Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Deeper Questions
Deeper questions are more important than the higher answers because, in the ultimate analysis, there is no such thing as a “higher” answer to deeper questions. There is no such thing as a God who fills the empty gap in our lack of higher knowledge. Otherwise, if there were a God, none of us need to bother with the morality or even the necessity of searching for more knowledge. In the meantime, Bertrand Russell wrote: “Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.” Poch Suzara
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I can't quite get what you are trying to convey here. Your conclusion: "If there were a God none of us need to bother with the morality or even the necessity of searching for more knowledge" has no premise. How does the existence or non-existence of God affect human knowledge in your belief system?
Martin Luther concluded that the bible was describing a personal relationship, not communal relationship with God. Calvin took this belief one step further and concluded that if there was a God that knew everything, then everything followed a pre-destined course of action. The person who was most successful materially was therefore God-like because to be near to god is to be like him, a "successful businessman".Today, this function is cerimonial with the Queen and actionable with the Corporation who are the new ministers of morality. The non-existiance of a God would mean that personal responsibility for ones beliefs and actions are the source of morality, a far higher and mature plane of virtue than simply understanding the world as a place where one is continually making the same mistakes and feeling guilty about the predictable and boring outcomes...
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