Posted: Nov 02, 2010 11:53 pm
Viva la Vida wrote:Well the 'common' sense belief is that there is such a higher power. This is view inferred by the vast majority of people, even in highly secular societies such as the Scandinavian ones. His argument that 'science' and 'common sense' are equivalent is also spotty.
The end result of your 'yes' is that only the small sprinkle of atheist can a hold a 'reasonable' worldview, while everyone outside of this sprinkle would 'disagree'. Your use of 'reasonable' would be equivalent to a person's use of 'pretty'--stripped of any meaning beyond a subjective fancy.
When I say reasonable, I mean with good reason, or with good reasoning, that's all. And in that sense, I'm sticking with my yes.
The idea that 'reasonable' should carry any weight because of 'more popular' is easily questioned if I am right in thinking that most people once thought lots of things, like the world is flat and the sun moves around it. Heck, lots of things started with a small sprinkle. Maybe you need to think about getting on board. Choo choo.
Nice definition of religion there. Stripped of any meaning beyond a subjective fancy. I like it.