(June 2, 2015 at 11:03 pm)whateverist Wrote: Why is there anything instead of nothing at all?
If there were a god, even god could not answer that one.
(June 2, 2015 at 11:03 pm)whateverist Wrote: What is the nature of personal identity?
That depends on whether or not it is even real.
(June 2, 2015 at 11:03 pm)whateverist Wrote: What is the purpose of a human being?
None. Humans seem to think there is a purpose, but like any animal, the human species is simply a product of evolution doomed to extinction.
(June 2, 2015 at 11:03 pm)whateverist Wrote: Why is the idea of a god so damned widespread and persistent?
Because it is easier to answer a question with "magic" rather than science.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
