The Atheist View/Objections, Application Of Reason
I evangelize reason. My second company, LearningFramework, was formed many years ago with that objective. At that time, we didn’t know enough about the process of reason. Maybe we still don’t. Yet, civilization depends upon human-facilitated growth in reason for its longevity. Until now, reason was developed only through suffering (see Buddha). Unfortunately, when civilizations succeed, their participants contribute by completing tasks. Citizens also increase the time they spend in leisure. Yet, while task completion brings value, problem-solving is the basis of merit. Over time, and as task activity grows, the skill to problem-solve (reason) declines. In addition, citizens, in their leisure, grow entitled. As a result, thinking, writ large, evaporates.
Western civilization originally benefitted from Christianity because faith focused the people on objective truth. Objective truth is where value is identified. Yet, it should not be assumed that people will naturally see objective truth. In intellectual immaturity, individuals are self-absorbed. They recognize only their own needs. Yet through God, Christianity kept humanity focused on objective truth. God, specifically, is objective truth. God thereby makes possible innovation. This is why faith is compelling. The problem is that Christianity used its dominance to instead assert authoritarian control over citizens’ morality. Eventually, the people rebelled. Now, Christianity is in steep decline, and atheism is rising. Objective truth is its victim.
Unfortunately, atheists reject even a possibility of a creator. Tragically, this means that they often concurrently reject the premise of objective truth. And this is how civilization is threatened. Without objective truth, there will be no reason. Without reason, problem-solving will collapse. The people will become dysrational (pathologically unable to see objective truth), and civilization could come to an end.
In any event, dysrational people are prone to repetitive arguments. I, therefore, organized my atheist responses so that I might reply to them all. It is critically important to respond to them. Twitter is a Tower of Babel of thinking. Very little reason occurs. As a result, debates do not usually converge. But it is important to get the word out. It is important to rebut.
I think reflexive atheism may be the father of most dysrationality. Yet, organized religion may have precipitated it all. Civilization could now find itself between a “rock and a hard spot” — between authoritarian faith and no objective truth. There is a way, but religion and “no objective truth” is not that path.
Twitter Responses According To Atheist Argument
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