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A strange position, to require to experience something to believe in it. Yet in the same time, reverting back by default to superstitions and supernatural belie
by jajko 1y ago
A strange position, to require to experience something to believe in it. Yet in the same time, reverting back by default to superstitions and supernatural beliefs, which in the most logical sense were never truly experienced by anybody. But I guess they soothe some highly illogical emotional core from our distant past which made fight-or-flight and similar reactions possible.
You do you (or let your 'heart' do you), happy to not feel member of such group in any way nor sharing such concerns. Life is too short and there are properly amazing things to experience each day, that's a better focus of experiencing this world IMHO.
- erulabs 1y agoOh I believe in it. I can't experience it, and yet I believe completely. Yes, my argument is stronger than one who thinks the moon is a bowl of fire, but epistemology, science itself, unfortunately confirms that I do not know. My point is simply that this realization should give you sympathy to those who believe something different. My concern is not with my own beliefs, it's with the ability to bridge the gap with others. To heal the "crack in the cosmos", and to avoid the science-shock described in the article.
- xyzelement 1y agoI don't know if you are right about things "not experienced by anyone" If anything, men we owe much to like Darwin, Newton and Lematire were religiously trained and lived religious lives - their belief and experience is vastly different from yours (projecting an atheist belief system on you based on your comment) and you have no way to relate to it. But the fact that our greatest advanced came from minds running that operating system is not something you can waive away.