Message from @AxiomOverride
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"The worth of an opinion is not how true it is, but the value it holds" or something like that
Religion from a philosophical, societal and traditional standpoint can actually be rather unifying and centering for a lot of people. The problem is when people take it to either a dogmatic end or worse commit atrocities in the name of said Religion
but that's any philosophy
see social justice
The problem is the majority of religious people aren't philosophers and do indeed take it to a dogmatic respect
this is very true
but as far as religious philosophers go, I see them intellectually as equals
to any atheistic philosopher
in terms of how much I respect them
very open minded of you in 2019
Thanks man, I'm still an atheist, but yea, religion definitely has its place imo
except William Lane Craig
no respect for that hack
I was an Atheist/Agnostic up until about a year ago
@yearspastmatter hahahaha
Who the heck is that?
So you know good and well that atheists can be just as bad as the dogmatism we see in religion
I think they annoy me more tbh lol
William Lane Craig is a professional Christian apologist/debater/Gish galloper
You can still learn quite a bit of real philosophy from tearing apart WLC.
Cosmetology lol
I get those confused too
he's about as kooky as it comes
Although i'm very much annoyed with people who treat science like the gospel that can't be changed.
well, it's the same thing. They're dogmatic about it
It might as well be the cosmetological argument for God.
yeah William Lane Craig tends to have debates with scientists rather than with atheist Bible scholars
the cosmetological argument for God...I guess that would be the fine-tuning argument
Is he a televangelist or some shit?
no he's a professor
I just wound up being areligious, I was an atheist, then an agnostic, then I just stopped caring at all about the subject from a spiritual view.
Rip
and another good one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKObSeim2w
there's a term that I liked. It was Ignostic I think it was.
Basically it's this: Can the existence of God be tested for positively or negatively? No. Then the question is irrelevant move on
Lol I like it
I actually read a paper from a friend of mine discussing the dogmatism of social justice
It is very dogmatic
Ohhhh yeah
social justice is even worse