Unproven

As a Christian monotheist, I start with two unproven axioms:

1. There is a God.

2. It's not me (and it's also not you).

Together, these axioms imply my surest conviction: that some of my beliefs (and yours) contain error. We are, from dust to dust, finite and fallible. We have dignity but not deity.

And that is why I further believe that we should

a) hold all our unproven beliefs with a certain tentativeness (except for this one!),

b) assess others' ideas with open-minded skepticism, and

c) freely pursue truth aided by observation and experiment.

This mix of faith-based humility and skepticism helped fuel the beginnings of modern science, and it has informed much research and science writing. The whole truth cannot be found merely by searching our own minds, for there is not enough there. So we also put our ideas to the test. If they survive, so much the better for them; if not, so much the worse.

And you...?

The literary status of the bible has been the subject of endless debate. The origin is obscure and the chronology tentative, although the best guess seems to be that the four principal â??strandsâ?� were written between the 8th and 6th centuries BC before being brought together as single narrative in the late 6th century BC. But what kind of narrative is it? It is comprised of individual stories, cultic regulations, patriarchal tales, lists of tribes, historical accounts and so many other varieties of prose that it seems almost to resist definition.

It is in a sense The Book, the source and origin of all the narratives of the world. The story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and their temptation by the serpent, is one of the shaping myths of the human imagination. The account of the creation of the world may have been called into question by the self-appointed prophets of more recent centuries, but who does not secretly still retain it as a possible and pertinent model of the universe? The myth is perpetual because it corresponds very deeply to some need or belief of humankind.

A Thomas Aquinas fan, Blisterize? ;) :D

No, who's that Buck? Maybe david Meyers or Peter Ackroyd...Dr. J Vernon McGee...possibly.

The question is: what do you believe in that you cannot prove? I know it's hard to decipher from the post, that's what this post is all about. It's a test to see where wer're at demographically at C.Com...k? What is your belief that cannot be proven?

not another god thread ffs!!!!

a) There is no god...get over it, its just the way your brought up.
b) No one cares.
c) What the fuck has that bastard, God, done for me lately or anyone...

I missed Church cuz i was out preforming a human sacrafice. (i love that shirt :D)

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Originally Posted by Blisterize

As a Christian monotheist, I start with two unproven axioms:

1. There is a God.

2. It's not me (and it's also not you).

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how do you know im not god, not too many people believed jesus was god when he lived.......... just kidding i dont believe in god therefore i dont believe im god therefore i dont believe i exist :confused:

now ill be serious

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Originally Posted by Blisterize

It is in a sense The Book, the source and origin of all the narratives of the world. The story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and their temptation by the serpent, is one of the shaping myths of the human imagination. The account of the creation of the world may have been called into question by the self-appointed prophets of more recent centuries, but who does not secretly still retain it as a possible and pertinent model of the universe? The myth is perpetual because it corresponds very deeply to some need or belief of humankind.

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ok ill grant the bible and in it the creation account does seem to have a mass appeal to people, but the people it appeals to are those who already profess adhearance to christianity. There is equal amounts of people who are hindus and believe in the hindu creation account and think of it as a 'pertinent model of the universe'. There are also many other creation accounts from varying world religions. I think human-beings are by nature inquisitive and curious about the world around them, and when they cant understand something they tend to make things up, thats what i think the ancients who wrote the biblical creation account as well as other religious creation accounts did. The reason it is still believed today even though its stacked up against science is the fact people find its comforting to think humans where created speacilly that were not just a freak of nature and that theres a god looking out for them.

Now for the grades thus far:

Buck: F
PRizz: F
Bud Man: D-
Hektic: absent from class as usual!
Jug: B-....thank you Jug. That was honest! :cool:

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Originally Posted by Blisterize

No, who's that Buck? Maybe david Meyers or Peter Ackroyd...Dr. J Vernon McGee...possibly.

The question is: what do you believe in that you cannot prove? I know it's hard to decipher from the post, that's what this post is all about. It's a test to see where wer're at demographically at C.Com...k? What is your belief that cannot be proven?

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T. Aquinas was a philosopher during the end of the Dark Ages. He strived (under the guidance of the Church) to reconsile religion (Roman Catholic, actually) with Aristole's philosophical works. Often it is said he merged religion and reason :) Look him up, some interesting stuff :)