Re:Creationism and conspiracism share a common teleological ...
by diego_moita on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @10:04PM
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I can't discuss "God" because there's no objective argument I can hold about Him.
But I can discuss religion and I can point when religious people behave in a stupid way.
Again, this is not about God, it is about religion. Some religions (e.g. Catholicism) have learned the hard way how to show respect for reason. Many others seem to not have done that.
Re:Creationism and conspiracism share a common teleological ...
by gruez on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @10:12PM
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>But many people have experiences that lead them to believe this to be the case.
translation: because that's what they were told by their parents when they were young
Re:Creationism and conspiracism share a common teleological ...
by xupybd on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @10:31PM
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In most cases, perhaps. I'm a bit of an outlier, my parents do not share my beliefs and did not raise me with any belief in God. A data point of one is not enough to draw any conclusions but it is a data point.
Most people don't believe in God because they think they've figured something out or that their intellectual pursuits have led to that conclusion. A belief in God requires belief that there are super natural forces at work, that escape scientific detection. Yes this goes against materialism and other axioms you may hold dear. But many people have experiences that lead them to believe this to be the case. I totally agree without this sort of personal experience there is no compelling reason to agree.
The point is there are people like my self that are totally behind science as the best way to understand our physical reality but have been convinced there exists a God that cannot proven or described. I don't know how the pieces fit but I'm not trying to make them fit.
Believing in God doesn't explain the universe for me it just adds another complex unknown.