Isaac Asimov’s remarks about the infantilism of pseudoscience are just as applicable to religion: ‘Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold.’
It is astonishing, moreover, how many people are unable to understand that ‘X is ‘comforting’ does not imply ‘X’ is true.
God or no God, it’s clear that something in the human soul requires a belief that life has a purpose that transcends the material plane. Yes, yet again the consolation-content of a belief does not raise its truth-value.
2007-09-03 07:46:41 · 7 answers · asked by Ron 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Couldn't have said it better myself.
2007-09-03 07:58:03 · answer #1 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are on the right track... but you still have a ways to go. You wrote: "God or no God, it’s clear that something in the human soul requires a belief that life has a purpose that transcends the material plane. Yes, yet again the consolation-content of a belief does not raise its truth-value."
There is no compelling reason to think that such a thing as a 'soul' even exists. Also... there is nothing to suggest that "... something (...) requires a belief that life has a purpose that transcends the material plane." That may be true of people who are gullible and prone to delusion... but it is certainly not true of sane, rational who can take reality straight-up.
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2007-09-03 08:50:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have observed that all who try to invent their own purpose in life (really just something to do with their life) do so with the objective of making themselves feel good about themselves. It seems to me to be the same thing as you're speaking of. The universe gave them a "purpose in life" which, coincidence of coincidence, is exactly the same as what makes them feel good about themselves. It feels good, therefore it must be true.
Purpose of life has to transcend the material plane by it's very definition. Here is my favorite quote from atheist Bertrand Russell:
"Unless you assume a God, the question of life’s purpose is meaningless.”
2007-09-03 09:48:14 · answer #3 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The questioner thinks himself as somebody or something some entity independent of the universe . As we are part of the universe , as we ourselves make the universe along with everything else in it , we owe it to ourselves to make ourselves and all that is in it comfortable as a matter of right .
2007-09-03 08:08:38 · answer #4 · answered by Infinity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either believe in No God or believe in One GOD. Both are the same. The Atheist has no motive to have enmity with others. Same is the case with one God philosophy. My god is also your god. Why the discrepancies ?
2007-09-07 07:34:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why anybody reading too much meaning for life. because plannet we are living in is conducive for habitation, life is existing. among so many, human life is one. but he is not so super to enjoy privilege like the one mentioned in question. after sometime, this plannet also going to be hostile for life form. when that happens, what meaning will one attaches for human life. basic thing one should understand is that human life is no better than other lives except thinking power. better not to read too much meaning for human life.
2007-09-05 21:39:11 · answer #6 · answered by sristi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fantastic. A good point well made.
2007-09-03 07:51:45 · answer #7 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋