The problem with simulation theory (which includes Christianity) is that if this is not the real world and is some trial or simulation or cosmic video game or whatever, then there really is no way to prove that ANY reality is real. It could be a dream of a dream of a dream ad nauseum. Perhaps God and the Heavenly Kingdom are another simulation of some higher reality beyond that...and so on and so on. So for argument's sake, either this is the real world or there is no real world.
I think THIS reality is real. I was arguing against simulation theory as a useful theory. If it was true, then nothing can be known to be real. The atheistic stance is that this is all there is. There is no other reality outside of this one.
If that were the case, then you could not claim that reality exists or that you exist or that your thoughts exist or that your words mean anything.
That is losing touch with reality.
"Reality exists" is an axiom which cannot be denied.
If you deny it, you are hopelessly lost. And that is no way to live.
The problem with simulation theory (which includes Christianity) is that if this is not the real world and is some trial or simulation or cosmic video game or whatever, then there really is no way to prove that ANY reality is real. It could be a dream of a dream of a dream ad nauseum. Perhaps God and the Heavenly Kingdom are another simulation of some higher reality beyond that...and so on and so on. So for argument's sake, either this is the real world or there is no real world.
The fact that you are responding and participating in this forum proves that YOU don't believe that. If you did, you wouldn't bother.
Your fantasy is just as made-up as any religion.
Therefore, you have no real point. You are just making the same argument that you are arguing against, but from a different angle.
Essentially, you are arguing against yourself.
And that is self-contradictory.
And that means it cannot be true.
And that's why we have to get back to a philosophical root of AXIOMS.
If we cannot rely on axioms as a starting point to understand the world we live in, then there is no understanding of anything.
And that is just a stupid way to live.
I think THIS reality is real. I was arguing against simulation theory as a useful theory. If it was true, then nothing can be known to be real. The atheistic stance is that this is all there is. There is no other reality outside of this one.