RE: On the lunacy of free will
October 15, 2021 at 10:48 pm
(This post was last modified: October 15, 2021 at 10:52 pm by slartibartfast.)
(October 15, 2021 at 10:37 am)Ahriman Wrote:(October 15, 2021 at 9:09 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Interestingly enough , "jesus" didn't. That was an effect of romanization, as I think we've discussed. At any rate..and since you have a pronounced "many people believe" habit...many people can be wrong.If most people believe in something, how likely is it that they're all wrong? Versus how likely it is that the naysayers are wrong?
There is no afterlife. No heaven, no hell. These are thematic elements of greek tragedy that got rolled into christian belief in the scuffle for political power in rome.
Just because most Republicans believe that the 2020 election was stolen does not make it so. People have not just come to the belief of a Christian God through chance or personal discovery. There is a gigantic, organised system here designed to indoctrinate (from birth no less), and keep people believing a particular interpretation of a magic book belonging to a particular denomination of monotheism. The fact that this system has been extremely successful (over the centuries / millennia) in doing this, often on pain of death, says absolutely nothing as to the accuracy of it's assertions.
I would agree to some extent if you had a lot of people coming to the exact same conclusion independently, with no undue pressure to do this either socially, physically or financially. but that is far from what is happening with organised religion. Can you not see the difference?
(October 15, 2021 at 3:07 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Well it's not so much that I "rejected Catholicism" as I just don't practice the religion anymore. I didn't reject everything about it.
How can you just not practice Catholicism? You either believe it, or you don't. If you do believe its messages, and choose not to follow it, you are an idiot, as the perceived repercussions for you would be severe. (I guess just as you wouldn't let anyone else you care about not practice it either.... since that would be inhumane... It would be the equivalent of knowing about a train crash and not telling your fellow passengers to get off at the preceding stop, no? etc)
