1 and 2. what does this have to do with atheism. You can ask this question of anyone religion. 3. makes no sense again in the sense of beliefs. Sorry mate your questions make no sense in their relevency to religion or non-religion. Heres one for you; do you believe in the bible?
For starters, you can't question atheism, because atheism is simply the natural result of: 1) critical thinking and 2) the total absence of evidence pointing to the existence of "god". Unless you bring up evidence of the existence of "god", and you are not doing that in this video, there is no point in discussing "atheism".
1. There is "certainty by definition", in that we all collectively agree what a circle is. Outside of that the nature of scientific enquiry means we constantly seek to question the world around us...it's how we learn. There's also the nature of finite mathematics which defines the nature of "certainty".
2. The self is subjectively experienced though it's nature is always being explored through neuro science and psychology.
3. Yes I enjoy seeking for knowledge so I question.
3. It is arrogant to assert that I expect something of someone simply for belonging to a group. Feelings are general cognitive statements; simplifications of rational thought. Necessary for survival (touching that thing hurts; I probably should´t touch it again(simplified to "I don´t like that thing")). Feelings are generally effective, otherwise we would never trust them. I simply want people to question the reasons for their feelings when something outside them contradicts them.
2. A self is a unit. An entity made up of smaller parts or components. You seem to be talking about Self as a concept. An important note is that the self is ever-changing, never static. If I cut you in 2 pieces of equal size, which one is the original self? None of them are. They are 2 new selves. With every breath the self change slightly, while some characteristics are maintained.
1. I know for a fact that my perception of reality is grounded in some level of existence. It is hard to say anything about this existence for certain; it might be infinitely different from what I experience(e.g. a dream, a psychotic delusion, the Matrix, the brain in the vat), but it is impossible to explain the apparent existence of my perception without invoking at least A reality. This is called epistemology.
1) While I can be absolutely certain that 2+2=4, I don't have to be absolutely certain to know that the earth is not flat. With very high degrees of certainty we can declare that certain things are facts.
2) Here is a fact for you. The "I" that has conscious experiences is entirely dependent on the brain for it to exist. There is zero evidence of any consciousness without the brain. We know this with such a high degree of certainty that we can accept it as a fact.
2. I don't know. I have an idea, but its difficult to put into words.
3. If I feel afraid, I accept that I am afraid, but I do not accept that my fear is well-founded. Likewise, if I feel that I am in love with a person, I accept that I'm in love with that person, but am not certain if that love will last, or if a entering into a romantic relationship is a good idea. Fortunately, love tends to motivate further interaction with the object of one's love, so one has a chance to explore it further.
1. Absolute certainty, no; I would think there is always room for doubt. We may attempt to use good judgment, but in assessing our judgment we must use that judgment, so if our judgment is imperfect we may be incapable to telling that it is. I regularly question my own judgment, and if I find no reason to question it, I trust it, but never with absolute certainty.
Dude, atheists are people, just like you. Except we don't believe in god. We're not your fuckin science project. I have a hard time believing that you run around attributing every action, thought and emotion to god. You just get on with your day, doing, thinking, and feeling and on sundays, all gather to thank god or hate satan or whatever. We do the same thing, just without the thanking or hating part.
God may exist, but he would not ! tell people different words for them to follow all over the world dividing them forever. Every religious person has no chance to get anything from God because, that person only trusts what other people are saying. God is great, fuck all religions !
i love how most atheists dislike a video if it's asking them a question. i also love how they raise questions and issues concerning the Christian faith which have been answered and resolved hundreds of years ago, as if it were their own original idea. arrogance diminishes wisdom. the further you go with humility, the wiser you become, peace and understanding replaces frusteration and heated arguments. everyone should learn it.
1. No, because certainty is a very strong term. It is foolish for anyone to claim certainty that there is a god. Reason isn't a synonym for certainty.
2. The self is the sum of the physical being that we are and the experience that we have.
3. Yes, I am skeptical about my feelings. Even things like love that we do feel...the question is why do we have things feelings. It's likely something more scientific and less romantic than would please many.
1) Yes, with evidence. The more evidence, the more certain. I can be very certain that at no point in the day will I, without a substantial force beneath me, lift off the ground and float. I've been testing it every second of every day my whole life. Gravity is certain.
2)Self is the mind, which is the pattern in the brain, resulting in what I remember, and how I react to outside stimuli.
3) Almost all the time. All the times at which other viewpoints are presented, including love.
Yes, I make a sincere effort to question my feelings skeptically. All of my beliefs are probably wrong and feelings misplaced. Given how much there is to know about the Universe and how little knowledge I started with and how one faulty assumption can upset many beliefs, it seems that anything I think is more likely than not to be incorrect. How something makes you feel is never how it is. Love feels like one thing, but it's usually several very different things.
No. Certainty is impossible. I could always be mistaken and frequently am. The "self" is an illusion in the sense that "self" intends to refer to a single thing when it is really a collection of interacting systems. What seems like "me" is not what chooses my actions when I hear a loud, sudden noise, for instance. There is also the possibility of conflict regarding my actions, which it seems might not occur if the self were the single entity we intuitively expect it to be.
1) Yes, for example I am certain that I will wake up in the same universe that I went to sleep in simply because it has ever been demonstrated that otherwise.
2) The self is every characteristic of a human being.
Evidence supports that the concept of "self" doesn't appear until 3 months of age.
1. Probably No, depending on definition of existence/reality. The observable universe could possibly change.
2. A concept formed in our mind, coupled to our body and our memories.
3. Yes, and this is important. Feelings are simple responses to perceptions, which can be very misleading. But from a biological viewpoint we do seem unable to escape from them as the drive for all our thoughts.
Whatever benefit comes to you (o man!), it is from Allah, and whatever misfortune befalls you, it is from yourself; and we have sent you (o prophet!), to mankind as an apostle; and Allah is sufficient as a witness.
80- Whoever obeys the apostle, he indeed obeys Allah; and whoever turns back, so we have not sent you as a keeper over them.
Let it no deceive you that those who disbelieve go to and from the
Cities fearlessly.
197- a brief enjoyment! Then their abode is hell, and evil is the resting-place.
198- But as to those who are careful of (their duty to) their lord, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding in them; an entertainment from their lord, and that which is with Allah is best for the righteous.
@quranresponse "197- a brief enjoyment! Then their abode is hell, and evil is the resting-place."
If the deity is 'all knowing' as claimed, no feewill choice is possible. You cannot change the known, we'd be left with predestination. So in essence it is saying, 'you will be tortured for all eternity for being unable to change your predetermined existence'. It does not compute with the claimed criteria of your deity. Freewill choice and 'all knowing' are mutually exclusive concepts.
2) Since english is not my main language, I am not sure about all senses this question could have.
However, since even our feelings can be reduce to chemical and physical reacttions in our brains, I never observed anything that would not be what I think you call Self. So, I have no reason to think that anything else exists.
I can't develop it here, but to my mind, even in pure egoistic way to think (which I do not practice) long term interest is to be altruist (the one I helped can help me)
1)What do you mean by certainty ? Exactly 100% of certitude or so close of it that it can be consider as the same ? Since our senses and mind deform everything, even a bit, I cannot even say that 1+1 is 100% probability 2. However, I can assume it can reasonnably reduce to this number, since almost everything I see is an occurence of this (4 atoms are (1+1) + (1+1)), and this makes billions of billions of... billions of proofs. So, it is some kind of certainty.
@CocoKing238 Well he was built in the exact image of god, that actually explains a lot about why god was such a prick in the old testament, then Jesus discovered the herb in the New Testament and got really chill. Not as much as Buddha, he's the chillest motherfucker out there.
1. certainty is possible. i am certain that we the earth has exactly one moon. i have precisely two eyes.
2. "Self" is your body and mind.
3. i don't question all my feelings but i question a lot of them. if i'm irritable i may realize i just need coffee. But when i'm hungry, i'm gonna eat with or without questioning
1. I do accept that certainty with regards to some aspects of existence is possible. Some aspects can reasonably be asserted as possible... Certainty of possibility is not a question.
2. The self is you. We refer to our selves, meaning our own person. I see it as nothing more than a means to specify.
3. I'm not skeptical of my feelings. They occur. So no, I do not question my feelings as I would a theist.
Do I accept the legitimacy of love based on how I feel?? That is a silly question. I experience a feeling that I label "love," so yes, it exists. But it is not purely by experience, we can show that different parts of the brain light up when "love" is experienced. It has biological roots, no doubt.
1. No. What I do hold is that certain aspects of reality can be more heavily proven than others.
2. The self is simply a result of the complex structure of neural synapses in your brain. Work with artificial simulations of neural networks that can learn, adapt, evolve, and problem solve, and it's not difficult to think that when you multiply the number of synapses by a few billion, a concept of "The self" could arise.
3. I doubt feelings only in that I realize that they're chemical constructs.
Not an atheist, but the first question looks fun to me, so...
1) No, as I have only my own perception to go by I cannot possibly state that everything is as I know it. What I see as blue you may see as red. We both call it blue, but we view it separately.
2) I don't quite understand, but I'll try to answer. The "Self" is the essence of a being, the thing that makes it unique from all others.
3) Again, I'm not an atheist. I do, however, question my feelings. They get me into trouble too much
1. Yes. Concepts in logic and math etc. are things that can be known certainly.
2. I've never really heard the phrase 'the self' used much in that fashion and not too sure what you mean by it, so i can't really answer that one.
3. I understand love as being a concept based on chemicals in my body (brain specifically) reacting in certain ways. There's no need to question its legitimacy.
@luyben12 i don't need to prove you wrong, you have to prove your claims.Love is a chemical reaction in your brain. Nothing to do with gods and such nonsense.
I am 100% sure that God exists! Read up on Yogananda and Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. God exists and He/She/It is within all of us and also outside of us.
@19792403 you are not 100% sure, it is your opinion, to exist is to be part of our senses, we cannot smell, touch, see , hear or feel ''God'' therefore he does not exist. there is no reason to even think he exists apart from the bible which was written by man wanting to gain control of other people. there is no proof there never will be because god is fictional. most things in the bible Christians have to rationalise and create preposterous excuses to make sense of them. he simply doesn't exist
Regarding 1) - certainties fall into 2 categories - analytic or axiomatic certainties - that is, certainties that derive inevitably from the necessary requirements of logical claims (that is, if A=B and B=C, it is certain that A=C).
The other category of certainty is that of direct, subjective or reductionist experience. That I am having the "experience" of sitting here typing these words is certain. What that primary experience corresponds to - a dream, a brain in a bottle, a physical body --
(cont'd) -- sitting in a chair actually type. Those matters are open to some finite doubt, although all investigative methods available to me weigh overwhelmingly in favor of the last option.
Regarding 2) -- The term "self" is one that we apply to subjective experiencers, I to my "self" -- you, presumably, to yours. Prior to the development of my higher brain functions, which permitted me to be aware of the existence of things, and to distinguish things that were me from things that weren't --
(cont'd) -- I had no "self" -- and when a point arrives when I cease to be able to do that, my "self" will cease to exist.
Regarding point three -- feelings are simply an aspect of direct experience, like perception, or pain. I don't require others to justify their "feelings" about things unless I have some good reason to believe that they're lying about what they say they're feeling.
That is, I may feel pain in my hand. The pain, whether there's something wrong with my hand --
(cont'd) -- or whether I even *have* a hand (perhaps I lost the hand and am experiencing phantom pain) is irrelevant to the *direct experience* of my feeling.
In respect to the feeling itself, there's nothing to argue about. That I have it, or that someone else has a feeling simply is what it is.
But a belief is not a feeling. It is a position that one takes in respect to the truth of some claim.
God isn't a feeling. Certainly one can claim that one has "felt" God. Would I deny this? No.
(cont'd) In exactly the same way that I would not deny it when a person who has no hand claims that he "feels" his absent hand itch or ache.
But that one has a "feeling" of a hand or the "feeling" of a god only means that one has had a feeling -- it doesn't necessarily correlate either to a hand or to a God.
1) Yes. Certainty grows when evidence is produced that reinforces a notion and dies when evidence is produced that contradicts it or when lack of evidence is found where some should be.
1.5) I can say with great certainty that when I drop this pen, it will fall. There, it did. Next time, I will be even more certain.
2) The self is a model I have in my mind of my mind. I also have a model of others, but it only includes what I know about them and not their self, so it is prone to error.
3) Feelings are irrelevant to the fact. I don't question my feelings because I don't try to derive fact from them in the first place. Feelings are solely to gauge my enjoyment and direction of myself, and the physical reality of the universe is not subject to them. I don't ask theists to question their feelings either. I ask them to think rationally and reject delusion and indoctrination in favor of logic and evidence.
I have still a better question........Why do human's need to have a story/befief to beleive in to feel ok.....seems to be everywhere in the world.....right or wrong.....most cultures have something explaining the unknowable.....why to humans need such an obviously unprovable solution to an unknowable situation....
1. Five come to mind. The three logical absolutes, I think therefore I am, and definitions like numbers or names etc. In general, though, I reject knowledge of certainty.
2. A product of instinct gotten from my ancestors and the sum of my experiences.
3. Yes. But I hardly ever base my entire existence on a single issue. God is in the core of theists, so that issue is critical. I have no proof that Jerusalem exists, I haven’t been there, but I don’t base my life on that assumption anyway.
2. A vague question. There is a physical 'self' that we can observe. There is a conceptual, intangible 'self' that can only be observed thru manifestation of its processes.
3. Skepticism has nothing to do with feelings. Should i be dubious about someones sadness?? Should i doubt someones anger??
How atheists and theists feel is of no importance to me. what matters are facts and truth.
Just because i am ignorant of the reason i feel love does not mean i come up with imaginary solutions for it. If i dont know something i either find the answer or simply remain unknown. The reason for love though is extremely complex neural-chemical reactions. If i dedicated myself i could understand it but i have not the time nor the inclination too. Certainty is never possible because that would imply perfection and perfection is unattainable. (In the non-mathematical world)
3: i accept the feeling of love or the likes of which because i can feel it. i assume that theists feel the same way and i do not impose that they should not. i would not accept an argument from emotions or anything unverifiable such as one, and i wouldn't make one either.
1: absolute certainty can only be achieved with the likes of mathematics and logical contradictions as far as i know. the christian god as proposed in the bible, is illogical and internally contradicting as therefore does not exist - absolutely.
2: by self i am assuming you mean me, my mind and experiences etc.. i would say that i am simply my mind and my experiences. if i lost all my personality and experiences etc then i would no longer be me.
(3) Yes, I do question all of my feelings. Emotions are irrational and lead many people, myself included, to make rash decisions. Fear can be one of the most irrational feelings. Fear of death, fear of loneliness, fear of rejection, fear of being hurt.....there are many more, but they all can lead to irrational behavior. Fear is sometimes justified and a plausible reason for rash action. For example, being chased by an aggressive dog is a good reason to be fearful. Analysis before action though.
(2) The Self would be what most people consider our soul. It is the collection of our personality, our intellect, our wit, our emotions, our ideologies, and every possible attribute we would use to describe ourselves. It is that "something" that defines an individual. As an atheist, I don't give credit for the Self to having a soul. Our experiences combined with a genetic predisposition create the unique Self we all have.
(1) I have often heard that you cannot prove that anything actually exists or is real because reality is based on a person's perception of reality and that reality, therefor, is subjective. The only certainty that can be made is my reality. But I cannot prove my reality to you because your perception of what reality is may differ. You may accept what I say is true and by doing so, accept it as part of your reality. So, no, I cannot say certainty of existence or reality is possible.
(1) I have often heard that you cannot prove that anything actually exists or is real because reality is based on a person's perception of reality and that reality, therefor, is subjective. The only certainty that can be made is my reality. But I cannot prove my reality to you because your perception of what reality is may differ. You may accept what I say is true and by doing so, accept it as part of your reality. So, no, I cannot say certainty of existence or reality is possible.
The first question has nothing to do with atheism. Neither do the second. What does the third one have to do with atheism? Seriously dude! If you are unsure of your existance, slam your head in a wall, then you might realise that you do exist.
1) what do u thinks cells in ur body are living organisms the bacteria in ur stomach is living to in a way we are multiple functions of living organsims in us trillions as the whole human body is part of a function and enviroment os the seems pretty dumb of a question 2) well kinda what i said in my answer to ? # 1 is for this question but perception is reality so define the "self" many factors alter the self its such a vague term " the self" ellaborate more. n three iam a skeptic lol
1) What does certainty have to do with atheism? Atheism doesnt entail certainty in anything, it entails a lack of beleive in deity proposed. the same way a buddhist does not beleive in allah.
2) Again, how is this relevent to atheism?
3) Yes i certainly do and have done since my early teens.
Question 3. Do you question the feeling of Love? The feeling of love is a real experience, just like feeling that you sense the presence of god can be a real experience. I got that at a Clapton show once. It sounds like you are implying that somehow proves the existence of god. If you define god as simply a feeling you get rather than the supreme law giver, creator, punisher than I guess thats a pretty benign definition of god.
When we get older, we realize that these fairy tales aren't true, and usually before our parents have to tell us. Why can't people realize that the god fairy tale isn't true? Your parents aren't gonna help you out on this one. Just keep lettin' mommy slide a dollar under your pillow case when you lose a tooth and you'll be able to sleep at night.
(PS, Sorry if you guys still believe in santa, easter bunny, and the tooth fairy..didnt really wanna ruin that for you too. those ones are harmless)
A3:Yes I do, and to use your own example, as a teenager, with all of my raging hormones I was very curious and decided to research how love really works. After seeing how hormones and other chemicals can cause your brain to feel "love" and attachment, I decided to try and force myself to love somebody...and it worked.
Something for you-When were young, we're all told about Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny and that they are real. They have magical powers and love everyone equally.
A1: yes, i do believe it is possible. In fact it is likely, but not for the reasons that you would like me to instantly assume. Here is a great article about this:Google search: Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don't - New York Times
A2: "Self" Isn't anything but what you perceive it to be. For example, myself is me to me, because me being me, thats how i perceive it. However myself to you is you because you're you and you cannot say "myself" and be talking about me.
1. all knowledge is tentative. absolute truth does not exist outside of mathematics - maths has no real existence.
2. no idea what the self is. but God is not the self. god, as a concept, is external to the self.
3. i don't expect theists to question all their feelings. i try to question most of mine.
I dont understand what any of these questions have to do with having an atheist philosophy, although the first one leaves room for the existence of a divine being.
1. Indeed it is. However whether that certainty is correct or incorrect is another thing entirely.
Example. I am certain that I am sitting on a chair.
2. Self: An illusion of perception caused by integrating chemical reactions, most likely in the brain, though some research inicates it can be influenced by other neural clusters in the body.
3. Here you have let your own bias show through with the inclusion of the term "skeptically". But yes all feelings should be questioned, repeatedly.
Q1: No. 100% certainty is not possible. There are always alternative possibilities which can not be realistically tested or eliminated. However, that does not prevent reasonable assignment of probabilities which are PRACTICALLY 100%. (How sure am I that there isn't a leprechaun in a pink wig on my front porch? 99.99+%)
Q2: I think self is a stream of consciousness formed from a chain of memories and experiences. The key question IMO is "Are you literally the same person you were 10 years ago?"
3. Exactly why would you look at your self skeptically if you are the one in love? You already know youre in love. It's not like someone will pop up and say "prove it".
Now none of these have anything to do with whether or not there is an ookah pookah in space, waving a magic wand for us.
1. no, certainty is not possible, for we as creatures have limited capacity when it comes to our senses and our knowledge, therfore we have to make many assumptions
2. my assumption is that the self is structure of matter
3. love is a feeling "caused by chemical reaction", which is a "third-person-view" on the phenomenon which cannot capture every facet of "love". So the same "chemical reaction" can also be experienced from "first-person-view", where it happens to be an overwhelming feeling.
1. no, certainty is not possible, for we as creatures have limited capacity when it comes to our senses and our knowledge, therfore we have to make many assumptions
2. my assumption is that the self is structure of matter
3. love is a feeling "caused by chemical reaction", which is a "third-person-view" on the phenomenon which cannot capture every facet of "love". So the same "chemical reaction" can also be experienced from "first-person-view", where it happens to be an overwhelming feeling.
1. no, certainty is not possible, for we as creatures have limited capacity when it comes to our senses and our knowledge, therfore we have to make many assumptions
2. my assumption is that the self is structure of matter
3. love is a feeling "caused by chemical reaction", which is a "third-person-view" on the phenomenon which cannot capture every facet of "love". So the same "chemical reaction" can also be experienced from "first-person-view", where it happens to be an overwhelming feeling.
1) no. There may be realms beyond which our humans can interact with based on our senses. But we simply dont and CANT knowmabout those realms.
2) our physiology or our brains in particular.
3) Evidence should trump feelings. It is well known that our feelings arent the most rational. From homeopathy to stock market swings to god, evidence beforememotions.
1) Just as much certainty as a theist. More certainty in many cases.
2) Not a simple enough question and one that deserves different answers from literary, social, psychological and philosophical perspectives.
3) Yes and no. Yes because I try to create a solid foundation of truth to build on. No, because like all humans I am lazy and want to get up in the morning without having an existential crisis. I don't think reasonable skepticism entails hyper-cynicism, anyway.
1: Yes, 1 + 1 = 2, yes, a omnibenevolent, omniscient, omnipotent god cannot exist when bad things happen.
2. Too broad a question to field in even an hour long video. Defining "self" or "consciousness" is next to impossible even for a theist. But to put it simply, brain chemistry, and the combined memories and experiences.
3. Yes I skeptically question my emotions the first time I encounter them in different situations. I don't constantly question whether I love my wife or not.
2. The self is a combination of consciousness and instinct unique to an individual.
3. While introspection to some degree can be healthy, to do so on every feeling and emotion one has would only result in neurosis and you would literally be paralyzed in an infinite circle of "why?" reasoning. However, I do question why I stayed with crazy women from old relationships when I should have broken up with them WAY sooner than I did. What was I thinking??
Now that I have answered these questions. What would your answers be and what role would god play in any of them? And how would you substantiate your claim without the aid of a demonstrably incorrect book?
1. No one can be absolutely certain of anything. All one can do is reach a degree of certainty with the current information at hand. It was reasonable to be certain the world was flat, because we didn't have the precise measurement, radius, diameter, rotation, imagery we currently have available to almost everyone.
3.Yes. I question my feelings very often. I wonder what makes me look at my son sleeping and just go "awwww" even though I stink of vomit and poo. I frequently questioned if what I felt for my wife was compatibility, love or simply infatuation. I guess what I considered "love" in the emotional scale is basically the impulse to disregard self-preservation over that of the person I love.
In other words. Would I jump in front of a bullet for my son, wife, mother or best friend?
2. Although it is a rather vague question, I would say the "self" is individual awareness of each living creature as a separate creature. If you have any instinct of survival, you must have an awareness of self. Or at least an awareness of self-survival.
1. Anything is possible, but not always plausible. It's possible for there to be pink unicorns but unlikely to exist. Unfortunately there is not a term for a person who doesn't believe in pink unicorns, so I guess i can be called a "pink unicorn atheist."
2. I am matter, simple as that.
3. I do question everything, the reason i became an atheist. Science has evidence, religion does not. I take the path of knowledge based on evidence, not from a blind belief.
3) My feelings are observations about myself. It can be a fact that I think I know which emotion I am experiencing, but I am aware I can deceived by that sense as easily as any other. Fortunately, emotions have known physical neurochemical causes, and can be tested for. After a certain number of observations seem to coincide with reality, the certainty increases, though not to absoluteness. Once sufficient certainty is achieved, further testing becomes a waste until reason to doubt is given.
2) I am an arrangement of atoms and molecules and energy states that change over time, and am capable of processing information in much the manner of a computer. I am dependent on my body for the moment because an alternate hardware architecture does not exist to run my consciousness. As such, I consider my body one of the most important pieces of my property. Consciousness is the result of self-prediction, a simulation of the self which can make predictions and observations about the self.
1) There is such a thing as certainty. Suppose I am walking in the park at night, and I see a cat. Now it may turn out that there was in fact no cat, and that my sight has deceived me. Nonetheless, it is and will always remain a fact that I saw a cat. I can state that much at least without implying that my understanding of the universe is correct on that matter, but I am myself the thing which observes, and I can be certain of at least my observations, but not the implications I draw from them.
1. Yes, but only if you predispose certain things beforehand. For example, I predispose that the universe we live in actually exists, and isn't just a creation of my mind, and therefore, I believe that the laws of the universe, gravity and the like, can be described in certainty.
2. The self is our mental cognition. It is the sum of all the chemical reactions that are the functions of our brain.
3. Yes, I do. Had a longer answer, but was running out of space to give it.
1. No. I believe both existence and reality fluctuate according to the experience of the observer.
2. The 'reflection' in 4 dimensional spacetime (at least) of everything in the external universe, i.e. the internal.
3. As a human I am subject to the same psychological 'misfirings' as any other human, I think a human without the niggling voice in the background that 'maybe there is a god' is a more evolved human than me. But I see it as intellectual to be able to overcome these tendencies. FSM!
1. At least one aspect of reality absolutely cannot be doubted and is therefore certain; that I exist.
2. The self is a description of self-awareness from the perspective of a self-aware, sentient organism as it applies to said organism.
3. I skeptically question everything. Yes, including love. I define love as a decision to commit one's self to another person. The feeling of being "in love", I would argue, is in fact a feeling of strong infatuation.
3) Well, I understand that Love is a product of brain chemistry and biological necessity. I don't think that cheapens it, however. I can understand the practical reality, and still allow myself to be held by it.
2) "The Self" is the symbiotic collection of cells, tissues and organs which comprise the human organism. I would also consider the stored memories and impulses to be part of "The Self". To me, "The Self" is the sum of all your biological hardware and software.
1) There is such thing as "justifiable certainty". For example, I am justifiably certain that I am mortal. There is a finite limit on my existence before my tissues fail and my body becomes inviable. But yes, we could all be in The Matrix.
@MenoftheInfinite No that is code for get a life & come up w/ some real answers 'cause you have no life so why don't you pull your bible out of your ass & get a real life.
@sofiadragon1979 - I don't see how. Do you imagine atheists can't ask each other philosophically relevant questions? Seems to me it makes for a much more interesting discourse than talking to theists.
@MenoftheInfinite It isn't the point of the qurestion it is how you go about asking the question & also your attitude to others & frankly your attitude sucks & your questions aren't all that philisofical @ all, & I am done dealing w/ your childishness so please leave me be I don't want to wallow in your idiocy any longer good by.
Answer One: There is only one. Existence exists because non-existence cannot, by definition, exist. If non-existence cannot exist then existence must be eternal.
Answer Two: The self is a combination of physical processes that are construed subjectively.
2 could be a combination of things. could be nothing but still seems to be our everything
3 if we didnt question things that we felt we could get hurt, like if i was to touch this red, heated cast iron then no doubt would i be in pain, but if i possibly questioned myself to instead of just immediately touching it i experiment.
1. How could I deny that I am here or that I exist? Either I fail to comprehend your question or it is pointless. I think therefore I am. Feel free to spell it out for me.
2. The self is simply the differences that make me me instead of a clone of all the others. It is genetic variability manifest in personality.
@sweetmonkeylove1 3. That question is a trap I will not fall into. Love is chemistry. We evolved it out of necessity to survive as a family unit because for all our dominance of this planet our young are frail at first and emotions like love allowed us to remain as a group in order to survive. Love of god is not a necessity for survival of the species. Probably detriment in fact.
1) Yes, my own existence (how is that relevant to atheism)
2) The most accurate (though misleading, if you don't understand the intricacies of the philosophy behind it) is that it's an illusion. However, once again, I don't se ehow thisis relevant.
3) No. I take it you are comparing feeling love to feeling god or something, as otherwise this is meaningless. However, feeling an emotion is self-verifying (it's a feeling), 'feeling' God proves nothing.
I am..... is a truth. It matters not what anyone else thinks. I know I am. You may say "But you can't prove it!" but ontologically / logically, that argument doesn't matter in the slightest. I am.
Further, I can provide evidence, and a more or less logical explanation of it.
2) Self... is a distillation of the need to consume certain things. Primarily, self was mostly preocupied with survival. In our case, self has grown powerful enough to wander, and ponder.
1. I feel certain that I will die 1 day (hopefully 80 or so years from now but no sooner). There are some absoultes but not many. Even things like the sun will rise tomorrow, would be wrong to make such a certain claim. You say it is ver ylikey 99.9999999% to but not certain.
2. Self is me. Self to me and self to you I would assume are different as we are each different people. No 2 selfs would be alike
3.I think my answer to 1 gives you the kind of thing I feel deserve absoult answers.
1. No. I have no absolute certainty of anything. I am willing to hear at any moment any kind of truth that is IMPOSSIBLE to be disproved. No human should have an absolute certainty of anything, because we don't know everything. Ex. there is always the possibility of a new element being discovered, rewriting physics.
2. from a jungian artist: the self is an operator that controls the responses of whatever is being operated. the self is also a way for connecting with the collective unconscious...
... the operator may or may not be comprised of DNA, depending on how you look at identical twins.
3. Yes, of course I do, because it would be foolish of someone to not think twice about their opinion.
NOTE: I am an atheist, but try not to lord it over people, and am willing to accept that modern science is simply an educated guess, based on very small samples.
1. Yes, I can say with 100% certainty that the earth is not 6000 years old.
2. I honestly don`t know.
3. Yes i question love as it can be extremely dangerous (for example the followers of jim jones loved him so much they killed their children and themselves).
1. No, science can't say with 100% certainty that gravity will not turn off tomorrow.
2. The interactions of my neurons make me me.
3. Yes I question emotions in the sense that I see material causes for them, they are a result of stimuli to electrical and chemical processes in my brain. I understand that love isn't some mystical thing that just magically happens.
1) there can be absolute certainty. for instance im certain that gravity exists. im certain that the temperature of a solution affects the solubility of salts, etc.
but apart from the scientific basics, there is no 100% certainty.
2) well its a person duh. its the body. and the brain. and thats it.
3) i dont expect theists to question their feelings. but i sure do. i try to be a rational human being and part of that is to examine my irrational side.
1. Not absolute certainty. I believe that I could be wrong about anything, and that I'm not one hundred percent right about any one thing I hold to be true.
2. That's a tough philosophical question! Good one! Hmmm... I would say that I can't define 'self' because any definition I come up with in my head uses the word 'I' or 'my'. It's like trying to prove that you aren't me. Can you do it?
3. I try to. I always say "The mind directs, the emotions power." I choose to love, and let my love go.
rkyeun ,perhaps you have not read the QURAN,it's infront of u..go buddy..read this..read the proper translation,judge it with u'r own logic..then challange me. u'r concept of all-knowing,all-powerful is wrong..the answer is given in QURAN
Certainty - I think therefore I am is about it. Even if you accept the existence of the physical world the nature of memory and perception exclude certainty. Also physical measurements are inherently uncertain due to the restrictions on the tools that you are using to take any measurements.
My self is my brain working. The function of the heart is to pump blood the function of the brain is the self.
Questioning: Yes to all those examples and more. There is, of course a pragmatic limit.
Is it so hard to understand that atheists can't believe in something they can't see, hear or feel? I'm so sick of hateful christians "challenging" atheists.
@mrconradhoppe: Love is something everyone has, either for family, a random person, a pet or anything. God is something a limited number of people can FEEL, and they usuall do after a horrible loss or event in their life, or just through brainwashing like the Westboro baptist church. They feel god as much as every other christian.
certainty: no, i don't think it exists other than in the minds of fundamentalists and fanatics.
self : i exist, but my normal concept of myself as a thing discreet from the world/universe is an illusion.
Do i question my own emotions, such as love, in the same manner i expect others to? yes. In fact, I have higher expectations of myself in this regard than i have of others
3. Theists are asked to question thier beliefs not thier feelings. Feelings are an emotional response to something, a belief is a dedication and is never really set in stone.
1. To some extent. If the idea is somewhat plausible I will certainlyconsider it and if theres enough evidence for it then I can openly say it is correct. This is why christianity is completley wrong to me. Because there is no evidence and yet it still treated as fact.
3) Not always. The first time I have an experience I question it rather thoroughly, and less thoroughly as it becomes more valid and reproducible. Eventually I stop questioning it and just assume it true until it starts to become a problem.
2) The self is the range of perceptions, memories, and experiences I have as belonging to me. I don't have any of your memories or senses, so none of those are my self.
1 and 2. what does this have to do with atheism. You can ask this question of anyone religion. 3. makes no sense again in the sense of beliefs. Sorry mate your questions make no sense in their relevency to religion or non-religion. Heres one for you; do you believe in the bible?
jamescat1 1 month ago
1 Im certain these questions are stupid.
2 look it up its under S.
3 I questioned my feelings but they didnt answer.
so is this where jusus is going to save me and help me find the answers or are you just aiming at the gullible?
ahhninjadragon 1 month ago
totally crap..3 questions don't make sense..Go smoke some more weed
timdnwd 3 months ago
For starters, you can't question atheism, because atheism is simply the natural result of: 1) critical thinking and 2) the total absence of evidence pointing to the existence of "god". Unless you bring up evidence of the existence of "god", and you are not doing that in this video, there is no point in discussing "atheism".
LegionarioCruel 4 months ago
1. There is "certainty by definition", in that we all collectively agree what a circle is. Outside of that the nature of scientific enquiry means we constantly seek to question the world around us...it's how we learn. There's also the nature of finite mathematics which defines the nature of "certainty".
2. The self is subjectively experienced though it's nature is always being explored through neuro science and psychology.
3. Yes I enjoy seeking for knowledge so I question.
CatDMacLeod 4 months ago
These are pretty childish questions. You haven't been able to answer these easy questions yourself? No-wonder you're religious; you're an idiot.
Cansololife 5 months ago
You don't need to have a faith in order to answer these questions. Sitting your ass on a pew doesn't give you incredible insight on life.
pat5168 5 months ago
3. It is arrogant to assert that I expect something of someone simply for belonging to a group. Feelings are general cognitive statements; simplifications of rational thought. Necessary for survival (touching that thing hurts; I probably should´t touch it again(simplified to "I don´t like that thing")). Feelings are generally effective, otherwise we would never trust them. I simply want people to question the reasons for their feelings when something outside them contradicts them.
Kabitu1 6 months ago
2. A self is a unit. An entity made up of smaller parts or components. You seem to be talking about Self as a concept. An important note is that the self is ever-changing, never static. If I cut you in 2 pieces of equal size, which one is the original self? None of them are. They are 2 new selves. With every breath the self change slightly, while some characteristics are maintained.
Kabitu1 6 months ago
1. I know for a fact that my perception of reality is grounded in some level of existence. It is hard to say anything about this existence for certain; it might be infinitely different from what I experience(e.g. a dream, a psychotic delusion, the Matrix, the brain in the vat), but it is impossible to explain the apparent existence of my perception without invoking at least A reality. This is called epistemology.
Kabitu1 6 months ago
1) While I can be absolutely certain that 2+2=4, I don't have to be absolutely certain to know that the earth is not flat. With very high degrees of certainty we can declare that certain things are facts.
2) Here is a fact for you. The "I" that has conscious experiences is entirely dependent on the brain for it to exist. There is zero evidence of any consciousness without the brain. We know this with such a high degree of certainty that we can accept it as a fact.
3) See response by scottpastry
GodImpaired 6 months ago 3
I don't even understand the questions
1foottall 7 months ago
1. I
2. Dont
3. Care
LocalRandomz 7 months ago
1. Cheap trick, start with argument of exclusion and introduce a non-referential agency of doubt.
2. Second argument of exclusion inferring that without an explanation of "self", "soul" is the only option.
3. Placing subjective interpretation above objective reason is a gross catagorical error and renders the question baseless.
breaneainn 8 months ago
2. I don't know. I have an idea, but its difficult to put into words.
3. If I feel afraid, I accept that I am afraid, but I do not accept that my fear is well-founded. Likewise, if I feel that I am in love with a person, I accept that I'm in love with that person, but am not certain if that love will last, or if a entering into a romantic relationship is a good idea. Fortunately, love tends to motivate further interaction with the object of one's love, so one has a chance to explore it further.
tesseraktik 8 months ago
1. Absolute certainty, no; I would think there is always room for doubt. We may attempt to use good judgment, but in assessing our judgment we must use that judgment, so if our judgment is imperfect we may be incapable to telling that it is. I regularly question my own judgment, and if I find no reason to question it, I trust it, but never with absolute certainty.
tesseraktik 8 months ago
Dude, atheists are people, just like you. Except we don't believe in god. We're not your fuckin science project. I have a hard time believing that you run around attributing every action, thought and emotion to god. You just get on with your day, doing, thinking, and feeling and on sundays, all gather to thank god or hate satan or whatever. We do the same thing, just without the thanking or hating part.
fdasherv 8 months ago
God may exist, but he would not ! tell people different words for them to follow all over the world dividing them forever. Every religious person has no chance to get anything from God because, that person only trusts what other people are saying. God is great, fuck all religions !
mikerozo 8 months ago
i love how most atheists dislike a video if it's asking them a question. i also love how they raise questions and issues concerning the Christian faith which have been answered and resolved hundreds of years ago, as if it were their own original idea. arrogance diminishes wisdom. the further you go with humility, the wiser you become, peace and understanding replaces frusteration and heated arguments. everyone should learn it.
lightbrownpoop 8 months ago
1) certainty is a gradient with no absolutes. 2) the self is a collection of experiences
that have an innate basis. 3) My feelings and thoughts are "real"
experiences that must be consistent with the outer world in which I live.
humansaretheworld 8 months ago
Here are my answers as an atheist:
1. No, because certainty is a very strong term. It is foolish for anyone to claim certainty that there is a god. Reason isn't a synonym for certainty.
2. The self is the sum of the physical being that we are and the experience that we have.
3. Yes, I am skeptical about my feelings. Even things like love that we do feel...the question is why do we have things feelings. It's likely something more scientific and less romantic than would please many.
JAWWDC 8 months ago
1) Yes, with evidence. The more evidence, the more certain. I can be very certain that at no point in the day will I, without a substantial force beneath me, lift off the ground and float. I've been testing it every second of every day my whole life. Gravity is certain.
2)Self is the mind, which is the pattern in the brain, resulting in what I remember, and how I react to outside stimuli.
3) Almost all the time. All the times at which other viewpoints are presented, including love.
Enginmaster 8 months ago
Yes, I make a sincere effort to question my feelings skeptically. All of my beliefs are probably wrong and feelings misplaced. Given how much there is to know about the Universe and how little knowledge I started with and how one faulty assumption can upset many beliefs, it seems that anything I think is more likely than not to be incorrect. How something makes you feel is never how it is. Love feels like one thing, but it's usually several very different things.
TheShibo 8 months ago
No. Certainty is impossible. I could always be mistaken and frequently am. The "self" is an illusion in the sense that "self" intends to refer to a single thing when it is really a collection of interacting systems. What seems like "me" is not what chooses my actions when I hear a loud, sudden noise, for instance. There is also the possibility of conflict regarding my actions, which it seems might not occur if the self were the single entity we intuitively expect it to be.
TheShibo 8 months ago
why is it that all these videos with questions for atheists all have questions that are reasonably easy to answer and are never very intelligent.
Bayzz2 9 months ago
1. I'm certain that if I jumped off a cliff, I'll go splat when I hit the bottom. Self evident, try it out and see.
2. Self, I think therefore I am.
3. An emotion is a bodily chemical reaction to a subjectively percieved external stimulation, nothing more.
Valthepixie 9 months ago
1) Yes, for example I am certain that I will wake up in the same universe that I went to sleep in simply because it has ever been demonstrated that otherwise.
2) The self is every characteristic of a human being.
Evidence supports that the concept of "self" doesn't appear until 3 months of age.
3) Yes.
shadywolf91 9 months ago
1) no! if by certainty you mean absolute certainty, because it’s not 100% certain that what you see/hear/smell/taste/touch/feel is real.
2) awerything and nothing. It totally depends on your answer to 1.
3)Jes. But I don’t expect anyone to do anything.
AxEnTiger 9 months ago
1. Probably No, depending on definition of existence/reality. The observable universe could possibly change.
2. A concept formed in our mind, coupled to our body and our memories.
3. Yes, and this is important. Feelings are simple responses to perceptions, which can be very misleading. But from a biological viewpoint we do seem unable to escape from them as the drive for all our thoughts.
dumpmist 10 months ago
What do any of these questions have to do with a god?
gregrutz 10 months ago
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1400 years ago
Quran:
(Surah-4-the women-vs-79)
Whatever benefit comes to you (o man!), it is from Allah, and whatever misfortune befalls you, it is from yourself; and we have sent you (o prophet!), to mankind as an apostle; and Allah is sufficient as a witness.
80- Whoever obeys the apostle, he indeed obeys Allah; and whoever turns back, so we have not sent you as a keeper over them.
quranresponse 11 months ago
1400 years ago
Quran:
(SURAH-3-THE FAMILY OF IMRAN-VS-196)
Let it no deceive you that those who disbelieve go to and from the
Cities fearlessly.
197- a brief enjoyment! Then their abode is hell, and evil is the resting-place.
198- But as to those who are careful of (their duty to) their lord, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding in them; an entertainment from their lord, and that which is with Allah is best for the righteous.
quranresponse 11 months ago
@quranresponse "197- a brief enjoyment! Then their abode is hell, and evil is the resting-place."
If the deity is 'all knowing' as claimed, no feewill choice is possible. You cannot change the known, we'd be left with predestination. So in essence it is saying, 'you will be tortured for all eternity for being unable to change your predetermined existence'. It does not compute with the claimed criteria of your deity. Freewill choice and 'all knowing' are mutually exclusive concepts.
Valthepixie 9 months ago
3) I can't be skeptical about my feelings. I totaly objectivliy constat that they exist, at every instant of my life.
This makes me correct my first answer. There is ONE thing about which I am totaly certain : I exist.
But I am not certain about what does existing means.
faeleris 11 months ago
2) Since english is not my main language, I am not sure about all senses this question could have.
However, since even our feelings can be reduce to chemical and physical reacttions in our brains, I never observed anything that would not be what I think you call Self. So, I have no reason to think that anything else exists.
I can't develop it here, but to my mind, even in pure egoistic way to think (which I do not practice) long term interest is to be altruist (the one I helped can help me)
faeleris 11 months ago
1)What do you mean by certainty ? Exactly 100% of certitude or so close of it that it can be consider as the same ? Since our senses and mind deform everything, even a bit, I cannot even say that 1+1 is 100% probability 2. However, I can assume it can reasonnably reduce to this number, since almost everything I see is an occurence of this (4 atoms are (1+1) + (1+1)), and this makes billions of billions of... billions of proofs. So, it is some kind of certainty.
faeleris 11 months ago
that naked dudes got a tiny ass dick..
CocoKing238 11 months ago 24
@CocoKing238 is it??? damn.... was hoping it was a large 1. :(
Sum41rthe1 9 months ago
@CocoKing238 he has the same size as a baybees...no hair he shave?!?!
2ECFIGHTING2 7 months ago
@CocoKing238 Well he was built in the exact image of god, that actually explains a lot about why god was such a prick in the old testament, then Jesus discovered the herb in the New Testament and got really chill. Not as much as Buddha, he's the chillest motherfucker out there.
pat5168 5 months ago
1. certainty is possible. i am certain that we the earth has exactly one moon. i have precisely two eyes.
2. "Self" is your body and mind.
3. i don't question all my feelings but i question a lot of them. if i'm irritable i may realize i just need coffee. But when i'm hungry, i'm gonna eat with or without questioning
imafish16 11 months ago
1. I do accept that certainty with regards to some aspects of existence is possible. Some aspects can reasonably be asserted as possible... Certainty of possibility is not a question.
2. The self is you. We refer to our selves, meaning our own person. I see it as nothing more than a means to specify.
3. I'm not skeptical of my feelings. They occur. So no, I do not question my feelings as I would a theist.
Simple enough.
lesterismyname 11 months ago
Do I accept the legitimacy of love based on how I feel?? That is a silly question. I experience a feeling that I label "love," so yes, it exists. But it is not purely by experience, we can show that different parts of the brain light up when "love" is experienced. It has biological roots, no doubt.
kubush 1 year ago
@kubush Different parts of brain light up when 'feeling god' too.
LostRituals 11 months ago
1. No. What I do hold is that certain aspects of reality can be more heavily proven than others.
2. The self is simply a result of the complex structure of neural synapses in your brain. Work with artificial simulations of neural networks that can learn, adapt, evolve, and problem solve, and it's not difficult to think that when you multiply the number of synapses by a few billion, a concept of "The self" could arise.
3. I doubt feelings only in that I realize that they're chemical constructs.
BigCheese00001 1 year ago
Not an atheist, but the first question looks fun to me, so...
1) No, as I have only my own perception to go by I cannot possibly state that everything is as I know it. What I see as blue you may see as red. We both call it blue, but we view it separately.
2) I don't quite understand, but I'll try to answer. The "Self" is the essence of a being, the thing that makes it unique from all others.
3) Again, I'm not an atheist. I do, however, question my feelings. They get me into trouble too much
NorseWarriorKing 1 year ago
PROOF
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gandoq 1 year ago
1. Yes. Concepts in logic and math etc. are things that can be known certainly.
2. I've never really heard the phrase 'the self' used much in that fashion and not too sure what you mean by it, so i can't really answer that one.
3. I understand love as being a concept based on chemicals in my body (brain specifically) reacting in certain ways. There's no need to question its legitimacy.
ThMrksman 1 year ago
@luyben12 i don't need to prove you wrong, you have to prove your claims.Love is a chemical reaction in your brain. Nothing to do with gods and such nonsense.
Aanthanur 1 year ago
I don't understand why the maker of this video would pose these age old philosophical questions at atheists in particular.
trueleroix 1 year ago
did anyone notice the naked guy?
reg6442 1 year ago
I am 100% sure that God exists! Read up on Yogananda and Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. God exists and He/She/It is within all of us and also outside of us.
19792403 1 year ago
@19792403 you are not 100% sure, it is your opinion, to exist is to be part of our senses, we cannot smell, touch, see , hear or feel ''God'' therefore he does not exist. there is no reason to even think he exists apart from the bible which was written by man wanting to gain control of other people. there is no proof there never will be because god is fictional. most things in the bible Christians have to rationalise and create preposterous excuses to make sense of them. he simply doesn't exist
leekucia 1 year ago
@leekucia Read up Autobiography of a Yogi, Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch and the life of Sri Ramakrishna first.
19792403 1 year ago
Regarding 1) - certainties fall into 2 categories - analytic or axiomatic certainties - that is, certainties that derive inevitably from the necessary requirements of logical claims (that is, if A=B and B=C, it is certain that A=C).
The other category of certainty is that of direct, subjective or reductionist experience. That I am having the "experience" of sitting here typing these words is certain. What that primary experience corresponds to - a dream, a brain in a bottle, a physical body --
prodprod 1 year ago
(cont'd) -- sitting in a chair actually type. Those matters are open to some finite doubt, although all investigative methods available to me weigh overwhelmingly in favor of the last option.
Regarding 2) -- The term "self" is one that we apply to subjective experiencers, I to my "self" -- you, presumably, to yours. Prior to the development of my higher brain functions, which permitted me to be aware of the existence of things, and to distinguish things that were me from things that weren't --
prodprod 1 year ago
(cont'd) -- I had no "self" -- and when a point arrives when I cease to be able to do that, my "self" will cease to exist.
Regarding point three -- feelings are simply an aspect of direct experience, like perception, or pain. I don't require others to justify their "feelings" about things unless I have some good reason to believe that they're lying about what they say they're feeling.
That is, I may feel pain in my hand. The pain, whether there's something wrong with my hand --
prodprod 1 year ago
(cont'd) -- or whether I even *have* a hand (perhaps I lost the hand and am experiencing phantom pain) is irrelevant to the *direct experience* of my feeling.
In respect to the feeling itself, there's nothing to argue about. That I have it, or that someone else has a feeling simply is what it is.
But a belief is not a feeling. It is a position that one takes in respect to the truth of some claim.
God isn't a feeling. Certainly one can claim that one has "felt" God. Would I deny this? No.
prodprod 1 year ago
(cont'd) In exactly the same way that I would not deny it when a person who has no hand claims that he "feels" his absent hand itch or ache.
But that one has a "feeling" of a hand or the "feeling" of a god only means that one has had a feeling -- it doesn't necessarily correlate either to a hand or to a God.
Only to a feeling.
prodprod 1 year ago
1) Yes. Certainty grows when evidence is produced that reinforces a notion and dies when evidence is produced that contradicts it or when lack of evidence is found where some should be.
1.5) I can say with great certainty that when I drop this pen, it will fall. There, it did. Next time, I will be even more certain.
2) The self is a model I have in my mind of my mind. I also have a model of others, but it only includes what I know about them and not their self, so it is prone to error.
rkyeun 1 year ago
3) Feelings are irrelevant to the fact. I don't question my feelings because I don't try to derive fact from them in the first place. Feelings are solely to gauge my enjoyment and direction of myself, and the physical reality of the universe is not subject to them. I don't ask theists to question their feelings either. I ask them to think rationally and reject delusion and indoctrination in favor of logic and evidence.
rkyeun 1 year ago
1- yes every thing has a starten point. as in my beliveing in faith over religon.
2-self is your soul you are born with. we are all diffrent. just as our finger prints.
3-yes in no atheist. but a man of faith. that belives in but one God over all in this and every world.
kool2handle4me 1 year ago
1) I agree with the famous words 'Kogito ergo sum'. That's about it.
2) If you take into account question one, I would say we can never know. If we don't, I would say it is a purely physical entity.
3) I've questioned emotion for as long as I can remember, specifically it's function.
202robo 1 year ago
Hi there
1) certainly
2) a mental construct
3) yes (I don't expect it)
I will expand on these if anyone asks
TheLittleDonkey 1 year ago
I have still a better question........Why do human's need to have a story/befief to beleive in to feel ok.....seems to be everywhere in the world.....right or wrong.....most cultures have something explaining the unknowable.....why to humans need such an obviously unprovable solution to an unknowable situation....
greenbird007 1 year ago
i like the way you think. You deconstruct thought and then arrive at a conclusion that it is meaningless to everything except self.
larkfeast 1 year ago
1. Five come to mind. The three logical absolutes, I think therefore I am, and definitions like numbers or names etc. In general, though, I reject knowledge of certainty.
2. A product of instinct gotten from my ancestors and the sum of my experiences.
3. Yes. But I hardly ever base my entire existence on a single issue. God is in the core of theists, so that issue is critical. I have no proof that Jerusalem exists, I haven’t been there, but I don’t base my life on that assumption anyway.
Sjarke98 1 year ago
1 Self Identity
2 Identity
3 Love - which love? Affection, connection or copulation?
MilitantPeaceist 1 year ago
skip to 0:57 to pass bullshit and get to questions, thumb up to save people time.
TheTrueJBV3737 1 year ago
1. Yes. A Logical Tautology is certain. eg A=A
2. A vague question. There is a physical 'self' that we can observe. There is a conceptual, intangible 'self' that can only be observed thru manifestation of its processes.
3. Skepticism has nothing to do with feelings. Should i be dubious about someones sadness?? Should i doubt someones anger??
How atheists and theists feel is of no importance to me. what matters are facts and truth.
scottpastry 1 year ago 69
Just because i am ignorant of the reason i feel love does not mean i come up with imaginary solutions for it. If i dont know something i either find the answer or simply remain unknown. The reason for love though is extremely complex neural-chemical reactions. If i dedicated myself i could understand it but i have not the time nor the inclination too. Certainty is never possible because that would imply perfection and perfection is unattainable. (In the non-mathematical world)
Peopleareblind 1 year ago
3: i accept the feeling of love or the likes of which because i can feel it. i assume that theists feel the same way and i do not impose that they should not. i would not accept an argument from emotions or anything unverifiable such as one, and i wouldn't make one either.
daemonowner 1 year ago
1: absolute certainty can only be achieved with the likes of mathematics and logical contradictions as far as i know. the christian god as proposed in the bible, is illogical and internally contradicting as therefore does not exist - absolutely.
2: by self i am assuming you mean me, my mind and experiences etc.. i would say that i am simply my mind and my experiences. if i lost all my personality and experiences etc then i would no longer be me.
daemonowner 1 year ago
(3) Yes, I do question all of my feelings. Emotions are irrational and lead many people, myself included, to make rash decisions. Fear can be one of the most irrational feelings. Fear of death, fear of loneliness, fear of rejection, fear of being hurt.....there are many more, but they all can lead to irrational behavior. Fear is sometimes justified and a plausible reason for rash action. For example, being chased by an aggressive dog is a good reason to be fearful. Analysis before action though.
Odinight 1 year ago
(2) The Self would be what most people consider our soul. It is the collection of our personality, our intellect, our wit, our emotions, our ideologies, and every possible attribute we would use to describe ourselves. It is that "something" that defines an individual. As an atheist, I don't give credit for the Self to having a soul. Our experiences combined with a genetic predisposition create the unique Self we all have.
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(1) I have often heard that you cannot prove that anything actually exists or is real because reality is based on a person's perception of reality and that reality, therefor, is subjective. The only certainty that can be made is my reality. But I cannot prove my reality to you because your perception of what reality is may differ. You may accept what I say is true and by doing so, accept it as part of your reality. So, no, I cannot say certainty of existence or reality is possible.
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Odinight 1 year ago
(1) I have often heard that you cannot prove that anything actually exists or is real because reality is based on a person's perception of reality and that reality, therefor, is subjective. The only certainty that can be made is my reality. But I cannot prove my reality to you because your perception of what reality is may differ. You may accept what I say is true and by doing so, accept it as part of your reality. So, no, I cannot say certainty of existence or reality is possible.
Odinight 1 year ago
The first question has nothing to do with atheism. Neither do the second. What does the third one have to do with atheism? Seriously dude! If you are unsure of your existance, slam your head in a wall, then you might realise that you do exist.
Arcrer 1 year ago
1) what do u thinks cells in ur body are living organisms the bacteria in ur stomach is living to in a way we are multiple functions of living organsims in us trillions as the whole human body is part of a function and enviroment os the seems pretty dumb of a question 2) well kinda what i said in my answer to ? # 1 is for this question but perception is reality so define the "self" many factors alter the self its such a vague term " the self" ellaborate more. n three iam a skeptic lol
marathon012 1 year ago
Here are three less baffling questions, that are probably more fundamental, for atheists/ theists to answer:
1) Can you prove the existence of a god(s)?
2) Can you show that science has superseeded the teachings of religions?
3) Can you show that modern morality is not derived from the teachings of a holy book?
4) Is your particular religion believed in by you because of your family/ current or past geographical location?
andywaggott 1 year ago
1) What does certainty have to do with atheism? Atheism doesnt entail certainty in anything, it entails a lack of beleive in deity proposed. the same way a buddhist does not beleive in allah.
2) Again, how is this relevent to atheism?
3) Yes i certainly do and have done since my early teens.
ToraJutsu01 1 year ago
Question 3. Do you question the feeling of Love? The feeling of love is a real experience, just like feeling that you sense the presence of god can be a real experience. I got that at a Clapton show once. It sounds like you are implying that somehow proves the existence of god. If you define god as simply a feeling you get rather than the supreme law giver, creator, punisher than I guess thats a pretty benign definition of god.
estragon9 1 year ago
When we get older, we realize that these fairy tales aren't true, and usually before our parents have to tell us. Why can't people realize that the god fairy tale isn't true? Your parents aren't gonna help you out on this one. Just keep lettin' mommy slide a dollar under your pillow case when you lose a tooth and you'll be able to sleep at night.
(PS, Sorry if you guys still believe in santa, easter bunny, and the tooth fairy..didnt really wanna ruin that for you too. those ones are harmless)
panthersfly 1 year ago
A3:Yes I do, and to use your own example, as a teenager, with all of my raging hormones I was very curious and decided to research how love really works. After seeing how hormones and other chemicals can cause your brain to feel "love" and attachment, I decided to try and force myself to love somebody...and it worked.
Something for you-When were young, we're all told about Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny and that they are real. They have magical powers and love everyone equally.
panthersfly 1 year ago
A1: yes, i do believe it is possible. In fact it is likely, but not for the reasons that you would like me to instantly assume. Here is a great article about this:Google search: Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don't - New York Times
A2: "Self" Isn't anything but what you perceive it to be. For example, myself is me to me, because me being me, thats how i perceive it. However myself to you is you because you're you and you cannot say "myself" and be talking about me.
panthersfly 1 year ago
1. all knowledge is tentative. absolute truth does not exist outside of mathematics - maths has no real existence.
2. no idea what the self is. but God is not the self. god, as a concept, is external to the self.
3. i don't expect theists to question all their feelings. i try to question most of mine.
I dont understand what any of these questions have to do with having an atheist philosophy, although the first one leaves room for the existence of a divine being.
StuJee1 1 year ago
1. Indeed it is. However whether that certainty is correct or incorrect is another thing entirely.
Example. I am certain that I am sitting on a chair.
2. Self: An illusion of perception caused by integrating chemical reactions, most likely in the brain, though some research inicates it can be influenced by other neural clusters in the body.
3. Here you have let your own bias show through with the inclusion of the term "skeptically". But yes all feelings should be questioned, repeatedly.
Torquemadia 1 year ago
Answere to all 3 without watching your stupid video
1. Blow me
2. Blow me
3. Blow me (dont forget to milk my prostate)
RunFasterPussycat 1 year ago
Q1: No. 100% certainty is not possible. There are always alternative possibilities which can not be realistically tested or eliminated. However, that does not prevent reasonable assignment of probabilities which are PRACTICALLY 100%. (How sure am I that there isn't a leprechaun in a pink wig on my front porch? 99.99+%)
Q2: I think self is a stream of consciousness formed from a chain of memories and experiences. The key question IMO is "Are you literally the same person you were 10 years ago?"
MrMongoose901 1 year ago
1. It is certain that you we will all die.
2. Self is your personality and thoughts.
3. Exactly why would you look at your self skeptically if you are the one in love? You already know youre in love. It's not like someone will pop up and say "prove it".
Now none of these have anything to do with whether or not there is an ookah pookah in space, waving a magic wand for us.
AvatarOfAvatar 1 year ago
nice questions, if you care my only problem with religion is the organized institution money grabbing and forceful indoctrination, that's all.
Zralf 1 year ago
1. no, certainty is not possible, for we as creatures have limited capacity when it comes to our senses and our knowledge, therfore we have to make many assumptions
2. my assumption is that the self is structure of matter
3. love is a feeling "caused by chemical reaction", which is a "third-person-view" on the phenomenon which cannot capture every facet of "love". So the same "chemical reaction" can also be experienced from "first-person-view", where it happens to be an overwhelming feeling.
testlauch 1 year ago
1. no, certainty is not possible, for we as creatures have limited capacity when it comes to our senses and our knowledge, therfore we have to make many assumptions
2. my assumption is that the self is structure of matter
3. love is a feeling "caused by chemical reaction", which is a "third-person-view" on the phenomenon which cannot capture every facet of "love". So the same "chemical reaction" can also be experienced from "first-person-view", where it happens to be an overwhelming feeling.
testlauch 1 year ago
1. no, certainty is not possible, for we as creatures have limited capacity when it comes to our senses and our knowledge, therfore we have to make many assumptions
2. my assumption is that the self is structure of matter
3. love is a feeling "caused by chemical reaction", which is a "third-person-view" on the phenomenon which cannot capture every facet of "love". So the same "chemical reaction" can also be experienced from "first-person-view", where it happens to be an overwhelming feeling.
testlauch 1 year ago
1) no. There may be realms beyond which our humans can interact with based on our senses. But we simply dont and CANT knowmabout those realms.
2) our physiology or our brains in particular.
3) Evidence should trump feelings. It is well known that our feelings arent the most rational. From homeopathy to stock market swings to god, evidence beforememotions.
Ramshobraja 1 year ago
Ok.. numbers 1 and 2 I have to read again, but number 3 yes yes no, in that order/
Ryenomite 1 year ago
1) Just as much certainty as a theist. More certainty in many cases.
2) Not a simple enough question and one that deserves different answers from literary, social, psychological and philosophical perspectives.
3) Yes and no. Yes because I try to create a solid foundation of truth to build on. No, because like all humans I am lazy and want to get up in the morning without having an existential crisis. I don't think reasonable skepticism entails hyper-cynicism, anyway.
Eron2828 1 year ago
1: Yes, 1 + 1 = 2, yes, a omnibenevolent, omniscient, omnipotent god cannot exist when bad things happen.
2. Too broad a question to field in even an hour long video. Defining "self" or "consciousness" is next to impossible even for a theist. But to put it simply, brain chemistry, and the combined memories and experiences.
3. Yes I skeptically question my emotions the first time I encounter them in different situations. I don't constantly question whether I love my wife or not.
BusinessIDBAI 1 year ago
1. Math is the only certainty I can think of.
2. The self is a combination of consciousness and instinct unique to an individual.
3. While introspection to some degree can be healthy, to do so on every feeling and emotion one has would only result in neurosis and you would literally be paralyzed in an infinite circle of "why?" reasoning. However, I do question why I stayed with crazy women from old relationships when I should have broken up with them WAY sooner than I did. What was I thinking??
djinnoffire 1 year ago
1. Not sure.
2. I am my Brain.
3. Yes.
:)
matthewtaylorbrown 1 year ago
Now that I have answered these questions. What would your answers be and what role would god play in any of them? And how would you substantiate your claim without the aid of a demonstrably incorrect book?
gargamel6699 1 year ago
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1. No one can be absolutely certain of anything. All one can do is reach a degree of certainty with the current information at hand. It was reasonable to be certain the world was flat, because we didn't have the precise measurement, radius, diameter, rotation, imagery we currently have available to almost everyone.
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gargamel6699 1 year ago
3.Yes. I question my feelings very often. I wonder what makes me look at my son sleeping and just go "awwww" even though I stink of vomit and poo. I frequently questioned if what I felt for my wife was compatibility, love or simply infatuation. I guess what I considered "love" in the emotional scale is basically the impulse to disregard self-preservation over that of the person I love.
In other words. Would I jump in front of a bullet for my son, wife, mother or best friend?
Yes
gargamel6699 1 year ago
2. Although it is a rather vague question, I would say the "self" is individual awareness of each living creature as a separate creature. If you have any instinct of survival, you must have an awareness of self. Or at least an awareness of self-survival.
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gargamel6699 1 year ago
1. Anything is possible, but not always plausible. It's possible for there to be pink unicorns but unlikely to exist. Unfortunately there is not a term for a person who doesn't believe in pink unicorns, so I guess i can be called a "pink unicorn atheist."
2. I am matter, simple as that.
3. I do question everything, the reason i became an atheist. Science has evidence, religion does not. I take the path of knowledge based on evidence, not from a blind belief.
chrisinsocalif 1 year ago
@PostITnoteGUY - Certainty for me is absolute by default. Degrees of it don't make much sense.
MenoftheInfinite 1 year ago
@MenoftheInfinite Yes, one is either certain or uncertain. There are no degrees.
1GodOnlyOne 10 months ago
3) My feelings are observations about myself. It can be a fact that I think I know which emotion I am experiencing, but I am aware I can deceived by that sense as easily as any other. Fortunately, emotions have known physical neurochemical causes, and can be tested for. After a certain number of observations seem to coincide with reality, the certainty increases, though not to absoluteness. Once sufficient certainty is achieved, further testing becomes a waste until reason to doubt is given.
rkyeun 1 year ago
2) I am an arrangement of atoms and molecules and energy states that change over time, and am capable of processing information in much the manner of a computer. I am dependent on my body for the moment because an alternate hardware architecture does not exist to run my consciousness. As such, I consider my body one of the most important pieces of my property. Consciousness is the result of self-prediction, a simulation of the self which can make predictions and observations about the self.
rkyeun 1 year ago
1) There is such a thing as certainty. Suppose I am walking in the park at night, and I see a cat. Now it may turn out that there was in fact no cat, and that my sight has deceived me. Nonetheless, it is and will always remain a fact that I saw a cat. I can state that much at least without implying that my understanding of the universe is correct on that matter, but I am myself the thing which observes, and I can be certain of at least my observations, but not the implications I draw from them.
rkyeun 1 year ago
Love is nothing more than a justification for the hormones released in our bodies to cope with our animal instinct to mate and procreate.
cplagge 1 year ago
1. Yes, but only if you predispose certain things beforehand. For example, I predispose that the universe we live in actually exists, and isn't just a creation of my mind, and therefore, I believe that the laws of the universe, gravity and the like, can be described in certainty.
2. The self is our mental cognition. It is the sum of all the chemical reactions that are the functions of our brain.
3. Yes, I do. Had a longer answer, but was running out of space to give it.
Acorafication 1 year ago
First of all, why don't you explain how pasta could run faster than bacteria and fish in the great flood?
Palangkaraya2008 1 year ago
1. No. I believe both existence and reality fluctuate according to the experience of the observer.
2. The 'reflection' in 4 dimensional spacetime (at least) of everything in the external universe, i.e. the internal.
3. As a human I am subject to the same psychological 'misfirings' as any other human, I think a human without the niggling voice in the background that 'maybe there is a god' is a more evolved human than me. But I see it as intellectual to be able to overcome these tendencies. FSM!
helikaon1988 1 year ago
1. At least one aspect of reality absolutely cannot be doubted and is therefore certain; that I exist.
2. The self is a description of self-awareness from the perspective of a self-aware, sentient organism as it applies to said organism.
3. I skeptically question everything. Yes, including love. I define love as a decision to commit one's self to another person. The feeling of being "in love", I would argue, is in fact a feeling of strong infatuation.
You'd like Descartes btw.
jeloopa 1 year ago
3) Well, I understand that Love is a product of brain chemistry and biological necessity. I don't think that cheapens it, however. I can understand the practical reality, and still allow myself to be held by it.
2MassEffect2 1 year ago
2) "The Self" is the symbiotic collection of cells, tissues and organs which comprise the human organism. I would also consider the stored memories and impulses to be part of "The Self". To me, "The Self" is the sum of all your biological hardware and software.
2MassEffect2 1 year ago
1) There is such thing as "justifiable certainty". For example, I am justifiably certain that I am mortal. There is a finite limit on my existence before my tissues fail and my body becomes inviable. But yes, we could all be in The Matrix.
2MassEffect2 1 year ago
These questions aren't even worth answering come back when you have done something worthwile.
sofiadragon1979 1 year ago
@sofiadragon1979 - That's just code for "I can't answer them".
MenoftheInfinite 1 year ago 2
@MenoftheInfinite No that is code for get a life & come up w/ some real answers 'cause you have no life so why don't you pull your bible out of your ass & get a real life.
sofiadragon1979 1 year ago
@sofiadragon1979 - I'm an atheist so I have little to no need of the Bible.
MenoftheInfinite 1 year ago
@MenoftheInfinite Well that is kind of a redundent statment w/ the video that you have hear.
sofiadragon1979 1 year ago
@sofiadragon1979 - I don't see how. Do you imagine atheists can't ask each other philosophically relevant questions? Seems to me it makes for a much more interesting discourse than talking to theists.
MenoftheInfinite 1 year ago
@MenoftheInfinite It isn't the point of the qurestion it is how you go about asking the question & also your attitude to others & frankly your attitude sucks & your questions aren't all that philisofical @ all, & I am done dealing w/ your childishness so please leave me be I don't want to wallow in your idiocy any longer good by.
sofiadragon1979 1 year ago
@sofiadragon1979 - It's "philosophical".
MenoftheInfinite 1 year ago
Answer One: There is only one. Existence exists because non-existence cannot, by definition, exist. If non-existence cannot exist then existence must be eternal.
Answer Two: The self is a combination of physical processes that are construed subjectively.
Answer Three: Yes.
Insomniac618 1 year ago
that dude has the smallest pen0r ever
LedusZeppelinus 1 year ago
1.death is certain. life is not.
2 could be a combination of things. could be nothing but still seems to be our everything
3 if we didnt question things that we felt we could get hurt, like if i was to touch this red, heated cast iron then no doubt would i be in pain, but if i possibly questioned myself to instead of just immediately touching it i experiment.
ryanireland187 1 year ago
Yes.
Senses are reliable
Emotions are personal.
MarxIzalias 1 year ago
1. How could I deny that I am here or that I exist? Either I fail to comprehend your question or it is pointless. I think therefore I am. Feel free to spell it out for me.
2. The self is simply the differences that make me me instead of a clone of all the others. It is genetic variability manifest in personality.
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sweetmonkeylove1 1 year ago
@sweetmonkeylove1 3. That question is a trap I will not fall into. Love is chemistry. We evolved it out of necessity to survive as a family unit because for all our dominance of this planet our young are frail at first and emotions like love allowed us to remain as a group in order to survive. Love of god is not a necessity for survival of the species. Probably detriment in fact.
sweetmonkeylove1 1 year ago
1) Yes, my own existence (how is that relevant to atheism)
2) The most accurate (though misleading, if you don't understand the intricacies of the philosophy behind it) is that it's an illusion. However, once again, I don't se ehow thisis relevant.
3) No. I take it you are comparing feeling love to feeling god or something, as otherwise this is meaningless. However, feeling an emotion is self-verifying (it's a feeling), 'feeling' God proves nothing.
Xocists 1 year ago
1)Ontology. A waste of time.
I am..... is a truth. It matters not what anyone else thinks. I know I am. You may say "But you can't prove it!" but ontologically / logically, that argument doesn't matter in the slightest. I am.
Further, I can provide evidence, and a more or less logical explanation of it.
2) Self... is a distillation of the need to consume certain things. Primarily, self was mostly preocupied with survival. In our case, self has grown powerful enough to wander, and ponder.
L00NGB00W 1 year ago
Dang... 500 chars...
3) Yes.
L00NGB00W 1 year ago
You say you're only going to ask 3 questions because that's all that can be addressed in the 10 minute limit. The video is only 2:24...come on man.
TheHigherVoltage 1 year ago
@TheHigherVoltage - I was thinking of people's answers, not my questions.
MenoftheInfinite 1 year ago
I don't believe in reality. I don't care that much these questions because it seems to be a waste of time.
tubetib 1 year ago
@tubetib - You don't believe in reality? What does that mean, exactly?
MenoftheInfinite 1 year ago
1. I feel certain that I will die 1 day (hopefully 80 or so years from now but no sooner). There are some absoultes but not many. Even things like the sun will rise tomorrow, would be wrong to make such a certain claim. You say it is ver ylikey 99.9999999% to but not certain.
2. Self is me. Self to me and self to you I would assume are different as we are each different people. No 2 selfs would be alike
3.I think my answer to 1 gives you the kind of thing I feel deserve absoult answers.
thepunictrader 1 year ago
1. The only thing I can hold with 100% certainty, is my own awareness of consciousness. I know my consciousness exist b/c I can acknowledge it :).
Do I acknowledge god is a possibility, sure. Do I feel their is enough legitimacy behind me believing in his existence in this point in time, nope.
2. I admit, I'm not sure how to answer that.
3. Absolutely, just not all the time though.
ashunga543 1 year ago
the questions are philosophy not science but
1 science is not certian but i am that science is right
2 i am made up of matter and that is me
3 love is not real feelings are not real its biologic for example religion is a biologic misconseption in the mind
awsomemotherfucker 1 year ago
1. No. I have no absolute certainty of anything. I am willing to hear at any moment any kind of truth that is IMPOSSIBLE to be disproved. No human should have an absolute certainty of anything, because we don't know everything. Ex. there is always the possibility of a new element being discovered, rewriting physics.
2. from a jungian artist: the self is an operator that controls the responses of whatever is being operated. the self is also a way for connecting with the collective unconscious...
scratchmaster101 1 year ago
... the operator may or may not be comprised of DNA, depending on how you look at identical twins.
3. Yes, of course I do, because it would be foolish of someone to not think twice about their opinion.
NOTE: I am an atheist, but try not to lord it over people, and am willing to accept that modern science is simply an educated guess, based on very small samples.
scratchmaster101 1 year ago
The one minute setup is tedious. But anyway...
1. No, and it is for that reason that religion, which claims certainty in all facets of life, fails.
2. A purely philosophical question. Is any answer relevant to theism vs. atheism?
3. Yes. And I wouldn't expect less from anyone.
MrvlZmb 1 year ago
1. Yes, I can say with 100% certainty that the earth is not 6000 years old.
2. I honestly don`t know.
3. Yes i question love as it can be extremely dangerous (for example the followers of jim jones loved him so much they killed their children and themselves).
cartoonhead5 1 year ago
1. No, science can't say with 100% certainty that gravity will not turn off tomorrow.
2. The interactions of my neurons make me me.
3. Yes I question emotions in the sense that I see material causes for them, they are a result of stimuli to electrical and chemical processes in my brain. I understand that love isn't some mystical thing that just magically happens.
jsmall10671 1 year ago
1) there can be absolute certainty. for instance im certain that gravity exists. im certain that the temperature of a solution affects the solubility of salts, etc.
but apart from the scientific basics, there is no 100% certainty.
2) well its a person duh. its the body. and the brain. and thats it.
3) i dont expect theists to question their feelings. but i sure do. i try to be a rational human being and part of that is to examine my irrational side.
GuerNuclaire 1 year ago
1. Not absolute certainty. I believe that I could be wrong about anything, and that I'm not one hundred percent right about any one thing I hold to be true.
2. That's a tough philosophical question! Good one! Hmmm... I would say that I can't define 'self' because any definition I come up with in my head uses the word 'I' or 'my'. It's like trying to prove that you aren't me. Can you do it?
3. I try to. I always say "The mind directs, the emotions power." I choose to love, and let my love go.
FiverBeyond 2 years ago
rkyeun ,perhaps you have not read the QURAN,it's infront of u..go buddy..read this..read the proper translation,judge it with u'r own logic..then challange me. u'r concept of all-knowing,all-powerful is wrong..the answer is given in QURAN
MrREZWAN 2 years ago
Certainty - I think therefore I am is about it. Even if you accept the existence of the physical world the nature of memory and perception exclude certainty. Also physical measurements are inherently uncertain due to the restrictions on the tools that you are using to take any measurements.
My self is my brain working. The function of the heart is to pump blood the function of the brain is the self.
Questioning: Yes to all those examples and more. There is, of course a pragmatic limit.
Omniwoof 2 years ago
Is it so hard to understand that atheists can't believe in something they can't see, hear or feel? I'm so sick of hateful christians "challenging" atheists.
Oyhus 2 years ago
I'm an atheist, so I presume these comments aren't aimed at me...
MenoftheInfinite 2 years ago
In that case they aren't, I guess=P
@mrconradhoppe: Love is something everyone has, either for family, a random person, a pet or anything. God is something a limited number of people can FEEL, and they usuall do after a horrible loss or event in their life, or just through brainwashing like the Westboro baptist church. They feel god as much as every other christian.
Oyhus 2 years ago
certainty: no, i don't think it exists other than in the minds of fundamentalists and fanatics.
self : i exist, but my normal concept of myself as a thing discreet from the world/universe is an illusion.
Do i question my own emotions, such as love, in the same manner i expect others to? yes. In fact, I have higher expectations of myself in this regard than i have of others
johntheother 2 years ago
3. Theists are asked to question thier beliefs not thier feelings. Feelings are an emotional response to something, a belief is a dedication and is never really set in stone.
piemakesmelol 2 years ago
2. The self is the essence, emotions, memories and opinions of a particular individual that are unlike anyone elses.
piemakesmelol 2 years ago
1. To some extent. If the idea is somewhat plausible I will certainlyconsider it and if theres enough evidence for it then I can openly say it is correct. This is why christianity is completley wrong to me. Because there is no evidence and yet it still treated as fact.
piemakesmelol 2 years ago
3) Not always. The first time I have an experience I question it rather thoroughly, and less thoroughly as it becomes more valid and reproducible. Eventually I stop questioning it and just assume it true until it starts to become a problem.
rkyeun 2 years ago
2) The self is the range of perceptions, memories, and experiences I have as belonging to me. I don't have any of your memories or senses, so none of those are my self.
rkyeun 2 years ago