[Mind's Eye] Re: Raison d'etre - can we find one

Ah. I wonder who created them.

Malc

On Mar 31, 10:38 pm, "leerevdoug...@googlemail.com"
<l...@rdfmedia.com> wrote:
> A THOUGHT + Why did God wait until we brains had already stuffed up
> before he sent his prophets to help us out.
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> Pehraps God did not, perhaps even the cavmen had their prohpets?
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> On Mar 31, 7:07 am, malcymo <malc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > If I understand Dawkins and Dennett correctly we can probably deduce
> > that previous to being convinced that Darwin had indeed developed a
> > convincing explanation showing that it is possible to create sentient,
> > rational beings from inanimate beginnings it was probably impossible
> > for anyone to not be a theist of some sort. Now that atheism is
> > rationally valid, to replace the goodness of God,it can be held that
> > its creed must provide consolation and meaning to life in order to
> > stave off despair without recourse to a supreme being other than the
> > universe itself. That is, for the theists of the world  to retain hope
> > and faith in their existence. For me, I find it easy to delude myself
> > that not only is religion to do with faith and hope which it fulfils
> > admirably but that it is also to do with truth. Clearly a trap that I
> > must avoid in order to empathise with believers.
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> > Hence my initial post - To geet a handle on some replacement for many
> > years of blind faith.
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> > Thanks for your contributions. If you have any more keep them coming.
> > I am all ears.
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> > before he sent his prophets to help us out.- Hide quoted text -
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