It is true, that a little philosophy inclines man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings men's....

Question

.....minds about to religion?

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

But then why are most of the top contemporary philosophers atheist? Look back at the last 200 years in philosophy. Kant, Wittgenstein, Jaspers, Kierkegaard and a few others aside, the majority of the famous philosophers were openly atheist or remained silent on the subject. I would say for every Kierkegaard there is a Nietzsche, Russell, Chomsky, and Foucault. For every Kant a Mill, Hume, Sartre and Marx.

The deeper you get into philosophy, the less likely you are to be a follower of a traditional religion, I think. If you remain in religion, it will usually only be with a philosophical mysticism that traditional religions reject. There is a fundamental tension between the religious calls to faith and philosophy's constant questioning and dependence on logic.

Answer 3

I myself taught Philosophy of Religion class before and I can say a lot about it. I used to be atheist, but as the time went by and after I put years of thoughts, I became theist to a degree. Whether a little philosophy can make people atheists has to do with who studies what Philosophy and how, etc. So, I think to that respect, the answer is both Yes and No.

Unless you talk to a Philosopher or Philosophy teacher whose mind is so indoctrinated to the point of showing hostility against whatever view that does not conform to his, generally, we can say that no matter how far we go in knowledge, there's more that can never be answered. That realm is in fact better explained by religion; rather than by science. Even science, when pushed too hard, their system of knowledge simply breaks down. "Beyond Science, there is Religion; and beyond Religion, there is Science." It is a cliche, but there's some truth to it.

Answer 4

For some odd reason, believers are fond of making up and propagating all sorts of "reasons" to belittle nonbelievers. This is just another thinly-veiled swipe at atheists.

Most freethinkers I know of are actually pretty profound philosophers and thinkers. Contrary to religion, which 95% of the time is simply passed down from parent to child with virtually no critical analysis, most atheists come to their atheism after a long intellectual journey.

For that matter, many of the top names in philosophy have been atheists themselves. Nietzsche may be perhaps the most famous, though a number of the ancient Greeks were too. So try not to believe everything a believer tells you, especially when it seems designed to create or reinforce a bias.

Answer 5

What an interesting concept, in my younger years when I minored in philosophy but was not into God or religion. I do not know if I would go so far as to say I was an atheist but...

As I have aged and I reflect through my thoughts and dwell deeper into those thoughts it does not bring so much to religion but the truths of those religion.

Through my thoughts I am all about losing my religion but emphasizing the true nature of what religion should be.

Great thought!

Answer 6

Philosophy is a critical observation of knowledge to uncover the truth.
Atheism is the movement of the mind not to believe but to explore the truth.
Religion is the movement of the mind from darkness to light, or to eliminate what is false as false and finally see what is true.
Believing and faith are reliance of the mind to the descriptions of truth thereby not meeting truth head on. (organized religion)

I think religion(the true meaning), philosophy and atheism have one thing in common-observation to discover the truth.

Believers and those with strong faith from organized religions are not interested to discover the truth of their belief and faith, They just rely about the descriptions of truth. They cannot meet truth head on.\

With your descriptions about the little philo. I don't think so.

Answer 7

i might want to say that philosophy brings adult males's minds to spirituality, yet no longer unavoidably faith. outdoors forces convey human beings to faith, as faith is an outdoors element. it is realized, no longer inherent. Spirituality is inherent. even if you practice it or no longer, to three degree, anybody is non secular. And philosophers (I talk of those i'm familiar with, no longer all of them) are of the most non secular human beings. yet I also imagine that spirituality itself has a tendency to attraction to human beings in course of religion, of a few kind. I in basic terms imagine the excellence is important.

Answer 8

It is not true. Simple proof: A man alone in the wilderness. What is God to him, while he stuggles to survive. His faith or lack of it has no bearing on his next meal. He must rely on his own skill and ability. Philosophy also gives him no comfort except to explain his failures to his own satisfaction.

Answer 9

i think i have a good answer! if you think a little about stuff, (EX:why are there fossils if there was a creator?) you can easily discredit religion. but the more you think about it, (EX:could god have made fossils to throw off those without faith?) religion seems to be a slightly credible option. but the way i see it...we'll never know whos right or wrong until we die, then it wont matter....

Answer 10

well let me ask you , if you think very little on any given subject will you have really given it much thought ? if you think deeply on things then i do believe you will get some sort of draw to religion , so id say if you wanna know then become a deep thinker

Answer 11

Unfortunately, this glib little saying is not true at all.

Philosophy has very little to do with religion and vice-versa.

Philosophy is about thought. Religion is about faith. You can think about faith, certainly, but in the end you either have it or you don't.