RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
May 3, 2015 at 11:32 am
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2015 at 11:40 am by Angrboda.)
(May 3, 2015 at 8:20 am)Riketto Wrote:(May 1, 2015 at 11:48 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: The problem for you is that many of those here can understand things in more than a physical-mental way. Many of the people here were 'spiritual' before they became atheists. You err in presuming that because someone is committed to a physical-mental explanation of the world that they cannot understand in your way.They can, but they have realized the fallaciousness of depending on that. Around the world there are many varieties of Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Taoist and many religions that I can't even name. Perhaps some are just practicing 'religion', but in those are also people who are spiritual, and they feel those same intense feelings about their particular beliefs. Strong feelings can be wrong. They can't all be right about their 'chosen' spirituality. But you and they can all be wrong.
I was a Hindu until earlier this year so don't presume that I can't think "beyond the physical-mental" — I can — and so can many others here. We've just come to realize that depending on 'feelings' and 'spiritual intuitions' just leads nowhere. There is no check on the things you will believe because of 'feelings'. You can see that from the variety of spiritual practitioners all claiming to have found "the true intuitional science." It's a given that all but one group of you is likely wrong. What besides 'feelings' do you depend upon to tell you that you are the one who is right?
Sorry but your analysis doesn't take in consideration a simple fact.
Suppose i want to succeed in something but after a while i just give up because
i find the road to success too hard and then i tell you that that thing that i try to
succeed is not good.
It wasn't an analysis. It was pointing out that your constant complaint that atheists don't 'understand' anything beyond the physical-mental is wrong. But leave it to you to change the subject.
You're projecting on other people the reason they came to the conclusions they did is the same. You don't know why these people ended their path. You have no basis for claiming the reasons are as you describe, and you didn't respond to the question of those who are on different paths but equally sincere. But then I didn't actually expect you to have an answer. You're answer doesn't cover all cases and is just an apologetic.