Logicly its not logical to believe in any form of how the world began. Theres barley any proof for
any so we should all just be agnostics and wait till the world reveals itself or not.
So far it's not. If any evidence comes along and somehow proves the existence of a Godly Essence
then of course it could be logical. But currently, with no evidence supporting any deity's
existence, all deities are equally likely in the sense of logical potential pertaining to it's
follower's reasons in believing in it.
You can't use the word logic and religion/faith in the same sentence. Just is right.. People need to
feel like their is a great beyond. Somewhere else after this. No one really knows whats out there.
When times get bad people want to be able to put the blame on something outerworldly instead of
placing the blame on their own actions or the actions of others.Having a belief in some higher power
keeps society complacent and much easier to control. I believe the original purpose of religion was
a good one. To keep people from killing each other. It had the opposite effect on humanity. Since
It's creation they kill in the name of their Gods
lol....bad argument. So you really think you're in a majority of all the humans who have lived on this planet? That's great logic. Nevermind...it must be a mystery to you.
It's as logical as anything else. A disproportionate amount of humans do not want to cease to exist. There is a difference between not wanting to die because of the instinct of survival and not wanting to cease to exist. Whales, dolphines and primates may not want to cease to exist. I don't know. I've heard they're special. But I know most humans do not want to cease to exist.
The logical question is "why"? Some respected (I'm not sure why they're respected) users of this site say it's because these humans don't want to be alone or small.
Logic would suggest there is something other than death for these humans, simply because it is such a part of them.
While some humans can use logic to suggest these other humans are driven by weakness of emotion and/or mind, they do not have the monopoly on logic.
Logic is what connects evidence to beliefs..ie you follow the evidence to its logical conclusion.
And you form your beliefs based on that conclusion. If you can do this without first making
assumptions you can ocasionally arrive at the truth
Logic can be falsely applied. The most primitive religions observed if they did a ceremony like a
rain dance then sometimes it was followed by rain. If rain didn't follow then they concluded they
didn't do it sufficiently to please the god of rain. If you told them their whole system of believe
was illogical they would have countered with - hey, sometimes it works, we've seen it, doing the
dance can lead to rain. It's a flawed application of logic, but to their minds it is still
convincingly rational.
I'm not saying all religion is akin to a rain dance. I'm saying there is some shred of reason that
helps tie the stories together into a package of beliefs. The strongest parts of the story may be
strong in their logic and they keep the whole package credible, the less convincing parts still get
pulled along based on tradition or leap of faith. But to say there is not a shred of logic in
religion would be wrong because then no part of it would be convincing to anyone and clearly that's
not the case.
26 Nov 2008 23:19
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