Response to the Logician: 070622: Part III of III

 

...So again: I will ask, for the readers’ information, will you to define God in your own words.

 

 

 

 

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Djs: The purity of faith has no room for reason and dialectics.

 

Logician: You know you exist way before you understand anything to do with faith, faith and existence are separate entities that sometimes end up in “the mix”

 

Djs: Again I will say it: We do not ‘know’ we exist. We reason we exist. We see we exist. We believe we exist. We have faith in the concept we exist. Ancient wisdom tells us we exist. Dialectics tell us we exist. We can measure our existence. Our conclusion, we exist.

 

But we do not ‘know’ absolutely, we exist. We could be the figment of the imagination of some ‘being’ or other, …

 

 

 

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Djs: If one wishes to limit the scope of understanding to faith alone, then you are correct, it is that simple.

 

Logician: Why do you think that it limits the scope of understanding to faith alone, simplicity does not limit anything, in fact it broadens the scope of people you can transfer the knowledge to.

 

Djs: Faith can be a wonderful thing. Faith is one means we use to anchor ourselves to reality as we perceive it. There is, more to understanding reality than faith alone. There is observation, measurement, reason, dialectics,…

 

As such, to rely entirely upon faith is, by definition, to limit one’s self.

 

 

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Djs: The question becomes is faith alone enough to act as the cornerstone of a more advanced, higher order form of human society in the future? If faith contradicts science, reason and dialectics then I think not.

 

If as a species we decide to remain as we are, decide not to form a more advanced, higher order form of human society for the future, then yes faith is enough and science, reason and dialectics can be set aside.

 

Logician: All I stated was it is a cornerstone of all societies. There are other cornerstones too.

 

 Djs: Obviously I agree, faith is one of many cornerstones.

 

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Djs: If one has never seen a tree, then yes one has to believe in a tree to know it exists.

 

Logician: What if I had put ; you don’t have to believe in your fingernail to know it exists, your retort would then be invalid.

 

Djs: Whatever.

 

 

 

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So, Mr. Shepard, may I thank you yet again for your reply.

 

Peace, Love and Respect

 

Remember : Religion guides you, it doesn’t rule you.

 

 

J °C

Logician

 

 

Djs: Ditto