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For sure.I would never say such a thing because there is much about it that is false.
And it's fictional.
For sure.
And if you said "there is truth in Moby Dick", I would actually agree.
What is true/truth to you as a human being? How do you see what is true or truth in your life? Some people say that facts are true if they are only testable with tools and human senses.
Is Jesus Christ really the truth to you, and if not, why?
That is at least partially correct. Truth has to do with what is verifiable through a rational process based on one's experiences as a human being.
No, because I have no rational reason to believe that Jesus Christ even exists.
However, I certainly believe that the universe exists, and that is the standard of truth for me.
eudaimonia,
Mark
I'm reading a book called the Language of God by Frances Collins. In it he stated "I practiced a thought and behavior pattern of 'willful blindness' referred to by the noted scholar and writer CS Lewis." CS Lewis was also an atheist who had converted to Christianity. Willful blindness he termed as anyone who willfully ignored the call to a higher spiritual authority.
I think we as human beings all go through this. I sometimes wonder if saying I need a rational reason for not believing is also being willfully blind. I don't know how a person can't see the spiritual side to things as if we only live in one dimension of physical matter alone. I don't know. I suspect that everyone who has those deep moments of what's out there also goes through periods of willful blindness as sometimes this great universe we exist in is terrifyingly big to our human senses.
How can one be willfully blind if they are seeking some rational reason, logic or evidence before they choose to believe in something? If someone choose to be willfully blind to available evidence that may go against a certain belief and they decide to believe anyway, wouldn't that be more like willful blindness?
You see, you state you can't understand how people don't believe like you and they don't believe in something that requires faith without any evidence to support it. The human mind and psychology play a large role in choosing to believe in things you can't see or produce evidence to support, so maybe, people who choose to believe in certain things, have a psychological need and predisposition to do so.
That is where the psychology comes in and the defense mechanisms that have developed to protect their faith.
How can one be willfully blind if they are seeking some rational reason, logic or evidence before they choose to believe in something? If someone choose to be willfully blind to available evidence that may go against a certain belief and they decide to believe anyway, wouldn't that be more like willful blindness?
You see, you state you can't understand how people don't believe like you and they don't believe in something that requires faith without any evidence to support it. The human mind and psychology play a large role in choosing to believe in things you can't see or produce evidence to support, so maybe, people who choose to believe in certain things, have a psychological need and predisposition to do so.
It all goes back to the pursuit of evidence and what you qualify as evidence.
Collins was a staunch atheist before he became a Christian. He is of sound mind and a scientist. So are many other scientists who are Christians. Obviously they feel they have the evidence as well and they aren't "psychologically predisposed ".
This is because our understanding about truth is fallible because of our human senses.
Before Christ died he said forgive them father for they know not what they do. So he understood even while hanging on that cross that human beings were fallible in their senses and that they didn't know he was the truth.
I'm reading a book called the Language of God by Frances Collins. In it he stated "I practiced a thought and behavior pattern of 'willful blindness' referred to by the noted scholar and writer CS Lewis." CS Lewis was also an atheist who had converted to Christianity. Willful blindness he termed as anyone who willfully ignored the call to a higher spiritual authority.
I don't know how a person can't see the spiritual side to things as if we only live in one dimension of physical matter alone.
And yet you are still trying to explain to me how God is wrong and you have the answer's. I don't buy it.
How can a creature whose brain evolved due to random chance happenings ever know truth? It would seem to me if evolution is true, our brains are not wired for us to grasp naked truth; they are wired for survival; pragmatism and rationalization over curiosity and inquiry. That's why I don't understand the dogmatism of atheists, it's inconsistent with their own evolutionary account to be able to claim that kind of certainty and pontificate about things like morality or aesthetics (look at Richard Dawkins make sweeping statements about Christianity and God, for instance), when they have no transcendent basis for those assertions.
Recognizing reality and truth, may just come in handy for survival, don't ya think?
True-
Adjective
Agreeing with the facts, not false
Real or genuine
Having all the expected or necessary qualities of the specified type of person or thing
What is true/truth to you as a human being? How do you see what is true or truth in your life? Some people say that facts are true if they are only testable with tools and human senses. I say that truth and facts of truth go much deeper than that, to a dimensional level of being.
John 17:17 says
"Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth."
John 8:32 says
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
1 Corinthians 13:6:
"Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth."
Galatians 4:16:
"Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?"
I've often heard it said, that truth is relative. I see this as a dismissal of the truth, and a cop out. Universal truths exist throughout the very fabric of life. In my opinion, it starts and ends with Jesus Christ. For others, this might not be truth to them. It just seems that as humanity gets closer to annihilating itself, the truth becomes ever more present in our lives. Is Jesus Christ really the truth to you, and if not, why?
No. You need to study some psychology. Or look into the duckrabbit for an example of your senses being completely confused. Our senses do not necessarily help us discern truth, if anything they obscure it further. Our 5 senses are often ambiguous and unreliable.
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