hallo,
I appreciate your homepage very much.
I would like to ask you for opinion about a method of thinking.
The idea is this one:
If you have a question, and you think you cannot answer it, may you change your question to a similar/different one?
For example: Does God exist?
A similar question would be: How would it affect me if I knew that God does exist?
(Example by: Bert Brecht- Stories of Mr. Keuner
The question of whether there is a God
A man asked Mr. K. whether there is a God.
Mr. K. said: “I advise you to consider whether, depending on the answer, your behavior would change. If it would not change, then we can drop the question. If it would change, then I can at least be of help to the extent that I can say, you have already decided: you need a God.”)
I think it means getting a different point of view or a different way to approach towards a question.
What do you think about such a method of thinking? Is it legal or not? Do you think it is a serious way of thinking or is it a trap and may not work?
Thank you very much for your attention.
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