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RE: Essays on Religion and Science: The Complete Collection

in #religion6 years ago

Here is what I believe as an Agnostic Gnostic:
-the earth is an oblate spheroid within a 15. billion-year-old universe (give or take).
-natural selection is an evolutionary fact.
-non-biological evolution is much more speculative.
-it's the worst idea ever to transfer billions of tons of C)2 from the earth to the atmosphere.
-that we live in an incredibly sophisticated simulation.
-that humans are not the only players on this earth.
-I consider my theism rational although speculative.
-I'm the least religious person one can meet!
-I have an unquenchable penchant for seeking​ truth and justice​ throughout my life and won't settle for anything that smells like B.S. This odd character trait has cost me dearly but it's been worth it.

You have my upvote for lighting up a big fat blunt, too:D

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"-that we live in an incredibly sophisticated simulation."

My only issue with this is that if most of reality is simulations, then the distinction is arbitrary. Just because we call the largest part of it "simulations" and the smaller part "reality" doesn't make them meaningfully different if they work according to the same rules.

"-I consider my theism rational although speculative."

Likewise, I don't know if you recall but I'm a naturalistic pantheist and think God is probably what the simulations are running on. I have what I believe to be good reasons for supposing this, but am content to fall back on atheism should I ever discover serious faults in those reasons.