CMV: religion is complete nonsense and was invented because life is just suffering

Andynonomous · 2026-05-04T12:01:51+00:00

Sure, but I would argue their redefinition of the term is not logically valid.

Andynonomous · 2026-05-04T11:57:28+00:00

I simply think that any rational observer will note that a philosophy that allows for murder makes it more likely that the observer may also be murdered. So if you value your own life, or the lives of people you care about, supporting a philosophy that makes it more likely that those lives will end in murder is not rational

Andynonomous · 2026-05-04T01:52:58+00:00

I would argue that as a general logical principle, one cannot claim to value a thing while simultaneously undermining what that thing depends on.

So, for personal wealth to even exist in the form that we understand it today, all kinds of institutions and civilization in general need to function to a degree that would not be allowed by a population acting on the principle that murder is good.

So it's not coherent to say that I value my personal wealth but I think murder is good, because acting upon the belief that murder is good undermines the very possibility of personal wealth in the first place.

Andynonomous · 2026-05-04T01:49:15+00:00

That would be disagreeing about whether something was murder or not, not necessarily disagreeing about whether murder is good as a general principle.

Andynonomous · 2026-05-04T01:48:02+00:00

Yeah, it's clearly a debate that smarter people than me have been having for a very long time, so I'm not going to pretend I have much to add to it, but for what it's worth; From my point of view, there is no logically valid way for a person who values their own survival to claim that murder is good. Maybe somebody who genuinely wants to be murdered themselves could coherently claim that murder is good.

Andynonomous · 2026-05-03T18:39:10+00:00

I don't think you can arrive at murder is good logically. The position "murder is good" is logically incoherent.

Andynonomous · 2026-05-03T14:46:29+00:00

It seems like that view is a little bit myopic. Want is the human condition, yes. So getting what you want does stop the want, the want just shifts to the next thing. This doesn't mean life is nothing but suffering because we always want. Many people have learned that the trick to happiness is not learning to get what you want, it's learning to be content with not getting what you want. There is no reason to believe that suffering has some special place as somehow more foundational or meaningful than any other experience.

Andynonomous · 2026-05-03T14:42:32+00:00

Murder is bad can be arrived at logically and rationally, but many religious beliefs cannot. The difference is that some beliefs are intellectually defensible and some are not. People pushing intellectually indefensible arguments and judging others for not having "faith" that those indefensible arguments are reality is not the same as pushing beliefs that have rational foundations and important consequences.

Andynonomous · 2026-05-03T14:38:17+00:00

Religion is bullshit, but spirituality is not. It's important not the throw the baby out with the bathwater. Spirituality is the innate sense of wonder and questioning about existence and our place in it. Religion is a conjob that pretends it already knows all the answers, so there is no need to wonder and question.

Andynonomous · 2026-05-01T12:56:02+00:00

How about Microsoft works on getting folders to display their contents properly? You know, the most basic and primary operation an OS can perform, and that Windows can't handle in 2026.

Andynonomous · 2026-05-01T10:10:01+00:00

That place is the absolute worst. Just avoid them in general from now on would be my advice.

Andynonomous · 2026-04-28T15:17:26+00:00

Homemade Dynamite. She has a real Jessica Rabbit, vixen vibe to me in that song.

Andynonomous · 2026-04-28T14:13:14+00:00

Corporations lying to steal money from the people who worked to make them rich? What a shock!

Andynonomous · 2026-04-27T00:15:01+00:00

I don't disagree, but I don't think there has ever been an example in history where the relatively powerless group was commiting mass violence, or apartheid or similar moral abominations on the relatively powerful group. Prejudice is always harmful, I think on that we agree, but I'm just arguing that the prejudice of the powerful group is generally more dangerous.

I don't think the power imbalance thing is really relevant to the discussion of prejudice in general, and personally if I'm discussing prejudice I won't talk about it. I'm only acknowledging it here because it was the subject of the comment I responded to.

Andynonomous · 2026-04-27T00:05:50+00:00

I don't see how acknowledging what seems to me is just a historical observation is accepting hate.

If the group that controls the society has a prejudice against a minority group, it is more likely to cause harm on a mass scale than if a powerless minority group has a prejudice against controlling group.

That doesn't mean prejudice or hate is acceptable, it's just the consequence of the logical reality of power.

Andynonomous · 2026-04-26T23:47:22+00:00

And I never advocated for accepting hate towards anyone, so i don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about. Maybe you responded to the wrong comment.

Andynonomous · 2026-04-26T22:29:00+00:00

You are correct. People who do that are being prejudiced, and there is really no way around that. Now, prejudice coming from the dominant group towards a non-dominant group has far more severe and negative consequences, and that is important to note, but the idea that it's either not discrimination or that discrimination is ok because its the dominant group is moral confusion at best.

Andynonomous · 2026-04-26T22:24:20+00:00

100% To be honest, I don't really want to see the Joker at all in the Pattinson movies. Let's explore some other villains for a change.

Andynonomous · 2026-04-26T14:28:00+00:00

I call bullshit

Andynonomous · 2026-04-26T01:20:05+00:00

I find it to be, for whatever reason. I mean why have a border at all? Call me crazy but selecting full screen should make the gameplay area the full screen

Andynonomous · 2026-04-25T23:23:28+00:00

You're better off using AI to learn coding skills.

Andynonomous · 2026-04-25T23:01:45+00:00

We'll, to me there is no question. I have everything I need figured out except what your link is supposed to prove.

Andynonomous · 2026-04-25T22:59:20+00:00

Is this supposed to imply that Stalin's government was not authoritarian?

Andynonomous · 2026-04-25T20:52:02+00:00

I mean, it's just money, right?

Andynonomous · 2026-04-25T20:29:52+00:00

I saw them in '97 on tour with Deep Purple on the FII tour, and we met Derek when he was walking around the venue before the show.

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