08-05-2016, 02:12 PM
(08-05-2016, 12:43 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: 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.
A difference of worldviews.
… whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Phil 4:8 (ESV)