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derstarkerwille OP t1_j6sptzt wrote

Reply to comment by ArisThotHole in How Artificial Intelligence Will Help Find Your Purpose by derstarkerwille

The way I see it, I am not writing for people who are religious. Many of my future articles are based off the idea of not believing in a God, because it is rooted in existentialism. So even though I can play it safe, the people that turn away from the article are going to be people who aren't likely to stick around anyways.

Some of my arguments are simply not going to make sense if you are religious.

That being said, I am always open for a discussion on religion. I am not an atheist and I used to be a strict follower of religion for several decades of my life.

I will still be more tactful in my wording however in the future. Thanks for the input.

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jliat t1_j6wbrs9 wrote

> Many of my future articles are based off the idea of not believing in a God, because it is rooted in existentialism.

Are you aware that there was a number of Christian Existentialists?

An amusing idea is that AI chews at Gödel's ontological proof of God, and comes up with a "Yep!".

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derstarkerwille OP t1_j7065tv wrote

>Are you aware that there was a number of Christian Existentialists?

Yes, but a good majority of them don't because many believe in Sartre's motto of "existence precedes essence".

I don't think Godel's ontological proof of God makes any sense.

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jliat t1_j70xa9u wrote

> I don't think Godel's ontological proof of God makes any sense.

On what basis?

> but a good majority of them don't because many believe in Sartre's motto of "existence precedes essence".

"The idea originates from a speech by F. W. J. Schelling delivered in December 1841.[4] Søren Kierkegaard was present at this occasion and the idea can be found in Kierkegaard's works in the 19th century,"

Both Christians, and theists.

Sartre latter believed in Communism and Maoism. A central idea in many religions is that mankind was given free will by the creator. If you like our essence is a freedom.

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