Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.
John Stuart Mill
2006-09-20 18:14:53 · 19 answers · asked by Ken 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Better to let Him give you a TRY !!
2006-09-20 18:17:29 · answer #1 · answered by oatie 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The problem with your question is you don't explain how to give him a "try." I've gone to churches and witnessed people talking in strange tongues. That doesn't prove anything about god or even if he exists. What I'm trying to say is that how can you ever know what god is? If a being came down and told you he was god how could you ever know for sure? What would you ask him to do to prove it? Anything he could do, any magic trick, any mind manipulation, could all be the work of a highly advanced race of aliens. Just think of the cavemen, if you went back in time with a lighter and a megaphone, you could probably convince them that you were god. So when you "give it a try" what exactly are you doing? And how do you know if you really giving god a try?
2006-09-20 18:32:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your Mill quotation bares little relation to your main premise. Mill is saying that people, if given the choice, will choose that which provides the greater joy. You want to know if we can understand something, or draw any informed conclusions about someone , without first hand knowledge. The answer is an emphatic YES! For example: I have never met Osama Bin Laden, but am certain that we would not care for one another. I have never been to the moon, but I am confident that it is not made of green cheese, or any other kind of milk product for that matter. There simply are not enough hours in the day partner.
2006-09-20 18:34:44 · answer #3 · answered by Proud Liberal 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I was younger I was only vaguely brought up to believe in God, although it wasn't really forced. Only until I was about 20 did I begin to question it all. As an atheist, I find it much more satisfying to know that there isn't anything 'up there'. The more I learn about life, the more I know i'm correct. It's very satisfying, especially since I still know right from wrong, without the fear of any higher power looking down on me.
2006-09-20 18:19:18 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa B 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
one remark is about the preferance of the group and the other (your question )is of the individual. I think we are all born knowing one thingabout god. That is that He is superior. One needs not try that out. One can reject that due to that one trait we all have to make a choice about and that trait is pride. If one chooses pride understanding the superiority (whether it be in fact or suposition) to be evident then one needs not give god a try. that my friend is exactly what happens. A person adopts pride and assumes their own superiority, thus rejecting God without trying Him because in deciding that one is superior (that one being himself)denial of god becomes evident.
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2006-09-20 18:26:53 · answer #5 · answered by icheeknows 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean that I should like, give God a "test drive", like a new Mercedes. To see how he handles, and if he is comfortable of not. Maybe he is overpriced. Does he come with air bags?Maybe I can get him with a kick'in sound system. Can I haggle his price down?...God may come in different models. Maybe I should test drive Shiva, and Mohammad, and Buddha and other profits as well....... What do you think?
2006-09-20 18:24:29 · answer #6 · answered by whidd2003 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If religion got back the the basics and was not used as a smoke screen for bigots and people who like to judge then I would give it a try. Otherwise no.
2006-09-20 18:17:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Though God Himself is expecting you to know him and patiently waiting for you, it is impossible unless you give a complete surrender, what to speak of just try?
2006-09-20 18:19:40 · answer #8 · answered by saichandra 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I find it funny that a Christian would use a relativistic philosophical argument to support christianity. So you're saying if 95% of people enjoyed wallowing in their wastes, 'obviously' I should enjoy it too? In advertising, that's called 'bandwagon' and it's just a marketing technique.
2006-09-20 18:21:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I can't know anything about anyone or anything I've never MET in person.
I don't believe in Ghosts b/c i've never met any.
I don't believe in the Flying Spaghetti Creator b/c i've never met him/her/it. I come from being brought up catholic too!! 13 years of CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN school and I never once saw evidence of the creator. Only man's word.
2 years of physics taught me to throw out christianity while having profound EVIDENCE about how the Universe came to be.
2006-09-20 18:20:32 · answer #10 · answered by Jimmy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Theists have never proven their claims that a God exists, so what is there to try?
How do you try someone else's delusion?
2006-09-20 18:20:55 · answer #11 · answered by Left the building 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋