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The real theological question, isn’t is there God, it is what is God? #Philosophy
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Leon Eden
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Leon Eden
@leonheden
I like rationalist philosophy. It’s negligent to suggest there’s no potential of nature reflecting the best possible foundational outcome. How so?
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@MiskaKuusela So long as ‘error correction’ isn’t used as an excuse to not adhere to being good.
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Everything. They ignore there are moral facts.
Friedrich Nietzsche Notebook@QuoteNietzsche
What do you think nihilism and existentialism get wrong?
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@MiskaKuusela You can figure it out only if you reject nihilism and existentialism.
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@leonheden If the fact is there is objective morality, you can figure it out starting from nihilism.
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@MiskaKuusela I don’t say do, that’s the definition of subjective morality.
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@MiskaKuusela It’s only subjective morality that makes up what we ought to do.
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@leonheden Exactly. But you start with that and then figure out what is clear and why. Not the other way around, i.e. what you want to be true and then making up foundations for that.
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@MiskaKuusela Nihilism is a terrible prophecy and completely antithesis to what is clear. To say there are not moral facts is simply ludicrous.
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@MiskaKuusela Existentialism is very selfish, even when it appears it’s not it’s tokenism :)
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@leonheden Nihilism is a good starting point; nothing matters. Then, you must recognize as a fact that something actually does. Then, you find a solid foundation for that which actually does -- instead of the other way around.
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@leonheden They are tormented by their own thoughts about it.
That's what "burning in hell" is.
What a miserable way to live.
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Why do people take parables and allegories literally?
ɠɧıʂɧ@rirokpik
So the billions of people who existed before “your Jesus” are burning in hell for being born too early in history?
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Cancelling the fact of moral law and hope for afterlife is an impossible act. The fact is we are at root religious creatures. It is only the religions themselves that evolve.
么 ꜱ ᴀ ᴍ ꪜ,@kaizen000000000
Religion needs to be banned Everywhere and forever
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@MiskaKuusela I think moral law and afterlife are key facets of many stories spanning many religions.
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@MiskaKuusela Parables and allegories are written to try and communicate objective general truths
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@leonheden Why do people take interpretations of parables and allegories literally?
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@KangintheNorth I suppose every story has artistic license. A large part of the Christ story being successful is this idea they are coming back. That’s a powerful pull, a talking pt or meme.
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Interesting. Or the dream of those who want existence?
Shawn "All Outta Bubblegum" McClure@McClureShawn
God is merely the dream of those who fear nonexistence.
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@leonheden I prefer gods that don't lie about being all good though
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@philotheis49253 You’re talking about perfection not goodness. I’m arguing for limited God.
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@leonheden …similarly if there exists a being your relationship to whom will determine your eternal destiny it is ‘much’ better to know for sure that He exists and has certain intentions towards you. It’s not ‘freedom’ to not be certain about that it’s actually the opposite.
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Er, our evidential situation is good isn’t it? Don’t we like our freedom?
Ernest-001⚓💫💫@Ernest1588761
A simple question with complex answers.😏
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@Whizdom01 I agree if there is God it’s most likely to be a pantheistic foundation.
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@leonheden What do you think?
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Idahor Wisdom@Whizdom01
I notice that when people hear or say the word 'God,' it often immediately triggers an image of the biblical Yahweh or some anthropomorphic deity. Let's try a different approach: replace 'God' with MIND—as in a fundamental, cosmic consciousness or the mental ground of reality.
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Er, that all depends on whether you think goodness isn’t a sufficient reason.
Shawn "All Outta Bubblegum" McClure@McClureShawn
"God" explains nothing. "God" only kicks the explanatory can down the road for an infinite distance so that credulous, ignorant minds can content themselves with pat, ambiguous answers without feeling a pressing need to think further. "God" is the biggest non-explanation ever.
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@leonheden I'm not trying to be. I'm just saying what I experienced.
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