Carter Blunt wrote: ↑March 27th, 2023, 4:05 pm
value wrote: ↑March 26th, 2023, 6:20 pm
I am not religious and I am also not an atheist which is a religion in my opinion.
I have had sex but am also a virgin, which to me is a sexuality.
I prefer to step outside the boundaries of dialectical reasoning.
The following topic (whose author is potentially
Robert Pirsig, the author of the most sold philosophy book) provides an example that logic has a limit.
Logic is it's own fallacy.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4253
My opinion is that the limit of logic is not 'the end of the road' for philosophy.
Logic involves a
relational context which implies plurality which is finite (limiting) of nature. The
potential for reason and logic itself would be at question and that question is equal to the question into the origin of the cosmos (the
why question).
Chinese philosopher
Laozi (Lao Tzu) has attempted to explain it in book Tao Te Ching. The book starts with the following:
"
The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name."
Philosophers and scientists have predicted that at some point in time, humans should start exploring an area of meaning that is not 'repeatable' of nature.
Albert Einstein once wrote the following prophecy about it:
"
Perhaps... we must also give up, by principle, the space-time continuum,” he wrote. “It is not unimaginable that human ingenuity will some day find methods which will make it possible to proceed along such a path. At the present time, however, such a program looks like an attempt to breathe in empty space.
Within Western philosophy, the realm beyond space has traditionally been considered a realm beyond physics — the plane of God’s existence in Christian theology. In the early eighteenth century, philosopher Gottfried Leibniz’s “monads” — which he imagined to be the primitive elements of the universe — existed, like God, outside space and time. His theory was a step toward emergent space-time, but it was still metaphysical, with only a vague connection to the world of concrete things."
Does the theory attempted by philosopher Gottfried Leibniz concern theism?
No. Theism seeks to argue on behalf of the idea of
existence of a God while atheism does the exact opposite.
Sculptor1 wrote: ↑March 27th, 2023, 11:34 amYou are either a theist or an atheist. There is nothing outside these conditions.
It is false to claim that there is no alternative. One would just have to look at the prophecy of Albert Einstein or the idea of non-locality being applicable to reality (in real time) to know that the
why question of the cosmos cannot be limited to an idea of existence or non-existence within the boundaries of logic.
With regard atheism being a religion. Consider the international atheism campaign with big billboards along highways and with bus and taxi advertising.
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Atheism is a way out for people who would potentially (be prone to) seek the guidance that religions promise to provide. By revolting against religions, they seem to hope to find stability in life.
Residing in the essence of philosophical exploration on behalf of what can be considered 'good' has no name other than the pursuit of virtue or a 'moral life'. It doesn't require any dogma or belief.