But this is nonsense.I really would agree with you. God is the source of all goodness, meaning, and true joy. If God doesn’t exist there is no unified source of meaning and the only thing we have is philosophy which is our collective and individual search to find or create meaning. If nihilism is right and this philosophy is pointless, giving up is also pointless and I say it’s better to dream and hope than to dispair. — MysticMonist
The absence of god does not entail nihilism. — charleton
Lastly, I would call my worldview New Age Hedonism since it combines new age spiritual concepts with hedonism. — TranscendedRealms
No, thankfully it doesn’t.
So either:
1) There is a god and therefore God is the source of meaning.
2) there is no god but some other source of meaning or even a sourceless meaning. Then philosophy is the science of finding or creating this meaning. Mystics participate in philosophy
3) no god, no meaning. They even a quixotic quest for meaning is better than dispair. — MysticMonist
Yes, Pascal's wager is bullshit. — charleton
He suggests giving up the only thing you have; your own autonomy on the absurd idea that what some crackpot priest says might be true. — charleton
I definitely agree with this. Some religious people have bought into the idea that somehow right and wrong, moral and immoral cannot take root unless there is a lawgiver. Nothing could be further from the truth. You might despair at the thought of your life having an absolute end, but that doesn't mean we should retreat into nihilistic thinking.The absence of god does not entail nihilism. — charleton
What would you have to do to get into heaven, according to Pascal? How would you know he was right, as against, say, what an Imam would tell you you had to do? — charleton
Now ask yourself where the bloody hell do you learn about Jesus, if not from a priest? — charleton
Personally I’m a universalist and I think everyone’s going to heaven. I think you spend really time with people of other faiths you’ll realize that God isn’t a monopoly of only one tradition. — MysticMonist
What would you have to do to get into heaven, according to Pascal? — charleton
Personally I’m a universalist and I think everyone’s going to heaven. — MysticMonist
He suggests giving up the only thing you have; your own autonomy — charleton
So you are saying you get into heaven by reducing your skepticism about god to a weak willed acceptance? — charleton
God clearly states to not murder, especially in the Torah — MysticMonist
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