LegendaryKeown wrote:UFGN wrote:LegendaryKeown wrote:Another question, if no religion is right, how come so many prophecies have come true?
If you predict enough shit some of its going to happen, especially when the parameters for deciding whether or not it's come true are set by those who wish it to be true
Rule one of debate: Take a little time out to consider that maybe it's you who's the idiot
Well I've done that with religion and I'm still cool with utterly dismissing it
Difference between a scientist and a theologian is that a good scientist will pursue knowledge and truth even at the expense of his own previous work
A theologian looks to shoehorn all of reality into a finite number of pages of text, which never change and never can change
I haven't mentioned any specific religion yet, I'm just wondering about all the possibilities. Even if all religions are wrong, it still doesn't mean there can't be a soul. People who have OBE's, NDE's, and those who claim to have astral projected all seem to point to there being a soul.
But if there's a soul, why would brain damage and dementia change someone's personality? But if there is no soul, then what's the point of anything and what caused the Big Bang?
There is deffinately a soul but that is not incompatible with life being pure biology with no creator
We as animals have survival instincts and powers of communication which are extremely powerful.
Emotions are an extension of our instincts, and in turn soul is the sum of our emotion and our ability to understand and communicate.
I used to work with severely autistic kids and adults. People who can not communicate very much at all. But if you play emotional music, they will listen, sing, cry. Observing things like that can be a powerful experience and some draw the conclusion that it is somehow proof of a creator. I believe it's simply an extension of our fear instinct. The tones within the song are similar to crying and suggest sadness. Those emotions = fear