12-10-2017, 12:04 PM
Vinny, yeah you're right. I should've said a little more about it at least.
To my mind, naturalism isn't a philosophy I chose because it's really cool, it's just what I see as fact. The only effect is has on my life is that I don't add other philosophies to my worldview. I live the same as most people, except without the occasional mention of a god of some sort.
The way I see most Christians, or most Western people really, is that they're 99% naturalists except "OH YEAH God happened that one time. And I love him and stuff". They live the way I do for the same reasons and with the same motivations. They believe in science. They agree with physics, which is pretty much naturalism. But where it counts, they add the currently prevailing religion.
To my mind, they don't get meaning from God, they get meaning from themselves. You don't play video games to glorify God and give you meaning. You do it because you like fun. You refrain from reckless decisions so you don't have to face the consequences and risk unhappiness, or because you don't want to see others suffer.
To my mind, naturalism isn't a philosophy I chose because it's really cool, it's just what I see as fact. The only effect is has on my life is that I don't add other philosophies to my worldview. I live the same as most people, except without the occasional mention of a god of some sort.
The way I see most Christians, or most Western people really, is that they're 99% naturalists except "OH YEAH God happened that one time. And I love him and stuff". They live the way I do for the same reasons and with the same motivations. They believe in science. They agree with physics, which is pretty much naturalism. But where it counts, they add the currently prevailing religion.
To my mind, they don't get meaning from God, they get meaning from themselves. You don't play video games to glorify God and give you meaning. You do it because you like fun. You refrain from reckless decisions so you don't have to face the consequences and risk unhappiness, or because you don't want to see others suffer.