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Many of our ideas about the world are based more on feelings than facts, sensibilities than science, and rage than reality. We gravitate toward ideas that make us feel comfortable in areas such as religion, politics, philosophy, social justice, love and sex, humanity, and morality. We avoid ideas that make us feel uncomfortable. This avoidance is a largely unconscious process that affects our judgment and gets in the way of our ability to reach rational and reasonable conclusions. By understanding how our mind works in this area, we can start embracing uncomfortable ideas and be better informed, be more understanding of others, and make better decisions in all areas of life.
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The main issue with arguments like these is that there are some baked in assumptions about the nature of God: That God does love all humans, that God is powerful enough to prevent all bad things from happening to people, and that God's love would necessarily compel them to prevent bad things from happening to people. And that God would be able to, and choose to, reveal themselves as often as we might expect. If you strip away those assumptions, then what you're left with is a bunch of non sequitur arguments. The premises leave open the possibility that there is a God who isn't that powerful or doesn't care about humans that much. |
answered on Wednesday, Jul 24, 2024 04:47:57 PM by Mr. Wednesday | |
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