In terms of beliefs about the supernatural and God, agnosticism seems to be the most rational positions to hold compared to atheism and theism. I am the kind of agnostic where I don't know if God exists, and I don't even know how I would attempt to calculate a probability for God's existence...
All a matter of opinion. To me the quran consists of some boring, repetitive poetry and is full of out of date moral precepts. Its absolutely a matter of opinion.
Why do we need the spiritual mumbo jumbo? Embrace science and the complexity of the universe and its more than you'll ever need. You don't need voodoo astral planes, or collective consciousness, or magic, or superstition. The universe is mysterious enough.
There's no such thing as "Buddhism as a whole". There are hundreds of different interpretations and beliefs and axioms. Very few things are actually representative of Buddhism as a whole. Everyone has their 1 cent interpretation.
What makes you think anyone has a soul or why couldn't it be the case that some people don't have souls, and yet they act completely like they do have a soul? Also how do you define a soul?
What facts are you even talking about? There are no facts that prove the existence of God. Most of the time its a feeling or vision for people or that they were brought up to believe. Either way, a peasant in the 12th century could never fix a car, be he or she could easily believe in God. They...
That's not an argument. That's an appeal to emotion. Anyways, you're making up rationalizations and assertions for your morality.
I didn't say it was more important. I was asking how you knew. You seem incredibly confused--what is the logical argument for why someone getting hurt is more...
There is no agreed upon definition of right or wrong. It depends on philosophy, religion, culture, and a variety of other factors. Morality is relative and changes over time and by geographical location.
Its not obvious at all. Who are you to say that someone's personal gain or amusement is...
Again, it wasn't pertaining to fact checking or citations, it was pertaining to misrepresentation. Misrepresentation has nothing to do with citations. You keep trying to connect these things and I have rebutted it several times now. Changing up the words and saying "wow" isn't an argument.
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That website looks sketchy and unreliable. COnsciousness is not fully understood and all indications from medicine suggest consciousness is physical. If you change the physical brain even slightly, you can completely alter someone's brain and consciousness--turning them into a completely...
It was a hypothetical saying if God cared about belief in him. Fixing a car and believing in GOd are entirely different things. I can believe that a car can be fixed without knowing how to fix it. Its a bad example because one thing is simple belief, and one is a complex series of steps that...
Why is good defined that way? Morality is not simple whatsoever. Coming up with a consistent, clear, and rational morality has been extremely difficult since the inception of human civilization.
Anytime you try to simplify things like this, it quickly becomes exponentially complicated when you...
I've made this point before, but just because Trump misrepresents things doesn't mean that everyone should misrepresent him. Its a moot point. The media heavily targets Trump with SJW nonsense in the form of misrepresentations that try to show racism or misoginy.
I mean i'm a Gary Johnson fan...
No. I complained about misrepresentation, not a lack of citation. Misrepresentation =/= a missing citation.
It isn't misrepresented and you're free to google search it. I don't care if quotes don't have a citation as long as they aren't misrepresented. Its not my concern to save people a 5...
But everything God does is moral so if he did end up lying then lying in various circumstances would be a moral action. God can do anything since anything he does automatically becomes a moral action. The point could be made that our parents can drink alcohol, but prevent their children from...
Why wouldn't God give knowledge away? If he cares about people believing in him he should make the knowledge accessible to those who aren't as intelligent. Basically you're saying that God discriminates against dumb people.