This thing, "But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion" - it's unfalsifiable, rhetorical tosh, & people shouldn't say it!
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@PhilosophyExp But it is falsifiable. Why just this week, I - an atheist motivated by no positive or negative concept of religion - did...
@pintofhemlock That begs the question vis-a-vis the unfalsifiable bit (i.e., that you're a "good" person).
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@PhilosophyExp I guess the simple response is: many motivations lead good people to do evil. We can show they are not religiously based. -
@pintofhemlock Trouble is, that's just not going to get you anywhere, because it's entirely possible to argue that what defines a "good 1/
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@PhilosophyExp good point. But if the implication is good people can never do evil, then doing so is a contradiction - and anything followsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp I don't want the claim to be unfalsifiable because then, while useless rationally, it can be taken up as an article of faithThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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