other than it is not a matter of fact that "God" is not, nor is it in conflict to reason that "God is" - there is nothing wrong with your post. But since that is not the case - everything you said is based on the proposition that "God is not" that you assume as fact - which it is not. — Rank Amateur
Enlightenment rationalists, religions haven’t simply shrivelled and died, but are still hugely influential in culture and society. And that’s because they stand for something, they represent realities which can’t be depicted in any other terms.
— Wayfarer
What realities would that be?
— praxis
To think of a few examples at random - the sacred feminine/motherhood/Mother Mary/Kwan Yin
The Hero's Journey, the hero with a thousand faces.
Suffering/sacrifice/loss
Redemption/salvation/transcendence. — Wayfarer
Is Religion Philosophy? — Marcus de Brun
I have a standing issue with anyone who believes that my theism is in conflict with truth or reason — Rank Amateur
↪Janus
i think all rational arguments start with the proposition that "God is" and looks for reasoned arguments for. I also think all rational arguments that "God is not" start with that proposition and look for reasoned arguments to support. — Rank Amateur
Far too much rubbish is permitted. — Banno
Since all arguments are based on natural reasoning and evidence there can never be any rational or empirical demonstration of the existence of supernatural being. It is the archetypal object of faith. — Janus
Ah, so you confuse fact and justification. Thanks for making that clear. There's a fact of the matter, even in the absence of justification for or against. — S
If we are to have a comprehensive, unified vision of what the prime mover could be, it must encompass and integrate science — Janus
The Powers That Be seem to me too lenient on topics of religion. Far too much rubbish is permitted. — Banno
The problem here is that science is bound to a worldview in which the universe is essentially meaningless. So meaning itself can only ever be personal or social - it can't have any referent beyond either the individual or the collective. — Wayfarer
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