RE: What are the Characteristics of a NT Christian?
April 25, 2017 at 10:48 am
(This post was last modified: April 25, 2017 at 10:51 am by Kernel Sohcahtoa.)
Neo-Scholastic Wrote:What would you consider to be an irrational quality of God? During a debate, it doesn't help to invalidate another persons experiences or memories by calling them irrational. The term simply does not apply because memories and perceptions are properly basic*.
First, I apologize if my post came off in a negative way: it was not my intent to use irrational as an insult. For example, due to the fact that I possess emotions, irrationality is simply a part of my being: IMO, the best that I can do is to try and find a constructive balance between emotion and reason. With that said, does god possess emotions? If it does, then would this mean that it is irrational in some aspects, as emotions do not strictly obey logic and reason?
Also, my aim is to engage in a dialog (I've tried to ask more questions and make less statements) here and not a debate. IMO, a debate has the tendency to promote win-lose mentalities, which keeps people from challenging their own starting points and keeps them entrenched in their particular positions; whereas, a dialog allows people to step out of their positions and explore the other's point of view. Hence, I wish to engage in a dialog here, so I apologize if I have come off as contradicting that aim.
Neo-Scholastic Wrote:We reason from faith (or the lacks thereof) and not towards it.
Thank you Neo-Scholastic. I have noticed that you have made this point quite a few times on this board.
If practitioners of theism are to start from faith and reason from it, and god's love is a big part of that faith, then, IMO, it seems that emotion is a big part of that starting point. Hence, as people reason from that starting point, do they carry rational (logic) and irrational (emotional) qualities with them? Is this a "properly basic" attribute of faith?
Thank you for your time and attention, Neo-Scholastic.
