The Nature of this Conflict (Humans)
by George Jelliss 
, Crewe, Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 18:14 (5420 days ago) @ xeno6696
xeno wrote: "All of us bring a philosophy to the table, a metaphysic if you will, that frames how we interpret everything we see around us."-The scientific philosophy, which I espouse, maintains that one's presumptions should be as minimal as possible, and one's beliefs based on the soundest of evidence. Where do you start?- xeno: "I don't see Dawkins or other atheists heading into third-world countries informing the populace that all gods are false."-However, he has written a book "The God Delusion" that maintains, and indeed shows, that most forms of religious beliefs in gods are delusions. He doesn't need to go amissionising these days, his ideas get distributed around the world far more quickly by modern methods of communication. He does however allow for a very watered down version of god-belief as being non-delusional, namely the type associated with Einstein or Spinoza.
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GPJ
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