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Originally Posted by thekremlin
Yeah, also it's not really fair coming into this thread with some actual philosophy education. Amateurs-only, brah.
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I don't know if this is making fun of Repug or me, but I don't claim to have all the answers, I'm learning as much as I can. But there is a lot to learn.
In regard to the feeling:
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Originally Posted by thekremlin
There are also people who think that there is a greater power, something more to life than what we can observe and quantify. Could this be one of the things that makes religion beneficial to a society's ability to spread/survive? Shit, it could be. Dunno.
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I am much more inclined to think this is just something in our evolution that came about, for some reason. Same reason you can be in awe when looking at the stars, or be in love with someone. Do I think that love is something spiritually connecting two people who were meant to be together because of some cosmic destiny? Or billions and trillions of chemical reactions set into motions by a multitude of behavioral and pheremonal nuances?
It's why I take issue whenever anybody has a "feeling" of a greater power or something more deep that binds the universe together, at the very core of it, even though it "feels" like a spirit or a soul, it's obviously just reactions in your body. Why those evolved is important to understand.
Also, I find it interesting to see Repug's change over the last 5 years or so. He used to be a very big atheist, then it seems like he couldn't justify it with the problem of existing in the universe, so he can't accept Existentialism (something i'm trying to perfect for myself still) or Nihilism. He's thus labeled himself as a Pantheist, which, as I said, is basically a hippie form of atheism that involves the spirit of nature, man. (which is simply the "feelings" i mentioned before)