I always saw it as a crutch for those who can’t cope with the cruel harshities of life and need to affix meaning and reason to the randomness we live in.
And if they have read them, they use the texts to justify their own actions/lack of action. I went to a jw event where they basically kept saying “look, there are wars and extreme weather events happening, we just need to keep ‘studying’ to get closer to god to save everyone”, stuff like that, and comparing real life to whatever fictional events they have in their books as “proof” that it is real
Program libraries are for people who can’t code themselves
Operating systems are for people who can operate their system themselves
Thought frameworks and books are for people who can’t think and figure out stuff themselves.
We have limited time and capital, so we create abstractions and frameworks and follow them so we can build further. Otherwise, we would still be trying to make tools out of stone because every person had to figure it out for themselves. This is a huge part of what makes humans different from animals like birds and fish.
Averroes agrees but recognizes the vast majority of us simply lack the time, resources, and - primarily - capability to acquire the level of demonstrative proofs which grounds understanding hence the necessity of rhetoric and those brilliant enough to do to lead.
Religion is for people who would rather be told what to do than figure life out themselves.
I always saw it as a crutch for those who can’t cope with the cruel harshities of life and need to affix meaning and reason to the randomness we live in.
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Lol, most religious people have never read a single line of their relevant religious text in their whole life.
And if they have read them, they use the texts to justify their own actions/lack of action. I went to a jw event where they basically kept saying “look, there are wars and extreme weather events happening, we just need to keep ‘studying’ to get closer to god to save everyone”, stuff like that, and comparing real life to whatever fictional events they have in their books as “proof” that it is real
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no, I dont see that. Picking between canned ideas is still consuming canned ideas, but feel free to do that. I’m not here to tell you what to do.
Program libraries are for people who can’t code themselves
Operating systems are for people who can operate their system themselves
Thought frameworks and books are for people who can’t think and figure out stuff themselves.
We have limited time and capital, so we create abstractions and frameworks and follow them so we can build further. Otherwise, we would still be trying to make tools out of stone because every person had to figure it out for themselves. This is a huge part of what makes humans different from animals like birds and fish.
Averroes agrees but recognizes the vast majority of us simply lack the time, resources, and - primarily - capability to acquire the level of demonstrative proofs which grounds understanding hence the necessity of rhetoric and those brilliant enough to do to lead.