| | So, recently Xanga has fallen off of my priority list.
So I'm going to talk about the one thing that I wanted to 
Why the Bible is true.
Have you ever thought about that? Why is the Bible true? What makes it different from any other book? Why do we believe this one and not any others? Well, it's true because God says it's true. Seriously. That's the only way that we can know it is true. Now you should have realized already that this arguement is circular. God says the Bible is true where? In the Bible, of course. So now we have a circular arguement.
So, come again, why do I believe in a book that can only be proven true by a circular arguement? By faith. That's how God always wanted it to be. He wants us to step out and faith and take the Bible as true. He wants us to look through eyes of faith at the circumstances of life and see His providential hands. So the Bible is true now because I believe it is true? Yup.
Can I use some other form of logic?
Nope, you can't. If you try to use logic to prove that the Bible is true, you get into the question of how your logic can be true. If you appeal to logic to be your source of truth, you are stuck with Descartes wondering if you exist. Cognito ero sum. Oh, so you know Latin? I think therefore I am? Nope, you're still circular there. You can't break out of a circular argument to bring something into the sphere of existence or truth using logic.
How about experience?
What are experiences? Think about it. The matrix is the perfect example of trying to use our experiences to prove something. It looks real, feels real, tastes, real, sounds real, and even smells real. But you don't really know if you can trust your senses, do you? What if they're just the electronic inputs of some machine? Far-fetched? maybe. Possible? Yes.
So basically, if you don't believe in God, you don't have any basis for knowing anything. If God exists, we can trust Him to create us with senses that properly convey the reality of the world around us. We can use our senses to discover God by experiencing His creation. The other option is skepticism. The belief that you can't believe in anything. Oh yeah, that's another contradiction.
So what have we learned from reading this?
Any system of belief you chose begins with a contradiction or a logical problem. So how do you choose? That's up to you. God is an easy assumption for me to take, believe, and live by. Do I ever doubt that God exists? Sure I do. Do I ever doubt that any of this exists? Sure I do. Do those doubts change the way I live? Nope. Praise God.
Why aren't you an agnositc?
I prefer the way of faith to the way of doubt. I see my world through faith, and the belief becomes stronger through recognizing God's guiding hand in my life.
Amen.
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| | Posted 11/3/2006 3:03 PM - 32 views - 2 comments
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