Comments on debate.: Is Ignorance Bliss?

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this post..but to the...

2011-09-05T16:50:15.843-05:00

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this post..but to the comment above mine, I must say, scientists do indeed in the big bang theory.

I know you say you believe there isn't a God b...

2011-08-26T12:47:59.385-05:00

I know you say you believe there isn't a God because of the lack of prof of a God. but what about the lack of prof there is to prove that there isn't a God? There is not prof that we all just happened to become. Even scientist don't believe in the big bang theory! You say we believe about something that has no prof... but what about yourselves? Do you have prof? Probably not, or

Hello Smalley and anonymous, I just recently found...

2011-02-15T23:05:44.391-06:00

Hello Smalley and anonymous,
I just recently found this blog due to stumbleupon.com. I am an atheist who is thoroughly enjoying your thread.
I also have some psychology and philosophy under my belt. As far as this debate between you two, I find one minor hole in the discussion.
We are animals above all else. We have evolved from much less advanced humanoids. Throughout

I've read that before and Tigers theory is jus...

2010-09-15T12:21:45.843-05:00

I've read that before and Tigers theory is just that... theory. He also suggests that religion gives people good feelings of well-being and happiness and given the fact that religion itself is responsible for some of the most horrific violences in our history its hard to swallow that. His ideas about the decline of the male due to the invention of birth control, and that all unmarried women

Okay, to clarify, atheists are without a belief at...

2010-09-14T16:59:29.472-05:00

Okay, to clarify, atheists are without a belief at all. We do not 'believe there is nothing' we lack the belief in an afterlife because there is no evidence to suggest it. There is a difference.

Again, we're not in the same boat.

There is a reason that many people 'believe' in something. There is a neurological chemical response in the brain that comes

Not presumptuous at all. Atheists are unique in ...

2010-09-14T16:32:26.949-05:00

Not presumptuous at all.

Atheists are unique in the belief that there is nothing after life or outside of your physical existence except the possibility of becoming worm food.

All others believe in the possibility of a soul, a spirit, a god, or gods, an energy, an existence after death of some kind. The details of what that is differs, but the conclusion that there is

Woah... "the whole world throughout all of ti...

2010-09-13T23:17:54.368-05:00

Woah... "the whole world throughout all of time has come up with the exact same answer..." a little presumptuous, wouldn't you say?

Millions of atheists, agnostics, and Buddhists in the civilized world just may disagree with that broad-brushed statement.

Not to mention, I'm sure the hundreds of thousands of aboriginals in jungles all over the world that

How did I know there was a dog in the house in the...

2010-09-13T22:46:54.623-05:00

How did I know there was a dog in the house in the first place? Obviously I was working on some kind of information to make that declaration.

Did I agree with you that there was no sign of a dog after all the knocking? Or I did I hear the dog while you did not?

Maybe it was not the dog that was deaf, but you instead?

Your scenario is one sided since you assume I

At this point, it is no longer a religious discuss...

2010-09-13T20:53:54.873-05:00

At this point, it is no longer a religious discussion, but a philosophical one. It comes down to epistemology; or the study what individuals consider to be knowledge.

I don't think the world is "suffering from a mass delusion," but rather trying to come up with an answer for questions bigger than their brains can deal with.

In my book that is being released

And I am a believer, in a form of God anyway. So...

2010-09-13T17:01:59.572-05:00

And I am a believer, in a form of God anyway.

So I would disagree that the idea of God comes through faith alone. Its illogical to me to assume that the whole world suffers from some kind of mass delusion. Thats not a negative. The idea of a God is always the same, the details about that God are what differ from place to place. Do I believe anyone has a monopoly on the truth,

In my two years of owning this blog, this is the b...

2010-09-13T16:11:18.180-05:00

In my two years of owning this blog, this is the best comment I've received. Love it.

My only addition is this:

I think it's sad that the truth is not important, but I must say you're correct.

What we consider to be knowledge can only come as a result of a trusted means of receiving previous knowledge. This means, until the 'truth' appears to

No the truth is not important at all. At least not...

2010-09-13T16:01:06.493-05:00

No the truth is not important at all. At least not to Americans. We all live in a constant state of misinformation and percieved realities anyway whether it be from our news, our politicians, our churches, our families, our teachers or even our history books. The truth these days is non-existent in almost every single area of our lives. Our perceptions are what guide us. Whats important to know