tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post3565499174581406174..comments2023-06-24T01:15:34.627-07:00Comments on The Skeptic Zone: im-skepticalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-81967830626107222672016-03-27T20:06:41.626-07:002016-03-27T20:06:41.626-07:00You missed the part where I said we all experience...You missed the part where I said we all experience it - where atheists can feel awe and take pleasure, despite the theistic trope that we can't. My argument is that this emotion is common to all of us, it's natural, and God has nothing to do with it.im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-43099302486232091232016-03-27T18:30:48.739-07:002016-03-27T18:30:48.739-07:00It's something that you feel rather than concl...<i> It's something that you feel rather than conclude logically. ... It isn't logical at all.</i><br /><br />You are absolutely correct. It is not a logical argument. It was never intended to be. But logic is not the only way of arriving at truth. Beauty is another way. So is art.<br /><br />Your entire posting is little more than an argument <i>in favor</i> of the premise that Beauty proves God. Just look at the language you have resorted to in an attempt to not see the obvious: "evolutionary factors", "sexual selection", "survival-enhancing functions", "awe ... has a function that may enhance our (or our ancestors') well-being to live in certain circumstances".<br /><br />That's right, Skep. Shakespeare wrote his plays to increase his chances of passing on his genes to the next generation. Bach wrote <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwWL8Y-qsJg" rel="nofollow"><i>Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring</i></a> to enhance our well being to live in certain circumstances.<br /><br />Skep, what is wrong with you?!? It's <b>EASTER</b>, for God's sake. A world of quite literally unfathomable beauty surrounds you, and all can think about is "survival value" or what chemical reactions are going on in your brain. Please believe me, believers don't <i>hate</i> atheists. We <i>pity</i> you. What a horrible, cramped, colorless world you must inhabit. No breath of Fresh Air from the Great Beyond to send your spirit soaring. Just the leaden chains of "logic", shackling you to the pillar of soulless atheism. God save me from such a miserable fate! (And thank God that He has!)planks lengthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176715815596833639noreply@blogger.com