Rufoid

Aristotle's proof of God is fascinating.

So not an experiment? Then I don't know what.

No, you insulted me by not coming up with better answer.

It appears to be a person wanting to explore an argument, but the insults come out of nowhere. And the support for reason being the source of morals j...

Cool. I'm just curious what this thread really is. Psychology experiment?

Lovely.

Partly aesthetic and partly directly personal?

You are asserting that reason is the source of moral prescriptions with no argument to support it.

Why do you embrace Christianity?

How then does it make sense to choose one path of belief over another?

You are asserting that reason is the source of moral prescriptions with no argument to support it.

You are asserting that reason is the source of moral prescriptions with no argument to support it.

Science has an irrational foundation. Is that what you mean? We're all irrational at base?

You are asserting that reason is the source of moral prescriptions with no argument to support it.

Your argument suffers from the bare assertion fallacy.

I don't use the word "god" to pick out anything in the universe. I agree we don't have the universe figured out.

And you're saying that if reason values something, it is necessarily morally valuable? Why?

If moral values have to be held by someone other than you, why not just point to the community you're a part of?

It's a hypothetical. If I think I have a good reason for following bird omens, aren't my actions rational?

I don't think he specified. I could probably link to the debate if you want to see it, but that was just what spurred my question about irrational bel...

If I was unconsciously biased in favor of my method, how does that bear on the rationality of my beliefs?

What's the difference?

The research showed that 96% of the time, my decisions were awesome. Therefore it's rational?

Sorry about that. I dont make decisions using bird omens. I was listening to an intelligence squared debate about whether science refutes God. One pro...

The bird is a sign. We use signs all the time. If it's cloudy, I take it as a sign that it might rain. I don't have to understand what clouds are or h...

Just exploring what it means to hold a belief irrationally.

As long as an approach is effective and non-contradictory, it could be called rational?

But suppose I learned this superstition from a community of white magic practitioners (it used to be common). It's been scrutinized. Is it rational no...

Is it rational to believe you won't fall into a fiery pit? I was trying to evoke a superstitious belief. There is such a thing as using birds as omens...