Benjamin Cain
Nov 18, 2021

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I don't know if I have to conjure God to refute theism, but something has to explain the strange phenomenon of religion. Wittgenstein said there are no aesthetic or moral facts so someone using a purely logical language would have to keep quiet about such things. But that's the purest scientism, so I dispense with much of Wittgenstein said.

I think you're saying religion has an intuitive basis. I'm sure it does, such as in our social instinct. But what can begin as an intuitive impulse can quickly be distorted and rationalized. In any case, intuitions, too, can be flawed. Many scientific discoveries are counterintuitive, so intuitions may indeed have to be transcended. I think about this in transhuman terms: will we one day need to outgrow all our intuitions, to become fully self-alienated? Is that where enlightenment lies?

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

Written by Benjamin Cain

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