When not go the whole nine yards and adopt atheism? As it is we're already down to one last man as it were. Let's finish him off too, oui? — Agent Smith
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ludwig-feuerbach/That Feuerbach, unlike Strauss, never accepted Hegel’s characterization of Christianity as the consummate religion is clear from the contents of a letter he sent to Hegel along with his dissertation in 1828.[7] In this letter he identified the historical task remaining in the wake of Hegel’s philosophical achievement to be the establishment of the “sole sovereignty of reason” in a “kingdom of the Idea” that would inaugurate a new spiritual dispensation. Foreshadowing arguments put forward in his first book, Feuerbach went on in this letter to emphasize the need for "the I, the self in general, which especially since the beginning of the Christian era, has ruled the world and has thought of itself as the only spirit that exists at all [to be] cast down from its royal throne."
This, he proposed, would require prevailing ways of thinking about time, death, this world and the beyond, individuality, personhood and God to be radically transformed within and beyond the walls of academia.
Feuerbach made his first attempt to challenge prevailing ways of thinking about individuality in his inaugural dissertation, where he presented himself as a defender of speculative philosophy against those critics who claim that human reason is restricted to certain limits beyond which all inquiry is futile, and who accuse speculative philosophers of having transgressed these. This criticism, he argued, presupposes a conception of reason is a cognitive faculty of the individual thinking subject that is employed as an instrument for apprehending truths. He aimed to show that this view of the nature of reason is mistaken, that reason is one and the same in all thinking subjects, that it is universal and infinite, and that thinking (Denken) is not an activity performed by the individual, but rather by “the species” acting through the individual. “In thinking”, Feuerbach wrote, “I am bound together with, or rather, I am one with—indeed, I myself am—all human beings”
Laplace, where is God in all this? — Napoleon
I have need of only God's reflection general — Laplace
Monotheism was born because one God prevailed over the other Gods because of cultural and historical processes that happened over time. — Angelo Cannata
In what are we distinct, unqiue, one-of-a-kind thing? — Agent Smith
because I really can't see our squid's head, just the tentacles with suckers that mean business if you catch my drift. — Agent Smith
just the tentacles with suckers that mean business if you catch my drift. — Agent Smith
s it a coincidence a lot of talking and buzzing about gods, religion, good and evil, omni-everything, free will of God, determinism, elementary particles, (a)theism, JC, the bible, etc. to be heard? — EugeneW
Before not too long, the revelation the gods were finally able to communicate to me, in an almost incredible, unbelievably vivid and lucid dream, will be exclusively revealed, here on this forum. — EugeneW
I also think that we've all got Caligula inside, but only a few of us know it ? — lll
The late Christopher Hitchens said (paraphrasing), the transition from polytheism (many gods) to monotheism (one god) should be regarded as progress as it means we're getting closer to the true figure (zero gods). — Agent Smith
Our friendly conversation together is part of that head. We (with our individual brains) are like neurons linked together in by English into a larger and better 'abstract' brain without a definite location, something that can correct out the malfunctions and distribute the innovations of any particular mortal brain. — lll
What historical elements is your hypothesis based on? — Angelo Cannata
Why can't many (objective) realities or many gods co-exist? — EugeneW
Rest assure AgentSmith. Like panther god told woodlouse god: sit back buddy, lay back and enjoy the play. — EugeneW
I'm going out for a stroll. — Agent Smith
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