RE: The need to believe?
July 10, 2017 at 4:25 pm
(This post was last modified: July 10, 2017 at 4:31 pm by JackRussell.)
(July 10, 2017 at 4:16 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(July 10, 2017 at 4:06 pm)JackRussell Wrote: Did man go to the moon? Can that be evidenced? That was numinous to me , we stepped toward the stars, but irrational fools disbelieve this. Were does one draw the line?Moon hoaxers are odd birds, aren't they? It's one of those things where there seems to be no specific impetus to claim an elaborate conspiracy - and yet.
So true, the whole conspiracy thing has kind of taken off since I was a kid. (1970's). We now have 9/11 truths, anti-vaxxers,, alien landings, flat-earth and so many more.
The interesting thing to my mid is that they all play on a form of religious belief. And that kind of informs my understanding of older beliefs too.
Evidence baby, Science, it works biatches.
(July 10, 2017 at 4:23 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(July 10, 2017 at 3:36 pm)JackRussell Wrote: Ok, fine, but why should any rational person accept this too. Wonder and the numinous as experiential can be understood perfectly naturally as well.
Who's to say we don't understand it rationally?
Well, rationality needs to be demonstrated. Perhaps I should have said could be presented rationally and with good evidence. But i get your point, I think. I'm not too bright though, coz atheist.
