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January 11, 2014 at 2:32 pm
If God in the generic sense existed, why should anyone care? I'm studying a little about the pragmatists approach to truth claims. It says that a statement is meaningless if it doesn't make any difference on how one experiences reality or how one would make choices if that statement were known to be true.
Let's say the statement "God exists" is a true statement. So what? Why does knowing he exists matters?
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January 11, 2014 at 2:53 pm
(January 11, 2014 at 2:32 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: If God in the generic sense existed, why should anyone care? I'm studying a little about the pragmatists approach to truth claims. It says that a statement is meaningless if it doesn't make any difference on how one experiences reality or how one would make choices if that statement were known to be true.
Let's say the statement "God exists" is a true statement. So what? Why does knowing he exists matters?
because it affects what is real. it is poison to knowledge, i mean theres people who kill in the name of god, but who cares right?
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January 11, 2014 at 3:21 pm
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2014 at 3:22 pm by wolf39us.)
so what? so what?
so what? so what? You boring little cunt!
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January 11, 2014 at 3:27 pm
I don't know why but I immediately thought of this song
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January 11, 2014 at 3:35 pm
So much for this thread...sigh.
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January 11, 2014 at 3:39 pm
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2014 at 3:40 pm by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
I should clarify that I'm assuming the person who knows God exists would make a *rational* choice on how to behave based on knowing that God exists. Some crazy person might realize "god exists therefore I will have a cheeseburger" but that's not a rational conclusion to have if you knew God existed.
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