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Ambient Hurricanes ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 25 2011 Location: internet Status: Offline Points: 2549 |
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I know, but that's what Pat's accusation of presumption basically came down to. |
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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Equality 7-2521 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Philly Status: Offline Points: 15784 |
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Well physically it would be even more subtle. But you probably have no interest in going off on that tangent.
I didn't say this for one. I also would argue this even if I did make this claim. I mean you would say, presumably, that there's no Zeus right?
No. For one this statement supposes that you can only find meaning through real entities. Literature often has profound effects on people despite the fact that Ishmael never really chased that whale.
Not true. See above.
That's not what presumptuous means. Making a statement and asserting it to be true could fit the definition though. |
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Equality 7-2521 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Philly Status: Offline Points: 15784 |
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I'm failing to see how that would be different from a collective amnesia. |
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Ambient Hurricanes ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 25 2011 Location: internet Status: Offline Points: 2549 |
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Yeah, let's not, I'll be totally lost once we get into any complex theoretical science
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I know you didn't say it, but I don't see you or anyone else calling anyone presumptuous for making that claim. I don't consider anyone presumptuous for denying God's existence and, likewise, I don't think I'm presumptuous for denying the existence of meaning in life without God.
You're misunderstanding me. I find meaning, not in a character of literature, but in the true, historical Son of God, Jesus Christ. If someone denies Jesus to my face, he effectively says that I have not found meaning in my life but not that I cannot. My statements don't imply that there is no meaning in your life; only that you have not found that meaning. The one who denies God does the same to me.
Ditto
I know, see my reply to Dean above. Perhaps I misunderstood you. However, "making a statement and asserting it to be true" is not presumption, and if it is then presumption cannot be understood as a negative concept.
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thellama73 ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 29 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8368 |
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If I say to you "You have found meaning in something you believe to be true. In fact, it's not true, but that doesn't diminish the meaning you've found in it." that is not presumptious in the same way as "You believe that you have found meaning in your life, but in fact you have not" is.
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Ambient Hurricanes ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 25 2011 Location: internet Status: Offline Points: 2549 |
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It's far in the future and a mutant monster is on the loose to destroy humanity. The only person who knows how to kill it is a famous scientist who has observed it in its habitat and figured out its weakness. The scientist stops the monster, but dies in the attempt, and everyone mourns his death and praises his bravery. Now consider two possible endings: 1. Ten days later, humanity experiences a collective amnesia, and no one remembers anything about the scientist and the monster. 2. Ten days later, a massive epidemic strikes the planet and everyone dies. See the difference? |
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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thellama73 ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 29 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8368 |
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Isn't the whole point that you've been arguing that they are all going to die eventually anyway so both outcomes are equally meaningless? |
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Equality 7-2521 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Philly Status: Offline Points: 15784 |
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I see the physical difference. I don't see the philosophical one. Even so that's not what I'm saying. 1) Human is born. He does stuff. He dies. He has no soul. He's dead. Finite. His actions affected nobody and are a product of a finite world. They have no meaning. 2) Human has always existed. He has always done stuff. At some point t', he forgets all actions which occurred t<t'. His actions affected nobody. The actions are no longer remembered. Having no affect and not being remembered, they do not different from Huamn's actions in (1). Therefore they have no meaning. |
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Why would I call someone else that for not believing in God? pre·sump·tu·ous/priˈzəmpCH(o͞o)əs/
I don't see how that applies to someone stating that they don't believe in a specific entity.
No it's not. You could think someone is real and still find meaning regardless of the actual situation. Since you believe in the biblical story of redemption, if I were to write an exact reproduction of the New Testament but set it on Mars 20,000 years from now, that would be fictional. However, someone could still read that and then have the same experiences as you with regards to meaning, etc. Yet you would admit that the story granting them these feelings is fictional.
Double ditto.
See Dean's response to your response above this response. |
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Thank God school is back in session.
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Excited to be back at college and serving in Cru
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Ambient Hurricanes ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 25 2011 Location: internet Status: Offline Points: 2549 |
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I'm not a Calvinist. I'm a Lutheran, but I used Calvinism as the example in my post in the thread this originated in because it's most identified with predestination and because the Lutheran doctrine of soteriology is incomprehensible and I didn't think it would be the best example. I don't believe that God predestines people to Hell, but I do believe that he knows who will end up there. So what Jesus said would be true for one He knew would not come to faith, but not for someone who He knew would come to faith (I'm not at all sure about the fire and physical pain, either; I think there's a strong possibility that Hell is a place of spiritual, not physical, torment. I don't know either way, really). I think that passage means that, though causing someone to stumble isn't unforgivable, it would be better to die before committing that sin because it could endanger someone else's salvation. |
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Figured I'd respond here instead.
Give me your in interpretation of the passage, because I cannot for the life of me find anything worth calling good in it. I parsed through and saw this gem, though. This is just an odious, life-denying philosophy to me, and its passage like this that make me wonder why some Christians would see the value in seeing they are nothing without God. And I take issue as well with the "believing in him and not being put to shame" nonsense. This passage, to my eyes is terrible, soul-crushing nonsense. I am wondering if I am missing something, because I don't think a person could choose to believe this kind of faith is a good thing, which makes me all the more firm in my statement that belief is not a choice, but a conclusion based on experience and subconscious thought. I get that you think this passage reflects the reality of the world in some way, but...do you actually want that to be true? Sounds horrible to me.
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Ambient Hurricanes ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 25 2011 Location: internet Status: Offline Points: 2549 |
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What ever does it matter if I want it to be true? Do my desires determine truth? Should my idea of God determine what he is really like? Should my desire for free will in my salvation determine whether I have it? I don't believe this because I think it's nice, or because I want to, or because it makes me feel good. I believe it because I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that His word is truth. My interpretation of the passage is that it means exactly what it says. No one receives injustice from God. We all deserve death, and yet some, by the grace of God, receive eternal life. I don't know why He chooses some and not others. I don't know why He desires all people to be saved but only chooses some. I do know, however, that God is Love, that He is perfect, righteous, just, and merciful, and that whatever He wills is what is good, and I know this because He has sent His Son, Jesus Christ, into the world, and that this Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world out of love for His Father and for us, and that God proved that Jesus was His own Son by raising Him from the dead. |
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You believe because you believe? I'm sure that's true, but it's a bit tautological, circular, and does not explain much. |
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I believe one thing because it follows from another thing that I believe for other reasons. |
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I see. I did not understand that part.
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