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The reason you were down-voted to oblivion was your presumption that religious belief is irrational. Rationality is a slippery concept (if not a completely empt
by md224 9y ago
The reason you were down-voted to oblivion was your presumption that religious belief is irrational. Rationality is a slippery concept (if not a completely empty one), and it seems like you've chosen to define it as strict adherence to the doctrines of Physicalism. This kind of view plays well in /r/atheism, but outside those quarters it comes across as arrogant and naive.
My advice: try to empathize with those who don't share your chosen axioms. Certainty is the enemy of critical thinking.
- abritinthebay 9y agoYour appeals to physicalism as a limiting factor might do well in a university debate class but they aren't philosophically sound so much as they are hand-waving. Nice straw-man of my position though, that was masterful.
- dang 9y agoWould you please stop posting acerbic swipes to HN? You've done this a ton, and it's against the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. (Taking a bit of a leap from your username: there's no bigger fan of wicked British wit than I, but you can't routinely do it here. The container is too fragile to withstand acid, and all that happens if you breach it is tidal waves of internet shite in your wake. Following the rules is a bit of work and a bit boring, but not nearly as boring as it'll be if HN ends up in that state, i.e. dead.)