(May 14, 2012 at 6:12 am)Logic Wrote: I do not reject atheism; I see it as one way of looking at things. It is blatantly obvious to me that there is not one single universal truth that applies to everybody.
Gravity disagrees.
Quote:For me, at present, Christianity makes more sense of the world than any other perceptual framework. Maybe I will change my position in the future, but at present, this is what makes the most sense to me.
At least you are maintaining an open mind.
Quote: Furthermore, Christianity clearly has the power to transform the lives of people for the better. Therefore, one must make a decision and decide if real subjective experience from an existential perspective is more important than relying on conceptual/empirical observations of reality (which I find with pure science/atheism), and I believe it is.
I mentioned that, it may be preferable, but this has no meaning in terms of truth content.
Quote:I have come to the conclusion that unconditional love is the key to everything. Explaining emotions by immensely complex neural biochemical reactions in the brain does not even come close to the profound subjective experience of such. For certain things in life, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
I think we could argue the point Christianity reflects unconditional love quite strongly.
Effectively, your paragraph states that Illusions are greater than Reality.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
