tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post6819638315175582895..comments2023-05-07T00:48:54.638-07:00Comments on Incongruous Circumspection: What Would YOU Have Done if You Were JesusIncongruous Circumspectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-71073378775717716532013-02-13T20:15:55.367-08:002013-02-13T20:15:55.367-08:00All that and still no reason I, with my faulty per...All that and still no reason I, with my faulty perceptions would ever want to be chums with the Bible god, derived from arguably, some pretty interesting and murderous peeps.Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-36843832459055839782013-02-13T18:02:45.584-08:002013-02-13T18:02:45.584-08:00And that is a perfectly understandable stance; the...And that is a perfectly understandable stance; the visceral, sensory and emotional perceptions, no matter their degree of quantum verity, are the cream of human existence. :) yet.... In a way, by making your own (arguably) subjective sensory perceptions the standard of your reality, you are in effect also saying that ” because I say it (or see or hear or feel it) it is so. I don't view Azlepianisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15108194262349469608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-19356511428538414562013-02-13T15:36:27.105-08:002013-02-13T15:36:27.105-08:00I hear you.
I despise sci-fi, which is probably w...I hear you.<br /><br />I despise sci-fi, which is probably why I don't put much stock in anything that I can't grasp with my own hands and mind. As long as I can eat and sleep and love and feel loved, I'm perfectly happy.Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-73346961774747844942013-02-13T14:29:56.615-08:002013-02-13T14:29:56.615-08:00I would even go so far as to say, as per the brain...I would even go so far as to say, as per the brain in a vat theory, that we have no absolute certainty of our own physical existence apart from our own perception, and so any belief, whether it admits a supernatural realm or not, requires faith, if only faith in human perception. Assuming that and admitting possibilities outside my own perception leads me to believe that a belief in the Azlepianisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15108194262349469608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-72419631375734999092013-02-13T09:36:48.611-08:002013-02-13T09:36:48.611-08:00Thanks!
It's really hard to find evidence whe...Thanks!<br /><br />It's really hard to find evidence when there is none. That's the nature of the supernatural. You can make up whatever you want and not worry about contradictions. That is why people scream that the Bible is so holy. They know there are terrible contradictions and obvious infractions by the holy god they love, and yet they sweep them under the rug because logic Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-57471173319594632782013-02-13T08:00:59.987-08:002013-02-13T08:00:59.987-08:00I.C.- have you ever heard of the brain-in-a-vat th...I.C.- have you ever heard of the brain-in-a-vat theory? I do think that no absolute certainty of anything is possible without some choice based on faith. And no, it's not just because I like the matrix. :) I would never say that because I said so something is true, because that would make my opinion factual evidence of whatever I want. While that would be totally awesome, it isn't realityAzlepianisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15108194262349469608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-88108154796428574442013-02-13T06:51:46.198-08:002013-02-13T06:51:46.198-08:00It is as you say it is because you say it is so it...It is as you say it is because you say it is so it must be so.Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-61493497437252900402013-02-13T06:44:10.843-08:002013-02-13T06:44:10.843-08:00I love Jesus, and He is God. I don't need some...I love Jesus, and He is God. I don't need someone else to tell me that. I live in Him and have my being in Him every moment. He's amazing!<br /><br />Christians aren't right about everything. We don't even know Jesus perfectly. We're still growing, spiritually. Jessica Farrishnoreply@blogger.com