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Post by Elizabeth on Jun 20, 2018 9:33:08 GMT
Ok so this is considered an atheist quote so can atheist help me understand it or do you not agree with it? Because as I see it the first part in the image are both religious people who believe in a God and atheists who believe in no God. And the doubters in the second part are agnosticts. Or did I get it wrong?  Plus, personally I think a belief can unite and separate and so can doubt do the same Shrug |
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Post by DKTrav88 on Jun 20, 2018 18:33:28 GMT
I agree, belief and doubt can both unite and divide.
One can doubt the doubters, believe the believers, doubt the believers, or believe the doubters.
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Post by louco on Apr 3, 2019 15:10:53 GMT
There is no universal belief, that is, a belief held by everyone, with no exceptions.
Therefore, all beliefs create division: those who believe and those who don't.
(Yes beliefs cause union amongst its believers but that is immaterial to the quote).
Each person will not believe in at least one belief.
Therefore, doubt is universal.
Now, to attribute atheistic or agnostic connotation to the quote I would first study the context in which it was produced (is it in a chapter on a book about atheism, for instance). Personally, I see it as just a witful tirade (as most sayings go).
Perhaps more important is for us to recognize the social architecture which arises from the concepts of belief and doubt: a society where ideas compete over minds. This is, perhaps, what people have in mind when they talk about "memes". I find this point of view revealing, because it gives a tool to visualize ideas as a kind of mental viruses, which have some self-replicating properties.
Knowing this, that we are the substrate where ideas grow, we should strive to be as mentally simple as possible, as a matter of epidemiological control.
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