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Yes, religious belief can have adverse consequences - but that's a pragmatic argument on how to act, and has no bearing on the underlying truth of whether or no
by deogeo 7y ago
Yes, religious belief can have adverse consequences - but that's a pragmatic argument on how to act, and has no bearing on the underlying truth of whether or not some god, however defined, exists. Or if there exists more than mechanistic, mathematical nature - after all, religion and belief in an omnipotent god are not synonymous.
- Intermernet 7y agoIf that's the case, then does it matter at all if a god exists? It becomes a purely self perpetuating, entirely abstract question like "does the future exist?" Also, culturally, in the majority of the "Western" nations, religion and belief in an omnipotent god are synonymous. There are outliers and exceptions, but they have little to no sway on the zeitgeist.