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13th July 2010, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by
equanimus
>> Total Digression continues.

Originally Posted by
P_R
btw these labels are what we give ourselves. So they cannot preceed consciousness. So by default setting you mean a label that preceeds consciousness itself, then you are probably right but that is not as interesting, is it?
Exactly my point. When one has not gone through the motions of experiencing the idea of god and such, one is technically an atheist.
I am not sure that technicality is interesting equa.
Without the question of belief about something coming up how can you be assumed to be a disbeliever (which btw is what atheist would translate to in makkaL mozhi)

Originally Posted by
equanimus

Originally Posted by
P_R
I am not concerned about the laws of Republic of Botswana. They do not affect me. I am concerned about the laws of gravity because if I don't pay heed to it, I am likely to break my neck.
I can be indifferent only if I believe that, regardless of whether a God exists or not he is not going to have any impact on my life.
Oh but you can also be indifferent by believing that there's no such law i.e. there's no god! As far as you're quite sure you're not missing out on anything.
Of course.
Atheists who 'believe there is no God' are by definition indifferent.
The interesting people (here I obviously include me) are those who say: 'probably there is a God. But 'for all practicial purposes He is a moot point.
This relieves them from having to answer every possible question. Biggies like origin of the Universe etc. They can happily subscribe to some colorful myth or the other and not lose sleep over it.
Quite frankly most people would be sorely disappointed if they are told something like: 'God doesn't break the laws of physics he IS the laws of physics'. What 'use' would most people (here obviously I mean others) have for such a God.
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13th July 2010 07:54 PM
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