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23-08-2012 Comment on 'Why do atheists attack religion'Same reason anyone complains about others. Focussing on 'religion' and 'atheists' is an attempt to seek approval from like minded people and to see oneself as acceptable. You know something Irina, the only way to see oneself as acceptable is to be acceptable to oneself. It's not possible to see oneself as acceptable through someone else's eyes. Even if God appeared before you, all glowing and magical and he said to you, "Irinia, in my eyes, you are perfectly acceptable, you are fine human being and in your heart I know you are a good person. Whatever. The point is that here is God telling you that you are OK. You can't do better than that. You know what you'd say, you'd say, "yeah, well you would say that because you're God and you're just being kind". Why? because it doesn't matter what other's think, it matters only how you see yourself. This is how it is for everyone, and it doesn't have to. The question then is, how does one see oneself as acceptable. That my friend, can only be answered if one want's to know the answer. Peace |
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23-08-2012
Just a reminder: I have stated my intention not to communiate with you months ago and advised you to take your 'psychoanalysis' of my personality elsewhere. Other people might want to engage in discussions with you, I don't mind. Just explaining to other readers why this comment will receive no answer. |
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23-12-2012 @steven baudoin"it teaches people to believe in things that are not reasonable, nor supported by evidence" Is it so bad? Think it awhile. Think what have happened when people has been given real information and facts? Tell them about atoms and they invent - an atomic bomb. Tell them about laws of inheritance and they end up with - superman and race theory. These fellow lightheads on this planet are good in one thing only - turning everything to shit and thats okay as long as you are talking about eating fastfood. But in every other case it is better they just dont know the truth. They do much less harm throwing curses or bad sights on each other than bombs or Zyclon B. Which doesnt mean that by telling lies to them you could make them better. No way, they allways find very good reasons why just they can never go to hell do they anything, remember incvisition. So it is only the size of damage that matters but of course before atomic bomb was invented nobody believed how devastating it could be. And that is one reason why pure reason is so infantile guide to us in this space-time continuum we living in. If you build up your knowledge on evidence only you leave out the possibility to find out real truth without first dropping it onto your head - or as was the case with atomic bomb - onto heads, though very thick boned ones, of Japanes. I think that is a viewpoint that is very much worth of thinking. |
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04-11-2013 Charles Darwin, T. H. Huxley and various other 19th century secularists, saw themselves as spearheading the global fight against religion and superstition. They seemed to believe they were predestined to conquer the scourge of religion once and for all. With incessant vigour they fought against the yoke of superstition, championing science and reason. They literally thought religion would be gone from the Earth in a generation or two. But here we are, 150 years later, in a postmodern world – and religion is stronger than ever.Why is this? The answer is multifaceted. On the one hand, it should be noted that Arthur C. Clarke had it right* when he said: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". Science and technology have become so deeply mystical and alienating that people are estranged. They simply can't grasp how the latest inventions work, so they fail to appreciate the physics underlying every new gizmo. They rely on computers to solve their math problems, so they never develop logic or reasoning skills. Even Heidegger noted this in a moment of clarity. He pointed out, back in the sixties, how five people in the world, at most, understood the fundamental science – the basic mathematical equations – behind the propagation of radio signals. Engineers and technicians know enough to do their job properly, but only a handful of people understand the underlying principles that actually make the technology work. Since most people are alienated from science and technology, they grasp at straws, taking solace in what's comforting and understandable. And what's more comforting and understandable than the belief that a caring, loving God is watching over you, rewarding you after death, while punishing the infidels? The second part of the answer has to do with resource scarcity and diminishing returns. We're beyond peak oil per capita now, and the EROEI (energy return on energy invested), is rapidly making the pursuit of new oil projects less and less profitable. This rapid resource depletion is not only apparent in oil; it's evident with regards to a lot of other natural resources as well. This unsustainable use of resources, driven by overpopulation, creates poverty. The poverty manifests itself as economic crises. What seemingly starts as a crisis in the financial sector, quickly proves to be a debt crisis, which in turn, eventually, proves to be a resource crisis. To put it short: Food production per capita is going down. It's becoming obvious that we don't have enough energy to maintain our standard of living indefinitely. Profits are channeled to the top of the pyramid, to cement and increase the wealth of the elite, consolidating their power. The impoverished masses working on minimum wage to pay off their mortgages, become criminals, just to get by. Desperation and poverty drives them into violent behaviour. And into religion. Once again, they find solace in the idea of a loving, caring God. If the politicians don't look after them, then surely God does. He must. After all, he's God. Looking after people is his job. He's fair and just. This is why religion is winning and atheism losing. Atheism has no place in the future of the human species. It's a thing of the past. Religion is sexier, more aggressive, more violent. It's the way of the future. A hip way to cope with a harsher, more brutal world. As we approach the Malthusian catastrophe ahead of us, religion will increasingly be seen as something cool. The media will portray it as sexy, as something worth striving for, something to envy and pursue. The age of nihilism and meaninglessness is behind us now. To survive in the future, mankind must become more religious than it already is. Religiosity will increasingly become an adaptive trait. It will be essential to the survival of any hypothetical humans in the post-Malthusian era. So start praying to the god(s) of your choice now, while there's still hope. (*Apart from the obvious tautology in his statement.) |
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04-11-2013
Religion is declining in developed countries as far as I know. However the irrational wishful thinking isn't going anywhere. Religion is simply being transformed. New age and shit like that. "Spiritualism". Anything that helps people pull thru the harsh reality of life. If it's not a sky-daddy, it's the Universe, it's some invisible just and meaningful plan beyond our comprehension. There must be something that makes all our struggles worthwile! Right? Right?? |
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16-12-2016 I just came across your blog. Very nice I might add. Anyway, my 2 cents on why religious people are making so much noise about atheists speaking out...I liken it to a wounded animal in a death grip. It's stuck in an instinctive "fight or flight" reflex response but since we are talking about a body of people and not an individual animal, you see a mixture of extreme responses. However, they all come down to the same thing, scared people because reality is closing in on them. The funny thing is that if they didn't attack science by trying to get belief under the guise of "Intelligent Design" into the classroom we might have happily ignored them for a long time to come. However, they did attack hard won knowledge, and we did, and are, fighting back. Be it on their own heads that they actually have to face facts being pushed back at them at some fraction of the massive on-going campaign they have. Boohoo, I feel so sad for your fragile belief system... try taking on a rigorously solid body of knowledge as your foundation and you won't feel vulnerable. It's called science by the way. |
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