Reason was the only tool Descartes, Spinoza and Kant needed to arrive at a consensus God existed. Are you saying philosophy has arrived at an alternative conclusion?
We have learned a good many things about the world around us since their time, and many individuals - far more than in their day - have indeed arrived at an alternate conclusion.
It may take faith to believe in Moses, Mohammed or Jesus but not God.
Possibly, possibly not. Different lines of reasoning can provide very different conclusions, and no physical evidence is available to support either conclusion. In any event, it really doesn't matter. We don't know if there is a God or not, some believe that there is and some believe that there is not. What is absolutely certain, though, is that if there is a God, we have no way to know what, if anything, that God wants or expects from us. When it comes to practical issues of human conduct, therefore, we must decide for ourselves what is or is not acceptable. The existence of God is for philosophers to quibble over; whatever conclusions they reach, the rules for human conduct will still be subjective, fallible, and decided entirely by human beings.
There has been no new evidence to support a shift in this consensus and there never will be.
Foretelling the future now, are we? The average prophet?
What do you think your beloved Ayn Rand would have to say about that conclusion? |
