Free verse № 19986
Why Did God Do This To Me?
Sometimes I think
Why?
Why aren't you here?
For me to hold,
For me to care for.
Sometimes I believe
You may be here; spiritually
That your always with me
That you stay with me till I sleep
Sometimes I think
Why?
Why did God make you leave?
Why did you agree?
Why won't you come back to me?
51 comments
Whatever.
So why didn't he take your father if you could care less?
The reason God did not take my father is because I have no father. Indeede, I have no mother. I was woven on a Loom.
I think the REAL question here is "Can you prove that there isn't a Giant Cybernetic Prawne floating outside the Universe?" No. You can't. So I'll thank you not to scorn my belief that there is. Don't you see that your belief is just as ridiculous as mine?
Think on this:
"I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is this: that it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true." -- Bertrand Russell
And as for the point you are trying to make, think on this:
The point I am trying to make, is that the point you are trying to make is gay. Why you find it desirable to hold beliefs that clearly have a significant impact on your life, and yet have absolutely no justification whatsoever, is beyond me. That is because I am a Gentleman. And you, Sir, are a cad. Good day.
Look. You may well "feel" that what the Bible says is true, but that is no basis for *asserting* that it's true. If you say that what the Bible says is true, it follows that you say that part of what the Koran says is not true, since some of what the Bible says contradicts some of what the Koran says. But people who say that all of what the Koran says is true feel it is true just as much as you feel that what the Bible says is true. You can't both be right, so either you're wrong, they're wrong, or you're both wrong.
It seems hard to argue for either of the first two cases, since by your admission the *only* thing we have to go on in this case is what people "feel" is true, and neither side has an advantage in this respect. For lack of evidence, then, I can only conclude that you're both wrong.
Replying to this by saying "I don't care if it's logical or not; I just believe in my heart that it's true" will not make sense. Unless, that is, you are not only using a magical, vague notion of "believe" but also a magical, vague notion of "is true".
I would like a definition of what it is to believe 'X' in one's heart. As far as I can tell this is just another way of saying you "feel" that 'X' is true. If so, I would like an explanation of how "feeling" that 'X' is true is different from "believing" that 'X' is true. I would also like to hear what you mean by "is true". My necessary and sufficient conditions are: 'X' is true if and only if X. Please tell me your necessary and sufficient conditions for proposition 'X' to be true.
Look at this: Nobody's asking you to *know for sure*. I just want to know whether "having faith that X" *is a reason* for believing that X is true. Not a proof that 'X' is true. Do you or don't you think that having faith that X is a reason (not necessarily an overpowering reason; it's enough that it provides SOME reason) to believe that 'X' is true?
They don't *prove* that your belief is wrong. They simply provide a reason not to believe in it exactly as powerful as your reason to believe in it. If you can't see that to continue beliving in it is insane, then you're insane.
sorry retorical question.
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