There are 3 main points that you must realize before you can be a successful philosopher.
#1 : Free will is bullshit. #2 : Humanity is stupid. #3 : God is bullshit.
These three keys must not be neglected, otherwise your entire philosophical career will be a bunch of sophism and twisted lies.
Cause is based on force not on volition.
Humanity is obviously retarded.
The universe is an expression of ignorant force, not rotating around the earth in a perfect way. The universe and all life is dieing and breaking down.
These three points should be obvious. But true sanity is a rare thing.
Be careful not to trust stupid humanity or fall deeply in love with it, or it will drag you down into the crapper.
Could our effects not be influenced by volition? Not completely, I wouldn’t think, but to some degree at least.
Would you characterize said force as indifferent as well? Is there an inherent purpose or interest to this force, or is it purely mechanistic and coincidental?
I agree though free will is bs, God is bs, humanity is not stupid on the whole, just misguided by ignorance, but it is often full of self replicating memes and of shit.
Nice turn of phrase. As soon as we accept that this is true, the whole idea of Free Will becomes unimportant, and even nonsensical.
This statement, by the way, is a perfect example of what i would choose as the first step in becoming a successful philosopher - understand the language you are using. Dan~ is such an excellent philosopher in great part for this very reason.
If somebody thought Free Will was an important question, it would be precisely because ‘Will’ is, and has been for hundreds of years, defined in terms of force(s).
Someone is a great philosopher because of how they approach an issue, not necessarily what their conclusion about it is. Dan, your approach to points #1-3 is slightly lacking in that je ne c’est quoi that makes someone great. Faust, you can join him.
I think you could just isolate #2 and then presume #1 and #3 true by default. I try to remember that no matter what I come across that appears brilliant, there’s always stupid waiting in the wings. You gotta make room for both or you’ll go mad.
Just not true. “Free Will” is a religious concept. It’s the dichotomy of God’s will and Man’s will that is the issue, not the question of whether either is a force. We can sin in our hearts (and exert no force upon the world) and still disobey God’s will.
My view is similar or maybe the same - what we call “will” is reckoned “backwards” from the effect, and not from our intentions. We hatch plots about what we want to do while we’re still in the womb, and babies exert “will” before they even know they exist.
Well, Dan~ didn’t say “great”. There’s that language thing, again.
false…when one sins one must use negative energy- even dogs can sense negative energy let alone people and you presume with this false statement that the world does not know when we are sinning? why the world is even more sensitive to negative energy than any entity within the world (it would have to be if not, negative energy would not be able to travel around so that people may sense it)…how do you think a believer such as i can so easily tell when i see an atheist- i can see their lack of aura (your aura shines when you have God’s love- but when you are an atheist one’s aura and happiness seems instead dry and miserable, there is a strict limit to their happiness)…there exists within them a strong lack of love (negative energy)- atheists are a walking example of a constant sinner (they never ask for forgiveness from God because they do not believe in God- so they are literally an example of walking (constant) sin- they are always in sin and are forever incapable of having a pure heart until they lift their denial of God and bow down within their hearts to God- no matter how much they delude themselves into thinking they are happy- in fact it will only in the end torture them more- this is why atheism is the path to suicide- some are simply better at escaping through existential methods from the torture that the atheist belief system itself emulsifies within them- this in fact begets the very purpose for them adopting atheist beliefs in the first place- they do not realize that God is the only one that can save them)
what you have said…
…is an example of one of the many infinite flaws of logic atheists share in order to come to a belief system that denies their own giver of life- God himself that is within them- they live in their own torture because they fight that which gives life to their soul and true love to their children…i feel incredibly horribly sorry for the children of atheist parents- what is happening to those children is a nightmare in of itself.
