Is religion rationalistic?

[Gregory]

Rationalism believes in Lamarckism. Rationalism believes iñ the Àbsolute. It sounds like a religion to me.

[Baruch]

Rationalism believes in Lamarckism. Rationalism believes iñ the Àbsolute. It sounds like a religion to me.

Why is rationalism limited to Lamarkism?  Why not include Darwinism as rationalist?  I think you are confusing Euclidean geometry with biology.

[Gregory]

Rationalism is not limited by anything but the Àbsolute. Rationalism is a philosophy, not a science.

[Gregory]

Richard Dawkins is a nincompoop.

[Baruch]

Richard Dawkins is a nincompoop.

As a biologist, he may have studied poop ;-)

[Baruch]

Rationalism is not limited by anything but the Àbsolute. Rationalism is a philosophy, not a science.

Are you speaking of pure logic?  Then it isn't philosophy, which is more general, and philosophy is an art, not a science.

Which absolute?  Are you aware that in general, the law of non-contradiction (A or not A, but not both) is wrong?  Because pure logic extends beyond binary.

[Gregory]

Are you speaking of pure logic?  Then it isn't philosophy, which is more general, and philosophy is an art, not a science.

Which absolute?  Are you aware that in general, the law of non-contradiction (A or not A, but not both) is wrong?  Because pure logic extends beyond binary.

The Absolute is whatever you want it to be.

[Gregory]

Rationalists don't know when to just die.

[Baruch]

The Absolute is whatever you want it to be.

You must be Dischordian ;-)

[Baruch]

Rationalists don't know when to just die.

Like old soldiers, they just fade away into the smoke of their own implicit contradictions.