RE: Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
May 8, 2014 at 4:32 pm
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2014 at 4:34 pm by Lek.)
(May 8, 2014 at 4:02 pm)Faith No More Wrote:(May 8, 2014 at 2:53 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Apparently you do not believe people can act purely out of love. That's a very cynical and sad view.
You're confusing cynicism with a refusal to sugarcoat reality for psychological comfort. I know it frightens you to think of humans as biological machines, because you believe it relegates us to insignificance. The fact of the matter is, however, that humans are reward driven organisms, and, despite your pious self-image, you wouldn't do a thing if you weren't revceiving a reward in the form of neurotransmitters.
You're not a selfless holy man. You're just hooked on chemicals.
You're also not selfless either. You're just a biological mechanism. Enjoy that high! Now I know why we have so many drug addicts.
(May 8, 2014 at 4:14 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(May 8, 2014 at 2:26 pm)Lek Wrote: I was just pointing out that what we believe from science changes all the time.
Yeah, because changing beliefs to account for new information and observation is such a terrible thing.
That's a feature, not a bug.
It's okay. We just can't put our total trust in it because we can't be sure we're right.
