No, I'm saying that cultural institutions whose metaphysics relies on authority (e.g. God's Will) lead to authoritarian systems (crazy, right?) We should rightly distrust any system that relies on revelation or obedience to an authority that cannot be questioned.
Likewise, any philosophy that does not admit questions, explanations, or predictions (i.e., yours), should not be trusted or relied upon, because beyond the obvious reason that it has no epistemic use, it can be used as a tool by those who wish to wield authority with no accountability. It's one thing I sort of admire about the end-of-the-world loonies (e.g. Harold Camping) who actually predict the date the world will end. At least they're willing to stake their reputations on something that will definitely happen or not happen. So that's something for you to aspire to. On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 1:36 PM 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > <https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Adolf-Hitler-The-Holocaust-Anchor-Chart-WWII-3655787-1518698055/original-3655787-1.jpg> > > > > You are confusing people that have by default the instinct to kill with > the reasons that those people invoke to make their killing instincts noble. > > Long live the scientific ayan race! > > > On Wednesday, 1 May 2019 20:14:39 UTC+3, Terren Suydam wrote: >> >> Because God's Will is a shitty explanation of reality (it explains >> precisely zero), and worse, it's been repeatedly abused throughout history >> to justify all sorts of horrific actions including genocide, torture, >> theft, and so on. >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
