of intentional malice, instead of practically unpredictable circumstance. What's the point of football if God intended for the Green Bay Packers to lose that game? What's the point of living if God knows precisely when he's going to kill you with cancer?
Well rationality is rooted in God’s nature, so some of your response is nonsensical. Everything we do ought to be intended to bring glory to God. When a football player displays a magnificent level of athleticism it certainly does just that.
