Most theists ignore this forum altogether.
— Hanover
You have evidence for this? — Banno
Run your eye down the list at https://thephilosophyforum.com/categories/7/philosophy-of-religion and show me I'm wrong. — Banno
I've repeatedly espoused silentism — Banno
Medieval Christianity borrowed the arguments from Islam. They had to, since they had destroyed the Classical culture that was their own stoa. — Banno
. I've repeatedly espoused silentism, not atheism. — Banno
Ah, but we are at cross purposes, since I was talking of the philosophy of religion forum, not the philosophy forum.Total number of theists / total membership of TPF = Really low number — Hanover
But religion brings out the noise in us. — Ciceronianus the White
SOCRATES: And does not my art show that you have brought forth wind, and that the offspring of your brain are not worth bringing up?
THEAETETUS: Very true.
Let's suppose that there is a god, and further that god's will is write in such a way as to be undeniable, as clear as day, so to speak.
Ought we do as he says? — Banno
Processing of old traumas, efforts to gain a pychological distance from religion (via controlled exposure and desensitization).But we might add, if it is so pointless, why are you both here? There are plenty of folk who agree with you, and hence do not post here.
Is it inconsistency, or incontinence? — Banno
Sure. But I would like to see longitudinal and developmental studies of this phenomenon.Statistics bears it out. Educated, wealthy people are more likely to be atheists. — frank
I am inclined to contemplate the mysterious — Jack Cummins
I am inclined to contemplate the mysterious — Jack Cummins
For me "mysteries" are not the inexplicable or (merely) ineffable – certainly not woo-woo – but the horizons, or sublimity, of reasoning. Or as Camus says "The absurd is lucid reason noting its limits." In this way I advocate silence about g/G – setting aside all the usual abracadabra glossolalia chatter (e.g. theism, apologetics) – in the spirit of the apophatic tradition (via negativa): antitheism.Of course, from my previous post on philosophical mysteries, people probably realise that I am inclined to contemplate the mysterious. — Jack Cummins
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