Do You Believe In God?

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Then how do you explain anti-depressant medicine for example if you believe that science and emotion do not mix? Those fields of science aren't just profitable enough to draw in the kind of funding required in order for them to progress on the same level as many more practical sciences do. I mean we can't base our understanding of the world around us purely based on how we feel, because our senses are deficient compared to proper measuring instruments for example.

As for more on topic, it's not a matter of believing in something that could exist, but cannot be proven or disproven in any way, because that's just ultimately silly. There are infinite number of things that could exist, yet in no way can we ever say if they do or do not. So how can one seriously think that there is this one thing above all those other possible things?

There's a really good short video on YouTube about this all. It's a metaphor called Teapot Atheism

From the results of this experiment, we can conclude that there is no god.

While I can not say that anti-depressant medicines do not work, I do think that with everything in medicine there is somewhat of a placebo effect, you feel better because you know you are taking a drug that alleviates depression. Again, that's not to say they don't do anything at all, I just believe it helps if you believe they are helping you.

If I came across as saying science and emotion don't mix, I appologise because I believe they do. I just do not believe emotions are quantifiable.

For example if someone who knew absolutely nothing of human emotion came to me and asked "What is euphoria?" I could say that it is the release of certain tryptamines into the brain. This would indeed give them a basic idea, solely because we know what tryptamines do in the human brain. But for them to truly understand euphoria, they'd have to experience it.

As for Teapot Atheism, it is an interesting idea, but I do not know enough personally to discuss it.

I look on God in the same way as I do with aliens, they might be there, but until one knocks on my door & tells me to stick the kettle on, they don't exist.

I like the way you think.