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Karl Popper on Religion
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Listening to Lennox prattle on, his notion is that "God" is something to "believe in," that "belief in God is not a delusion." But science is about "knowledge." "Belief" can never defeat "knowledge." "knowledge of God" is the only alternative between the two "delusions" and "wish fulfillments."

"Belief in God" is favored by conservatives, because they want a social control mechanism. It is about social control, in my opinion. Humans can't be trusted to ever do the right thing without control by religious authority. It is also based on the pessimism about whether humans can ever know the truth.
"I close my eyes, and I can see a better day" -- Justin Bieber

Keep the spirit alive;
Eric M
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Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 05-15-2016, 04:47 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 07-09-2016, 11:28 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 07-10-2016, 08:31 AM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by pbrower2a - 07-20-2016, 07:48 AM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 07-20-2016, 10:05 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 07-20-2016, 06:36 AM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 07-20-2016, 11:47 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 07-21-2016, 06:48 AM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 07-21-2016, 12:45 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 07-21-2016, 01:44 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 07-21-2016, 01:49 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 07-21-2016, 02:30 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by pbrower2a - 07-24-2016, 08:46 AM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by JonLaw - 08-02-2016, 04:27 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 07-21-2016, 03:07 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 07-21-2016, 08:08 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 07-24-2016, 02:05 AM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Odin - 07-24-2016, 12:16 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 07-24-2016, 02:19 AM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 08-02-2016, 01:21 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 07-24-2016, 02:36 AM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 08-02-2016, 10:56 AM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 08-02-2016, 04:55 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 08-02-2016, 07:02 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 08-02-2016, 07:20 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 08-02-2016, 11:23 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Odin - 08-03-2016, 05:34 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 08-05-2016, 11:23 AM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 08-05-2016, 12:36 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 08-05-2016, 12:43 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 08-05-2016, 02:12 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 08-12-2016, 02:38 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Odin - 08-14-2016, 11:06 AM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 08-15-2016, 01:31 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Ragnarök_62 - 08-15-2016, 06:07 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 08-15-2016, 08:12 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 03-01-2017, 06:27 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Mikebert - 03-25-2017, 04:21 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 03-01-2017, 09:44 PM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by radind - 03-02-2017, 10:10 AM
RE: Karl Popper on Religion - by Eric the Green - 03-02-2017, 01:54 PM

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