RE: God and the dilemma with unfalsifiability
August 25, 2017 at 10:49 am
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2017 at 10:51 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Who is god to demand anything from you?
We see things differently, you and I. I see divine hiddenness as a pro, not a problem, for religious traditions. It draws a paralel between the divine and human experience and contextualizes our anguish in those instances where we cry out to heaven - and are treated to deafening silence. Without that device, the narratives would be entirely uncompelling. They wopuld be stories of wishgranting djinn who answer when we call...and at that point, no one could avoid the realization that despite the contents of the narrative, the gods don't pick up the phone in our lives.
They would lose their ability to hold our imaginations..and with that, any ability to smuggle in meaningful and rich expositions on the human condition between the divine margins - or even more simply, to get us through one moment of boredom by telling a clever tale.
We see things differently, you and I. I see divine hiddenness as a pro, not a problem, for religious traditions. It draws a paralel between the divine and human experience and contextualizes our anguish in those instances where we cry out to heaven - and are treated to deafening silence. Without that device, the narratives would be entirely uncompelling. They wopuld be stories of wishgranting djinn who answer when we call...and at that point, no one could avoid the realization that despite the contents of the narrative, the gods don't pick up the phone in our lives.
They would lose their ability to hold our imaginations..and with that, any ability to smuggle in meaningful and rich expositions on the human condition between the divine margins - or even more simply, to get us through one moment of boredom by telling a clever tale.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!