RE: How can Christians not admit Christianity is all a pile of garbage when ...?
February 17, 2012 at 9:07 pm
(February 17, 2012 at 4:17 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote: Define "metaphysical" and how Bible stories would inform me of it please.
Then define "epistemological" and how the Bible stories would expand on my understanding of truth, belief and justification.
I would also be intrigued to learn how taking the Bible literally could ever lead to a sane world view.
Hello Raphiel Drake, I don't believe we've had any sort of exchange as of yet, nice to make your acquaintance!
Here are the definitions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
The terms themselves, however, don't really convey what I'm talking about unless you add the modifier "imagination" as I did in my post. I'm not using the term "imagination" in a childish way, but as it has been used in contemporary philosophy to convey the unique creative impulse and way of proceeding that each person has. It's a post-postmodern adaptation of the phrase "worldview" that has typically been used, but which failed to communicate the artistry of the human psyche. I was basically just saying that the stories of people throughout history reflecting solemnly on a mystical world and divine being that they encounter, as well as how they struggle to find a way of life and relation can teach us something about how we live and think now. It's the translatability of art through time.
As far as translating the Bible literally goes, I was saying that doing so was insane. It's not a constitution; it's not something that can be read literally. So reading it literally doesn't lead to a sane "worldview".
Some very apt questions to be sure, hope I was able to clarify.
