RE: reason vs faith vs reality
July 22, 2013 at 1:32 am
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2013 at 1:34 am by Michael Schubert.)
(July 21, 2013 at 9:02 am)wandering soul Wrote: ok in this ongoing debate there is no resolution when the terms are not defined. Even then there will be no resolution because it is being driven by emotion and survival instincts rather than informed comprehension.
First the problem must be addressed from the point of divergence which is not at the point of either reason or faith but of reality. Reality is not, as we always assume, some objective verifiable entity. It is an abstract concept created by the human mind.
Both faith and reason are just mental tools we have constructed to manipulate and create our mental worlds and our realities - yes plural - one size does not fit all. We are all constructing and experiencing different realities based on different data sets, using different mental tools and different methods of construction of reality.
I believe you are confusing paradigms with reality. Paradigms are our mental states that we use to interpret the world around us and what we have grown to understand. Reality, on the other hand, is anything that is objectively real. Rocks, your parents, and anything that you can prove exists is reality.
Yes, reason and faith are definitely mental tools, or social constructions. Everyone has their own sets of logic; some of which are better than others.
