God as the hidden basis to our knowledge.
May 28, 2012 at 10:20 pm
(This post was last modified: May 28, 2012 at 10:22 pm by Mystic.)
Something I've been thinking about is how our knowledge of things are unified.
When we see something beautiful, we have an opinion that is beautiful. If it's not beautiful to everyone, we at least experience beauty.
When we see something great, we also have an opinion that is great. But what is the basis to this perception?
Is it just a feeling that is not based on any reality? Is it without basis.
What I mean by "hidden", is that it's not really thought about, and it's only when you really think about it, you realize that God is the hidden basis behind our knowledge of everything.
I've seen Atheist make jokes about when people talk about God being the beauty in a sunset, the eloquence of a good poem, the love of the mother for it's child...but when people say things like that, what they mean, really is that God is the basis of the experience of beauty, honor, eloquence, goodness, holiness, greatness and glory in all these things, and this not a far of truth.
When we see honorable character, we see beauty and glory in that, but what is the basis of this perception?
What seems to the basis of it, is that is underlying eternal reality. Why must it be eternal. I will give you a thought experiment.
Imagine the Creator was neither beautiful, nor glorious, nor morally good. Is it possible then the Creator creates beauty, greatness, and moral goodness. The answer when thought about it, is obviously no.
It's not possible? Why is that? Because we know these things by their nature are eternal. We know it's not possible for these things not to have existed and then God creates them. The famous Euthyphro dilemma doesn't prove we don't need God for morality contrary to Atheist claims, it actually shows that it must be eternal or else would be arbitrary.
But what is that eternal reality? It's of course ultimate beauty, ultimate glory, ultimate greatness.
The nature of these things is not that they are something that could just came about. It's something that must have always been.
When we see something beautiful, we have an opinion that is beautiful. If it's not beautiful to everyone, we at least experience beauty.
When we see something great, we also have an opinion that is great. But what is the basis to this perception?
Is it just a feeling that is not based on any reality? Is it without basis.
What I mean by "hidden", is that it's not really thought about, and it's only when you really think about it, you realize that God is the hidden basis behind our knowledge of everything.
I've seen Atheist make jokes about when people talk about God being the beauty in a sunset, the eloquence of a good poem, the love of the mother for it's child...but when people say things like that, what they mean, really is that God is the basis of the experience of beauty, honor, eloquence, goodness, holiness, greatness and glory in all these things, and this not a far of truth.
When we see honorable character, we see beauty and glory in that, but what is the basis of this perception?
What seems to the basis of it, is that is underlying eternal reality. Why must it be eternal. I will give you a thought experiment.
Imagine the Creator was neither beautiful, nor glorious, nor morally good. Is it possible then the Creator creates beauty, greatness, and moral goodness. The answer when thought about it, is obviously no.
It's not possible? Why is that? Because we know these things by their nature are eternal. We know it's not possible for these things not to have existed and then God creates them. The famous Euthyphro dilemma doesn't prove we don't need God for morality contrary to Atheist claims, it actually shows that it must be eternal or else would be arbitrary.
But what is that eternal reality? It's of course ultimate beauty, ultimate glory, ultimate greatness.
The nature of these things is not that they are something that could just came about. It's something that must have always been.
