/lit/ - Literature

>>13352022
Reasons to believe based on reason:
>argument from contingency
>argument from desire (since humans naturally have some desire to seek God, then, as hunger suggests the existence of food, then perhaps our desire for God suggests his existence as well)
>Gödel’s ontological argument (if God can exist, he does exist)
>argument from absurdity (if God does not exist, then existence is absurd. Like a mathematical proof, this suggests that what is absurd is not true, and that therefore God exists)

Now these arguments appeal to our rational faculties, but it must be said that they can’t actually prove God’s existence. We could just as easily think of some reasons against God’s existence, though they might not be as convincing. Humans are infinitely ignorant, so our reason cannot lead us anywhere. It all comes down to faith in the end. So why should we have faith in God?
>gives your life meaning
>makes the world seem a little less complex and infinitely confusing
>gives you hope, makes you grateful, keeps you in check of sinning (noFap is a great example. You now have a spiritual reason not to masturbate)
>gives you rest in this life and the next
>is no less reasonable than having faith in any other thing (such as God’s non-existence)
>the existence of religion makes it appear that God is concerned with us and our well-being in this life and the next. So we should worship Him

>>13267603

*Blocks your path*

>>11671711
>He is one of the better holistic synthesizers of different things from religion to psychology to ideologies to history,

lol no he isnt

>>11529628
>it's completely comprehensible to us despite how limited of a description it gives about the world.

wut

woah

ITT: Things authors said that immediately propelled them into Pseudom.

>>11503657
haha