RE: If people were 100% rational, would the world be better?
August 9, 2021 at 4:35 pm
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2021 at 4:45 pm by R00tKiT.)
(August 9, 2021 at 4:24 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: Some people can't imagine a universe where they no longer exist. Others are scared of death. Neither is a logical reason to believe in an afterlife.
Nice strawman. Keep up the good work.
(August 9, 2021 at 4:24 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: For myself, I view consciousness as a process. Process requires change. I am not the same person I was a minute ago, though I share the same memories and desires. When I'm in deep sleep the process is on hold. When I'm dead the process ceases.
I value the now - each moment of conscious perception. No gods are apparent, and I neither expect nor desire an afterlife. That in no way detracts from the value of now.
Actually, you can't value the now. Given that, in any given moment, we have widepsread suffering and inequality in this world, and absent an afterlife guaranteed by an all-powerful being that will outweigh the suffering, there is no value to this life whatsoever. If you posit any intrinsic value to life, that would be a profound insult to all those short-lived people and those who never really got the chance to enjoy their lives.
