We already know Christianity is intolerant of the truth. These boards prove that. What's your point, had an unexpected rational thought sneak into your brain?GiantMan said:Always remember that when it comes to personal relationships, tolerance is a virtue; but when it comes to truth, tolerance is a travesty.
Factfinder said:What is the meaning of life? I tend to agree with you, there isn't any explicit meaning of life. When we study animal behavior and biology life seems to have an inadvertent goal to it and that is to live, resist death and procreate. And of course that's just me applying the concept of goals to life. The driving force behind said alleged goals do tend to apparently disclose purpose in some lives like the possum for instance. Routinely called the forest's cleaning service, their ability to resist rabies and bacterial diseases when found in decaying flesh benefits other species who aren't dead or infected. As they 'clean' the forest when they feast. The overall evolution of an environment that supports life even in the individual dying of life forms. That's what we are tempted to label as 'purpose'.
Is mathematics discovered or invented? Yes. Linier time existed so the days and nights tallied up as time passed before we invented measurements of time and numerals representing the measurements. Of course days and nights were discovered as we observed them and realized they were predictable and not random events. Oh, I'm the worst when it comes to people explaining mathematical formulas and equations. LOL
Does god exist? No. At least not as any concepts imagined in the known universe so far. In our query for answers to hard questions what answers we have found only lead to natural phenomenon.
Do intrinsic moral imperatives exist? Tough one but in the end they are subjective in societal settings and individually it completely depends on what the individual will justify in any given circumstances. A society may deem theft immoral but and a starving individual may see his plight more immoral than stealing bread from a merchant. Circular but not necessarily wrong as it is thought to be an injustice when food is actually plentiful. Can go on about differing societies, religious sects and so on but in the end, no intrinsic moral imperatives do not exist though created ones do.
1. Two things. Just because we may not have found a practical reason to discuss these things even if it's with sophistry, it doesn't mean it won't ever lead to practicality at some point. And number two, It's a great way to pass the time away in a bar so maybe that's the practicality you're looking for.
2. It can be a little bit of both. You can be missing a vital piece of information and/or they can just be posturing. We can define discussing these things as useless but at the same time it does fulfill our natural societal existence we developed into as we are not a solitary species by definition.
All just my opinions of course.