Free Rider wrote:It would also be helpful if people did not create a straw man of my position. Mentioning Hume is a far cry from a good summary of my position.
My example of YOUR position suffices, but sure, let's let YOU do the talking, not me summarizing:
Free Rider wrote:
By the eye roll I take it you took issue with my statement. To clarify what I meant by that statement, it was given in the context of several examples of what I consider "religion making" throughout this entire thread. For example:
Free Rider wrote:> Do you believe that people have Free Will or are we causally Determimed by brain chemistry, genes, and the laws of physics?
If you reject Free Will am "I" actually responsible for causing you to roll your eyes? And are you determinally caused to react without freedom of will? Why roll your eyes if I can do no differently as a causal product of physics and chemistry?
^^^example from Free Rider of religious making. Belief in personal responsibility in the face of physical determinism.
Free Rider wrote:> Is there anything in your worldview or political opinions that does not completely fit into metaphysical naturalism, in other words are you constructing a political view or a morality on more emotion and is more based on the factors of your personality as Jonathan Haidt talks about? Can that construction be grounded only in the physical sciences?
^^^^YOU, Free Rider, saying if we can't GROUND EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD in the physical sciences, then we're religious.
Free Rider wrote:> The Atheist David Hume argued that we can't even know with certainty that the sun is going to come up in the morning, so to a certain degree we are engaging in worldview constructs because we need to get through the day.
Free Rider wrote:All of this is what I meant by "religion making," as I am using the term religion broadly yes.
Including David Hume...no strawman here, bro.
Since nobody can ground their entire worldview into the physical sciences nor solve the problem of induction, then as you say, we're all stuck making religion. Everything anyone ever does is religious -- according to YOU, not a strawman, unless you are a strawman of yourself.
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