Religion

violetpastille

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26. Logical

Wed Dec 26, 2018, 03:32 PM

Dec 2018

Logic is great. Logic makes the trains run on time. Logic made time. Logic made trains. Logic makes weapons and logic makes modern wars. Logic creates ecological catastrophe and logic is busy trying out-logic those catastrophes. And logic made "religion".

I've read Richard Dawkins. I've read Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris. Their arguments were sensible. They were logical. They were rational. They made good sense.

Yet I still believe in God.

I don't think anybody ever had a spiritual experience hacking away on a laptop.
Most people get it in nature.
Some feel the nature of God when they care for another being without thought of recompense.

One needn't call it God. But one needn't call it a cognitive bias, either.

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Let he who is without cognitive bias cast the first lecture. [View all] guillaumeb Dec 2018 OP

True. eom KPN Dec 2018 #1

Everybody has them. Turbineguy Dec 2018 #2

Understood. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #6

No, Guillaumeb. Cognitive biases and emotional decisions MineralMan Dec 2018 #3

I don't think you understand what he's trying to say Major Nikon Dec 2018 #8

Oh, no, I understand what he's trying to say just fine. MineralMan Dec 2018 #12

I'm not sure his research is limited to just that one site Major Nikon Dec 2018 #14

Well, there are also random blogs on Patheos. MineralMan Dec 2018 #16

So what is your logical argument for theism? Major Nikon Dec 2018 #4

My argument, guillaumeb Dec 2018 #5

You didn't understand the question Major Nikon Dec 2018 #7

I removed the ad hominem from your response, guillaumeb Dec 2018 #9

Sure, because calling bullshit on bullshit is ad hominem Major Nikon Dec 2018 #10

Reverting to your default setting? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #11

Your first fuckup is claiming that I don't find dialog with theists here Major Nikon Dec 2018 #13

OK. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #15

Just one cognitive bias? MineralMan Dec 2018 #17

The word one was your addition. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #18

You wrote: MineralMan Dec 2018 #20

Cognitive bias describes behavior. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #22

Read the article. MineralMan Dec 2018 #23

Did you read the link? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #24

Goodbye. MineralMan Dec 2018 #25

Goodbye. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #31

He clearly read the link Lordquinton Dec 2018 #41

Neither of you did, in my opinion. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #47

So you read the article too, right? Lordquinton Dec 2018 #62

No, his "point" was to accuse me of making an error by referrign to it in the singular. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #64

And he was not incorrect, was he? Lordquinton Dec 2018 #67

He was incorrect. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #68

"Cognitive Biases or Errors Are at the Heart of Religion" Lordquinton Dec 2018 #70

... Major Nikon Dec 2018 #69

One reason you complain about the lack of dialog... Major Nikon Dec 2018 #19

I provided an answer. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #21

OK, so "faith" is your idea of a logical argument Major Nikon Dec 2018 #27

Not at all what I actually said. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #34

Please continue as this just keeps getting better Major Nikon Dec 2018 #37

Incorrect on your part. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #43

Please continue... Major Nikon Dec 2018 #48

Sad. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #49

Please continue to say you didn't say what you said Major Nikon Dec 2018 #51

Logical violetpastille Dec 2018 #26

What is a spiritual experience? wasupaloopa Dec 2018 #29

Here was mine violetpastille Dec 2018 #30

Church services provide a community. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #35

Humans need community. violetpastille Dec 2018 #36

Very well put. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #32

Tell us again how "faith" is your logical argument Major Nikon Dec 2018 #38

You are misframing what I said. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #44

Thanks for giving me another opportunity to prove your faceplant Major Nikon Dec 2018 #50

Unintentional humor on your part. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #52

Thanks for the unintentional laugh Major Nikon Dec 2018 #59

"I don't think anybody ever had a spiritual experience hacking away on a laptop. " Lordquinton Dec 2018 #42

If the Buddha, or Jesus or Mohammed violetpastille Dec 2018 #63

I can attest that many actual "hackers" Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #71

I said "I don't think that" violetpastille Dec 2018 #72

You cannot prove a negative so your question to athiests is irrational. wasupaloopa Dec 2018 #28

I never talk about proof. I talk about faith. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #33

Meanwhile you reveal you can't tell the difference between a fact and a claim Major Nikon Dec 2018 #39

And you continue to reveal your agenda, and tactics. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #45

True Major Nikon Dec 2018 #53

The first citation reveals that you misframed my response. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #54

Please continue to claim that Major Nikon Dec 2018 #60

That makes no sense. You base it all on your belief wasupaloopa Dec 2018 #40

I have faith. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #46

I find it interesting that you always focus on the unprovable Eko Dec 2018 #55

What an interesting response. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #56

Here. Eko Dec 2018 #57

Okay. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #58

Great. Eko Dec 2018 #61

He won't Major Nikon Dec 2018 #65

I know. Eko Dec 2018 #66