RE: Is nihilism the logical extreme of atheism?
October 7, 2014 at 3:25 pm
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2014 at 3:45 pm by Jenny A.)
(October 7, 2014 at 2:55 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Hi Jenny
My knowledge of God isn't flawed. That knowledge is so far undefeatable and therefore solid. My knowledge is however limited, as we can't know all there is to know about God.
You claim your knowledge of god is unflawed? On what possible basis?
Limitations are flaws.
Quote:We can make decisions based upon this reality being a just one, assuming a just God making it so. We know this reality is unjust. We witness that most days.
If this reality is unjust, it is unjust. Assuming a just god doesn't change it any.
Quote:You and I know what justice would look like. Our perception of reality is shaped by it.
Yes but our perceptions neither match, nor change actual reality.
Quote:You're accusing the mainstream church of having a conflicting understanding of God, where the mainstream church maintains what it decides is a consistent understanding of God, all acknowledging the Nicene creed. You're going to have to be specific and state what exactly you find to be conflicting. We have a few different flavours of mainstream Christians here who could confirm either their connection or disconnection with me.
"We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, the maker of heaven and earth, of things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the begotten of God the Father, the Only-begotten, that is of the essence of the Father.
God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten and not made; of the very same nature of the Father, by Whom all things came into being, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible.
Who for us humanity and for our salvation came down from heaven, was incarnate, was made human, was born perfectly of the holy virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit.
By whom He took body, soul, and mind, and everything that is in man, truly and not in semblance.
He suffered, was crucified, was buried, rose again on the third day, ascended into heaven with the same body, [and] sat at the right hand of the Father.
He is to come with the same body and with the glory of the Father, to judge the living and the dead; of His kingdom there is no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, in the uncreated and the perfect; Who spoke through the Law, prophets, and Gospels; Who came down upon the Jordan, preached through the apostles, and lived in the saints.
We believe also in only One, Universal, Apostolic, and [Holy] Church; in one baptism in repentance, for the remission, and forgiveness of sins; and in the resurrection of the dead, in the everlasting judgement of souls and bodies, and the Kingdom of Heaven and in the everlasting life."
This is what is agreed by most churches. It's very broad. The details are either in depute or so undefined as to be meaningless. Certainly justice is not defined in a useful way.
Quote:Belief shapes our understanding of reality. That applied to everyone.Yes but our beliefs don't shape reality, only our understanding of it.
Quote:Any flawed thinking is simply flawed thinking. It has no bearing on the differing realities perceived either side of justice.Thinking is what describes justice. If it's flawed so is the justice imagined. There are no differing realities, only differing perceptions of reality.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.