• FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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        8 months ago

        A great example of a religious philosopher was Nietzsche who wrote “God is Dead” as a warning that declining faith could lead to rising immorality. Ironically, his fellow Christians have been failing to understand his message for over a hundred years, because they as a whole lack literacy, or morality.

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        According to philsurvey, 80% of academic philosophers in the anglophone world are. About ten percent are agnostic and ten percent are theists.

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        8 months ago

        No, Kierkegaard, Descartes, Socrates, Einstein, and Yeshua ben Yosef are good examples of theist philosophers.

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            8 months ago

            He had a doctorate of philosophy. Also known as a PhD. All scientists are philosophers. Though if we’re talking about philosophy as sitting in a room and thinking without using any evidence or math (which is untrue), then Einstein’s breakthrough that a constant speed of light requires time dilation certainly counts as a philosophical contribution.