RE: Fundamental Arrogance in Christianity
February 20, 2017 at 1:37 am
(This post was last modified: February 20, 2017 at 1:40 am by Kernel Sohcahtoa.)
Hello Odoital77. I appreciate the thoughtful response to the op. If I may, I have some questions for you.
I appreciate and respect that this is representative of your views/beliefs. However, out of curiosity, is this an actual explanation? Could it possibly be seen as the product of a human tendency to prescribe causal agency to complex matters that we currently have no answers to? Furthermore, by ascribing the beginning of the universe to a supreme mind/intelligence, deity, and etc, then is humanity ultimately inhibiting the growth in thought/knowledge that is requisite to answer complex questions pertaining to matters that we do not understand, such as the meaning of humanity's existence, the nature of reality, and etc?
If such a life-form existed, then would the morality connected with it be completely objective or non-consequential? Is it possible that it also needs to make use of various consequentialist ethical approaches in order to know what, when, and how to create/design stuff, especially if its creations will affect reality and the various forms of life in it? Is it possible that this lifeform still needs to rely on some degree of ethical subjectivity?
With that said, thanks for your time and attention. Live long and prosper, Odoital77.
Odoital77 Wrote:I agree, Christians must be ready to provide reasons for belief. I think the existence of a supreme mind or intelligence is obvious from what exists. I also think that the existence of such a being is the best explanation for the beginning of the Universe and its contents.
I appreciate and respect that this is representative of your views/beliefs. However, out of curiosity, is this an actual explanation? Could it possibly be seen as the product of a human tendency to prescribe causal agency to complex matters that we currently have no answers to? Furthermore, by ascribing the beginning of the universe to a supreme mind/intelligence, deity, and etc, then is humanity ultimately inhibiting the growth in thought/knowledge that is requisite to answer complex questions pertaining to matters that we do not understand, such as the meaning of humanity's existence, the nature of reality, and etc?
Odoital77 Wrote:I also think that the existence of God is the only way to ground true objective morality, which I firmly believe is a rock-solid feature of the world, regardless of our various levels of understanding and wisdom in application.
If such a life-form existed, then would the morality connected with it be completely objective or non-consequential? Is it possible that it also needs to make use of various consequentialist ethical approaches in order to know what, when, and how to create/design stuff, especially if its creations will affect reality and the various forms of life in it? Is it possible that this lifeform still needs to rely on some degree of ethical subjectivity?
With that said, thanks for your time and attention. Live long and prosper, Odoital77.
