Philosophy
The culture wars concerning religiosity and secularism are being waged all over the place. The religious argue that atheism is morally bankrupt without God as an objective basis for morality; atheists argue that believers are missing the rational part of the evolved brain; and agnostics keep trying to reconcile the two camps, revealing in the process their bleeding heart hippie wimpiness and lack of conviction. It's a mess...
Still, as the following short film hilariously demonstrates, there is no reason why the lack of belief in a deity should stop one from understanding, and exploiting, the utilitarian aspects of religious belief :)
There's your assignment; go get some phone numbers! :)
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- Types Of Atheism, Religion In History, And Philosophy Today
J.T. asks, "Should atheism be defined as an absence of belief in God (or gods)? Or should it be defined as as an explicit affirmation that gods do no exist? Is there a true distinction between these two definitions? And finally, should agnosticism be...
- Thesim, Atheism, And Rationality
A few questions related to religious belief this time around, so let's have at 'em: Enigman asks: What precisely is it, about the world (and/or oneself), that inclines reasonable people towards (i) atheism, or (ii) theism, so that they regard...
- Religious Pluralism And Consistency
Enigmaman, over at Enigmania, has a very nice post up about the pragmatic need for inconsistency and motivates it with the question of religious pluralism. We could take pluralism in the strong sense that Feyerabend, for example, does and think of it...
- Richard Dawkins - Sex, Death And The Meaning Of Life (1)
Dostoevsky's dictum "without God, anything is permitted" is often used by religious believers to make the point that, quite aside from the issue of its truth, religion plays an important role, perhaps even a necessary one, in fomenting moral behavior...
- Penn Jillette - This I Believe: There Is No God
When it comes to the intellectual battle between atheism and religion, the group with the imaginary friends ain't gonna win. But what about the intellectual tension between atheism and agnosticism? One could argue that atheism is an arrogant position,...
Philosophy
The Confession
The culture wars concerning religiosity and secularism are being waged all over the place. The religious argue that atheism is morally bankrupt without God as an objective basis for morality; atheists argue that believers are missing the rational part of the evolved brain; and agnostics keep trying to reconcile the two camps, revealing in the process their bleeding heart hippie wimpiness and lack of conviction. It's a mess...Still, as the following short film hilariously demonstrates, there is no reason why the lack of belief in a deity should stop one from understanding, and exploiting, the utilitarian aspects of religious belief :)
There's your assignment; go get some phone numbers! :)
.
- Types Of Atheism, Religion In History, And Philosophy Today
J.T. asks, "Should atheism be defined as an absence of belief in God (or gods)? Or should it be defined as as an explicit affirmation that gods do no exist? Is there a true distinction between these two definitions? And finally, should agnosticism be...
- Thesim, Atheism, And Rationality
A few questions related to religious belief this time around, so let's have at 'em: Enigman asks: What precisely is it, about the world (and/or oneself), that inclines reasonable people towards (i) atheism, or (ii) theism, so that they regard...
- Religious Pluralism And Consistency
Enigmaman, over at Enigmania, has a very nice post up about the pragmatic need for inconsistency and motivates it with the question of religious pluralism. We could take pluralism in the strong sense that Feyerabend, for example, does and think of it...
- Richard Dawkins - Sex, Death And The Meaning Of Life (1)
Dostoevsky's dictum "without God, anything is permitted" is often used by religious believers to make the point that, quite aside from the issue of its truth, religion plays an important role, perhaps even a necessary one, in fomenting moral behavior...
- Penn Jillette - This I Believe: There Is No God
When it comes to the intellectual battle between atheism and religion, the group with the imaginary friends ain't gonna win. But what about the intellectual tension between atheism and agnosticism? One could argue that atheism is an arrogant position,...