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Not if it's illiterate people being sold complete bollocks by very literate people. Choice is feint, I'd say. And it's theistically mandated social-engineering, it's not secular; religious text, not reason, has primacy. Religion and its appointed representatives are subordinate to philosopher kings, aren't they? And I didn't like Mother Teresa.
Anyway would you replace one form of 'social engineering' with another?
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Yes, if it was better. Better than almost directly contributing towards the spread of aids.
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Perhaps you would chop all African mens dicks off to stop AIDS?
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/reli...inst-aids.html
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I'm not a religious person at all but I am a person who takes science over religion because it makes practical sense but when Hawkins says things like this it goes to show that without the full story there is no real ground to prove what he is saying is true? he like all of use will find the truth one day when we are dead and buried.
Belief and personal interpretation of god causes wars and religion often fuels it, take a look at this thread and what you believe in and tell me your not fighting for it right now
"The Kingdom of God is inside you and all around you,
Not in a mansion of wood and stone.
Split a piece of wood and I am there,
Lift a stone and you will find me."
Belief and personal interpretation of god causes wars and religion often fuels it, take a look at this thread and what you believe in and tell me your not fighting for it right now
"The Kingdom of God is inside you and all around you,
Not in a mansion of wood and stone.
Split a piece of wood and I am there,
Lift a stone and you will find me."
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All those evil things that happen such as war, rape, paedophilia, murder and torture etc. are caused by people for their own selfish ambitions or lust.
Man is the sinner, what we understand as religions do not have those actions as part of their teachings.
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Man is the sinner, what we understand as religions do not have those actions as part of their teachings.
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Oh yes they do - unless you choose to ignore the Old Testament, of course.
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You chose to ignore my earlier question on this, and now you are essentially saying the same thing again!
Of course, I do agree that 'evil' acts are perpetrated by man, but then again , man wrote the Bible, not God......
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Of all the replies in this thread that I've read (I wouldn't waste a valuable saturday on any more), you've got it in a nutshell there. It really is as simple as that in my opinion, all the other considerations can be destroyed by what you've just said.
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I have not knowingly based my way of life on biblical teachings. My upbringing did not require a deep knowledge of the bible and my lifestyle does not stand or fall by it. Much of the way I think will be influenced by it to a degree however because of the effect its content will have on Christian religions.
I take a much more simple view and that is to live a decent life without injuring others unecessarily. I don't have to be told that by any publication, it just seems like common sense to me.
Not only was the bible written as you say but it one could even speculate on the accuracy of its translations if it comes to that. I don't know either way.
I have formulated my own very strong beliefs when it comes to a God, that is my private affair and I don't feel I need to discuss it with anybody. Nor do I think it is necessary to try to influence anyone else in my beliefs, and in the same way, I don't see why others should belittle me for that. I also think it is only fair to defend my style of thinking against those who would comment in a destructive manner.
As I have said often enough, we must follow our own conscience if we wish to be honest in our lifestyle.
It is undoubtedly objectionable when some sneer at the beliefs of other and try to knock them because they think differently. What are they trying to prove anyway. You believe what you want and let me do the same without any unpleasant hassle and life will go on smoothly enough. It seems to me that religious fanatics and rabid atheists are on the same sort of footing. Extreme behaviour is never the real answer.
As I have also said before, religious teachings advocate that we live what can be regarded as a good life with thought for others. You tell me...is that such a bad way to go through life?
People are not encouraged to be evil by such religions. You did agree that the evil things that do occur are instigated by Man for his own selfish purposes.
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You stated 'The scientific world still (on the whole) relies on Popper's hypo-deductive model when conducting scientific enquiry'
I was trying to point out that there are many valid and unrefutable facts that under Poppers definition would be 'unscientific' yet they are widely accepted and used by scientists - i.e. not rejected because they are unfalsifiable.
I had a look around to see if I could find something that explains this better than I can and the best I could find was this:
http://science.martinsewell.com/falsification.html
I was trying to point out that there are many valid and unrefutable facts that under Poppers definition would be 'unscientific' yet they are widely accepted and used by scientists - i.e. not rejected because they are unfalsifiable.
I had a look around to see if I could find something that explains this better than I can and the best I could find was this:
http://science.martinsewell.com/falsification.html
As I've said earlier it's up to people to decide and I'll respect that choice.
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https://www.scoobynet.com/719966-the...r-life-17.html
Post 492 onwards....and I never did get an answer.
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I'm of the view that science is a bloody good way of finding truths, that religions provide types of truth and that maybe a combination of the two may oneday reaveal The Truth.
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Sure. How can you violate something which is innate? ...and if you can violate it then what use is 'innate' morality?
The point is that science if untethered by a morality could lead to all sorts of monstrous acts.
You're the one coming to this from a materialist POV. From that POV it must be a construct...but then what is science?
The point is that science if untethered by a morality could lead to all sorts of monstrous acts.
You're the one coming to this from a materialist POV. From that POV it must be a construct...but then what is science?
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I mean the ontology, probably better called physicalism but I mean a narrow scientific view of reality....only matter/physical properties exist. So things like mind, spirit, belief, diety etc are seen as being wholey a function of physical properties.
You could go down the rabbit hole with this stuff....I'm just a dilettante.
You could go down the rabbit hole with this stuff....I'm just a dilettante.
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They are praying to an anti-god, whilst I am praying to God; they are praying to nothing, as their gods do not exist; they are praying to the same God as I am, yet their understanding of its nature is partly incomplete, as is mine. I'd go with outcome three.
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I mean the ontology, probably better called physicalism but I mean a narrow scientific view of reality....only matter/physical properties exist. So things like mind, spirit, belief, diety etc are seen as being wholey a function of physical properties.
You could go down the rabbit hole with this stuff....I'm just a dilettante.
You could go down the rabbit hole with this stuff....I'm just a dilettante.
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Ok, I'm with you. I guess all of my conceptions of spirit, soul, afterlife, creation and so forth are, indeed, rooted in the material. I can't really help that. Even where I entertain quasi-'wierd' ideas it'll be because quantum physics offers a plausible explanation. Do you have 'faith' in the supernatural?
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Imagine all those humans that accept said gods are stood together in prayer. Imagine further that all of those humans have a mature and acute understanding of their particular god and that their relationship with it is conceptual, not supernatural. I'm stood with them:
They are praying to an anti-god, whilst I am praying to God; they are praying to nothing, as their gods do not exist; they are praying to the same God as I am, yet their understanding of its nature is partly incomplete, as is mine. I'd go with outcome three.
They are praying to an anti-god, whilst I am praying to God; they are praying to nothing, as their gods do not exist; they are praying to the same God as I am, yet their understanding of its nature is partly incomplete, as is mine. I'd go with outcome three.
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Ok, I'm with you. I guess all of my conceptions of spirit, soul, afterlife, creation and so forth are, indeed, rooted in the material. I can't really help that. Even where I entertain quasi-'wierd' ideas it'll be because quantum physics offers a plausible explanation. Do you have 'faith' in the supernatural?
I need to read some Freud actually.
Here's the physicalism wiki page. It's worth a skim.
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To be honest it (ontology) is something I don't know much about. It's a very complex subject.
I need to read some Freud actually.
Here's the physicalism wiki page. It's worth a skim.
I need to read some Freud actually.
Here's the physicalism wiki page. It's worth a skim.
* Blake did some good work around the idea.
http://www.topfloormusic.com/db/Ancient_of_Days/5525/
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Questionable. The major religions are quite restrictive and dicriminatory, so whilst there are many people who live a 'good life' and who believe in a God/gods, they doing that in spite of, not because of in most cases.
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