Them: people who believe in god/ a god/ gods are bad and cause harm and their belief system is no way to get at truth.
Me: Ok, there are examples of people of no faith doing bad things and people of faith doing good things, this is about people not their beliefs. Also: what do you think is a path to truth?
Them: science and logic and only science and logic.
Me: ok, I think you should read Derrida
Blocked.
#Atheism #Theism #Scientificity #Logocenterism (hey, let's make 'logocentrism' a tag)
@elizabethveldon
Although peoples actions aren't solely determined by their #religion, religious beliefs can sometimes contribute to harmful behaviors or inhibit critical thinking.
The scientific method is the most reliable tool for understanding the natural world and uncovering objective truths about reality, and logic gives us the ability to analyze arguments and identify valid conclusions based on sound premises. Faith can't do that. #Faith is subjective and unreliable.
@Radical_EgoCom i agree but scientific beliefs led to eugenics so they are not a universal good.
Additionally logic and science come with their own codified hierarchies that we must be aware of when we use them.
logic and science must be tempered by ethics and other philosophical systems. indeed levanis would argue that relying on logic and science only is a tool based ontology which fails to recognise the human.
elizabeth veldon
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