I think his view is consonant with Nietzsche’s, that the truth isn’t necessarily what is good for us, and may require careful packaging.
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Replying to @wellydog67 @GodDoesnt and
No, he's deliberately obscuring the definition of truth so he can cash out his beliefs about God and his chosen moral framework.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @GodDoesnt and
Indeed. He may be suggesting that in the real world there are more important things than true belief.
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Replying to @wellydog67 @GodDoesnt and
No, he's simply redefining the term truth. We have a word for this fallacy. It's called equivocation.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @GodDoesnt and
His goal may not be to describe reality, but to facilitate the enrichment of life.
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Replying to @wellydog67 @GodDoesnt and
And he could do that without using fallacy. He wants to argue his religious and moral faiths are "true."
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @GodDoesnt and
Suppose that humans need mythology or other delusive systems (like morality) to survive and prosper? Is it then useful to debunk them?
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Replying to @wellydog67 @Intrinsic29 and
Just say what they are. Don't need to mix them up with truth to benefit psychologically from them.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29 and
Really? How many people would risk life or even wealth for a morality which they know is subjective?
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It's not really. It's human with various interpretations. We can't help having consistent moral emotions and impulses.
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