RE: God and the dilemma with unfalsifiability
September 13, 2017 at 5:36 am
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2017 at 5:43 am by OYSTERPRICK.)
(August 25, 2017 at 10:44 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Who am I to demand anything from God? But yeah, divine hiddenness is probably one of the more difficult theological problems. I guess the question in my mind is whether the things that are evident about the world give me sufficient reason to believe. I don't require certainty and maybe a fair amount of uncertainty is what makes it a true choice about whether or not to believe.
Theology is an interesting exercise.
Give unbelievable, crazy explanations, so absurd that as saint Augustin suggested, it will be believed.
Theolgy constantly adjusts the answer to make it acceptable in spite of science progress, and scientific proof of the absurdity of sacred texts.
Wandering in a vast forest at night, I have only a faint light to guide me. A stranger appears and says to me: "My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly." This stranger is a theologian. Diderot
(September 13, 2017 at 5:36 am)OYSTERPRICK Wrote:(August 25, 2017 at 10:44 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Who am I to demand anything from God? But yeah, divine hiddenness is probably one of the more difficult theological problems. I guess the question in my mind is whether the things that are evident about the world give me sufficient reason to believe. I don't require certainty and maybe a fair amount of uncertainty is what makes it a true choice about whether or not to believe.
Theology is an interesting exercise.
Give unbelievable, crazy explanations, so absurd that as saint Augustin suggested, it will be believed.
Theolgy constantly adjusts the answer to make it acceptable in spite of science progress, and scientific proof of the absurdity of sacred texts.
Wandering in a vast forest at night, I have only a faint light to guide me. A stranger appears and says to me: "My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly." This stranger is a theologian. Diderot