Are we all born an Atheist?
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I'm saying that one has no logical reason to choose one rather than the other, but the choice settled on has profound consequences nevertheless. That also was Sheldon's problem: he could choose to return to his old life or move in with Amy. For Sheldon, both choices were equally appealing. It wasn't until Amy lured Sheldon into her apartment with a psychological ploy using a philosophical discussion as bait that a decision was made, howbeit, at an unconscious level.
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Please don't do what TC is doing by take the analogy into areas for which it was never intended. Any analogy breaks down if taken too literally.
The point is, if we want to call ourselves human, a choice must be made. If that offends anyone, please note that it's just not me saying it:analogy is our best guide in all philosophical investigations; and all discoveries, which were not made by mere accident, have been made by the help of it. --Joseph Priestley, a pioneer in chemistry and electricity
But the need for myths, indeed, the cry for myths, will be present wherever there are persons who call themselves human.
May, Rollo. The Cry for Myth (p. 20).
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2) Buridan's Ass is only paradoxical because the problem is synchronic. However since we live in a diachronic dynamic world. Asses do not die of hunger where there is food for a very good reason.
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I think you're over thinking things. It really quite simple.
1. Evidence suggests (but does not prove) that humans are born with a natural inclination towards religion.
2. Even if there is not this natural inclination, even if we are born as atheists, no one can seriously question humans are compelled to make sense of the world.
3. As we pursue reality to an ultimate conclusion, we come face to face with a choice: do we believe the impetus is mechanism or will?
4. There is absolutely no reason to choose one over the other. (No choice is also a choice.)
5. Our choice has profound psychological and sociological consequences. .
That it. Pretty simple. This says nothing at all about God`s existence, but I have presented evidence (and can present a lot more) that it is healthier than not to have myth help orient our lives..
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Personally I am of the opinion that the greatest utility comes from accuracy.
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Religion is a blanket/dustbin term for a huge range of cultural practices that is hard to define. What most often happens is that we shoehorn our our idea of 'religion' into the practices of other cultures, even when they themselves do not even have that category.Dark Matter wrote: ↑June 21st, 2018, 11:58 pmI think you're over thinking things. It really quite simple.
1. Evidence suggests (but does not prove) that humans are born with a natural inclination towards religion.
Thus, you are conflating "religion" or the lack of it with "atheism", both terms are highly specific to modern western culture. Most religions do not even have a 'god' as we understand it, and the practices we like to call religion for most cultures throughout the study of anthropology and archaeology are not what they are in our culture.2. Even if there is not this natural inclination, even if we are born as atheists, no one can seriously question humans are compelled to make sense of the world.
Then, having established your false assumptions, you drop a massive non sequitur.3. As we pursue reality to an ultimate conclusion, we come face to face with a choice: do we believe the impetus is mechanism or will?
relevance?4. There is absolutely no reason to choose one over the other. (No choice is also a choice.)
so what?5. Our choice has profound psychological and sociological consequences. .
obviously not as simple as you would like to think.
That it. Pretty simple.
Evidence??
This says nothing at all about God`s existence, but I have presented evidence (and can present a lot more) that it is healthier than not to have myth help orient our lives..
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