RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism?
March 10, 2015 at 3:19 pm
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2015 at 4:11 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 10, 2015 at 12:59 pm)SteveII Wrote: "assuming responsibility" implies you have a standard by which you are measuring your (and presumably other's) behavior. Where do you get this standard?
The standard is, we all live in the same physical universe, subject to the same physical laws, all of us with very similar bodies and minds.
With my own knowledge of what I need or want to have well being and to thrive, I can extrapolate to what others also need is going to be vary similar to me (within a fairly narrow range), given our similar minds and bodies.
I tailor my behavior towards other people with this in mind. All I have to ask myself is, ""will my behavior be a positive for the maximum number of people, while also not being a negative for the maximum number of people?".
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.
