Not to mention the destructive nihilism of post modernism. (I'm not a fan of modernism, but it was at least groundeevin reality.)
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I get that. Any philiosophical belief system that overlaps with nihilism always (or usually) ends with the destruction of the believer's own moral values. I won't deny it, I was a tad bit like this for quite a while after I was discharged 🤷♂️. People really shouldn't follow a set system of beliefs, imho. I've been doing bloody well fine just doing what I believe to be both morally and practically correct all these years.
I will disagree since I believe in absolute Truth. Anything else is bound for destruction.
I've gotta agree with Beave on this one.
I heard this argument from experimental astronomer Brian Keating recently on why he practices Judaism even though he maintains an agnosticism about the existence of God:
Keating talks about how religions distill accumulated wisdom from thousands of years of human experience, and provide a moral touchstone against which we can measure ourselves. It is the height of hubris to think that, as a lone individual, I can replace those innumerable generations' worth of moral thought.
That's part of it, but, why not just believe at that point. 😤