I was an agnostic at one point in my life. One realization that changed my thinking is that, unless there is an all-knowing, rational, creator God who made humankind in His likeness, we have little rational basis for trusting either our sense perception or logic itself, and therefore, no basis for science.
If I believe we all ultimately came from something impersonal and irrational, there is no rational basis to believe that my sense perception is accurate, or that logic itself is anything besides a personal preference, a social convention, or just a chemical reaction in my brain (only).
Has anyone else thought about this, particularly those who are not theists? Do non-theists have a basis to justify the reliability of sense perception or logic, besides a faith that human sense perception and logic are reliable, in a universe (they say) is ultimately impersonal and irrational? Thanks.
2007-04-22
08:21:59
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