(Go to 13:50 – watch until 15:50)
That’s a very important point that is being made. Scientists disagree on almost everything. But when they disagree they tend to say things like “E isn’t equal to mc2, E is equal to mc3, let me show you why…” There are no scientists or even philosophers who go to war because of their disagreements.
Yet when you have a belief system, and there is no tangible evidence to demonstrate why the things you believe in is true, coercion become the main method to convince other people about the things you believe in. You take little children and you indoctrinate them with these ideas when they are in an age group in which they are not able to argue with you about these ideas. Or you go to war with your neighbors to force them to accept these ideas. In fact, the harder it is to verify these ideas, the more people are willing to die for these beliefs.
The reminder here is that you get only one chance in this life. So when there is an existential threat to civilization as we know it (as it was the case in WWII for instance), it is understandable that some people will have to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Yet this “I believe in this so strongly that I am willing to impose this on you and to do that, I am willing to sacrifice my own life” does not seem like a very smart thing to do. Non-believers in theological issues don't do that. And that's a good thing
That’s a very important point that is being made. Scientists disagree on almost everything. But when they disagree they tend to say things like “E isn’t equal to mc2, E is equal to mc3, let me show you why…” There are no scientists or even philosophers who go to war because of their disagreements.
Yet when you have a belief system, and there is no tangible evidence to demonstrate why the things you believe in is true, coercion become the main method to convince other people about the things you believe in. You take little children and you indoctrinate them with these ideas when they are in an age group in which they are not able to argue with you about these ideas. Or you go to war with your neighbors to force them to accept these ideas. In fact, the harder it is to verify these ideas, the more people are willing to die for these beliefs.
The reminder here is that you get only one chance in this life. So when there is an existential threat to civilization as we know it (as it was the case in WWII for instance), it is understandable that some people will have to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Yet this “I believe in this so strongly that I am willing to impose this on you and to do that, I am willing to sacrifice my own life” does not seem like a very smart thing to do. Non-believers in theological issues don't do that. And that's a good thing
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