tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.comments2023-02-09T04:55:09.645-08:00Obisnuirea cu absurdulAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03144867562493283325noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-1995656442624569992023-02-09T04:55:09.645-08:002023-02-09T04:55:09.645-08:00ar fi interesant cate din argumentele blogului tau...ar fi interesant cate din argumentele blogului tau vor mai sta in picioare cand vei fi pe patul mortii.. si cand vei trece dincolo si-ti vei aduce aminte de modul absurd in care ti-ai cheltuit timpul pe care l-ai avut in loc sa te pocaiesti si sa te impaci cu Creatorul tau si vei vedea ca pentru tine nu mai este nicio speranta... absurda viata traiesti acumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-58696887886293993472016-12-30T08:06:57.592-08:002016-12-30T08:06:57.592-08:00superba descrieresuperba descriereAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037660765958209102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-76077824491881903482016-11-05T14:24:01.423-07:002016-11-05T14:24:01.423-07:00scuze pt. comentariul intarziat dar internetul est...scuze pt. comentariul intarziat dar internetul este mare si omul este mic, ce vreau sa comentez - articolul in general este bun exceptia propozitiei 'Un om moare pentru a putea trai alti oameni.'-cazul in care nu sunt explicatii concrete pentru acesta afirmatie se lasa loc de multe speculatii contrare a ceea ce consideram a fi moral . Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-69445410305793795092016-02-27T13:13:29.482-08:002016-02-27T13:13:29.482-08:00Eu cred ca Iisus este de neînlocuit.Prefer de mii ...Eu cred ca Iisus este de neînlocuit.Prefer de mii de ori pe Iisus decât pe Mos Crăciun,el fiind doar o legenda.Iisus ne veghează,ne ajuta la greu si cred ca este foarte normal sa îi multumim măcar creând in El.El si-a sacrificat viata pentru noi!Chiar daca Mos Crăciun " ne aduce cadouri" ,iar Iisus nu,El ti-a dat viata .Datorita lui esti ceea ce esti.Asta este doar părerea mea!! Iisus trebuie sa facă mereu parte din sufletul nostru si cel mai important sa credem in El asa cun el a crezut in noi.Madalinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982520855764328105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-59432776161802648482016-01-12T11:03:46.154-08:002016-01-12T11:03:46.154-08:00ProstiiProstiiAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00878835612044523869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-69257573788257600842015-10-12T06:20:35.041-07:002015-10-12T06:20:35.041-07:00nasol cu oile spalate pe neuron care chiar cred ca...nasol cu oile spalate pe neuron care chiar cred ca biblia si alte carti sint carti "sfinte" si scrise de mnezo ! In era informatiei a fi naiv ( sa nu spunem altfel) este o alegere .... Sa le reamintim oilor : In 325 in Conciliul de la Niccea un imparat criminal, incestuos, etc. Constantin a impus o religie avramica (iudaica) cu sabia, crucificarea si alte "delicatese" din arta torturii .... Tot atunci s-au compilat zeci de carti "sfinte" pentru a crea biblia si alte carti "sfinte" .... La fiecare Conciliu biblia a fost modificata dupa cum a vrut "muschiul" fiecarui papa, rege , etc. Abia in anul 1000 a iesit varianta actuala a bibliei (si asta a mai suferit modificari dar minore) Deci sint scrieri "sfinte" 100 % ! ...... Use Your brain sheep ! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-24175807587860266832015-09-06T04:31:30.303-07:002015-09-06T04:31:30.303-07:00Aici despre "intinderea de ape"
http://...Aici despre "intinderea de ape" <br />http://www.gotquestions.org/Romana/potopul-lui-Noe.html<br />Dar trebuie sa se indeplineasca si versetul care zice ca "sunt lucruri grele si cu anevoie de inteles pe care cei nestiutori si prosti le rastalmacesc spre pierzarea lor "sebibos333https://www.blogger.com/profile/07294852852685871112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-91456735331168547192015-09-06T04:19:38.249-07:002015-09-06T04:19:38.249-07:00In primul rand multe dintre lucrurile scrise de Ps...In primul rand multe dintre lucrurile scrise de Psalmist sunt metaforice ca omul sa poata sa inteleaga anumite lucruri despre MARETIA LUI DUMNEZEU SI A LUI ISUS sau despre grozavia judecatei sau altor lucruri de genul,pedeapsa lui Dumnezeu pt cei nelegiuiti(asta nu inseamna ca totul e metaforic)!<br />Cat despre textul din Geneza,se crede ca atunci cand Dumnezeu a creat pamantul si Cerul era intr-adevar o intindere (chiar si unii oameni de stiinta sspun despre asta) care facuse ca pana la potopul lui Noe sa nu fi plouat niciodata inainte! Cert e ca noi nu stim conditiiile pamantului inainte de Cadere,dar odata cu pacatul intrat a afectat drastic si natura ,care va fi recreata de Domnul Isus la timpul randuit de El si avand gloria pe care a avut-o inainte de Cadere (Romani 8:23)<br /><br />Degeaba vii cu argumente din astea de 2 bani in care incerci sa dai in Scriptura,Biblia oricum ramane infailibila (Matei 24:35) In orice caz,e ultimul meu raspuns,ai Biblia si stii ce trebuie sa faci! <br /><br />HRISTOS SA FIE SLAVIT!sebibos333https://www.blogger.com/profile/07294852852685871112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-49252244375256114702015-06-15T00:25:48.949-07:002015-06-15T00:25:48.949-07:00Biblia este adevarata pentru ca biblia zice ca e a...Biblia este adevarata pentru ca biblia zice ca e adevarata( Beacause Fuck logic that's why!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-22875069532588338372015-05-02T14:09:10.731-07:002015-05-02T14:09:10.731-07:00Colossians 1:20 and by Him(Jesus) to RECONCILE ALL...Colossians 1:20 and by Him(Jesus) to RECONCILE ALL things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things IN HEAVEN, having MADE PEACE through the blood of His cross.<br /><br />You know that WE was in needs to be reconcilled to God and brought again in a totally peace with God.<br />But WHAT saw God as necessary to be reconciled IN HEAVEN ?.<br />What He saw there IN HEAVEN as being in needs for a perfect PEACE ?.<br /><br />Can you tell us what you was able to understand reading deep Bible verses like this ?.<br /><br />Colossians 1:20 and by Him(Jesus) to RECONCILE ALL things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things IN HEAVEN, having MADE PEACE through the blood of His cross.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-10974735070793082822015-05-02T13:56:15.066-07:002015-05-02T13:56:15.066-07:00Paul Haidutu wrote that not many people ever went ...Paul Haidutu wrote that not many people ever went head-to put themselves in the skin and the shoes of God who felt himself forced to commit suicide in the idea to save his own creatures which actually were condemned by God.<br /><br />Then Paul Haidutu write that even He was able to know the future as omnipotent and omniscient God, He decided to create conscious creatures who have desires, including the desire to play with nuts.<br /><br />But you can not understand WHY He saw as necessary to begin to give His Law already there in the garden of Eden EVEN KNOWING that His creatures will sin against His commandment and He WILL have to come here as 100%MAN and stay nailed on the cross FOR sin against His Law ?.<br /><br /> Genesis 2:16-17 And the Lord God COMMANDED the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall SURELY die.<br /><br />What would make you to give a commandment(law) to your children EVEN KNOWING that your children will ignore your commandment and you WILL have to stay nailed on the cross BECAUSE you gave the commandment.<br /><br />What would make you to give them a commandment(law) even with the price of your life ?.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-25721134660550096512015-05-02T13:33:27.396-07:002015-05-02T13:33:27.396-07:00But Romans 5:10 called us to see Jesus crucified a...But Romans 5:10 called us to see Jesus crucified already on the time when WE WERE ENEMIES AGAINST GOD.<br />And the ENEMIES are not EMOTIONALLY and INDEPDED and in SELF-BLAME for the death on the cross FOR their sins.<br /><br />Romans 5:10 For if WHEN WE WERE ENEMIES we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.<br /><br />Colossians 1:20 and by Him to reconcile ALL things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having MADE PEACE through the blood of His cross.<br /><br />God has made peace with His ENEMIES through the blood of His Son on the cross.<br /><br />As true Christians we know that our God is immortal and there on the cross died ONLY the 100%MAN Jesus Christ called as Son of God, of David, of man and of Adam (and as second Adam).<br />Of course we know from the Bible that Jesus was God without beginning before to come in our world as 100%MAN.<br /><br />Only Paul Haidutu was able to see all viceversa since he was not able to read and understand the Bible.<br /><br />Because only a spiritual minded man will be able to understand spiritual words like these.<br /><br />Matthew 13:11 Jesus answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.<br /><br />Romans 8: 6-7 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to THE LAW of God, nor indeed can be.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-15456027535537970822015-05-02T13:32:23.975-07:002015-05-02T13:32:23.975-07:00WHY IS NOT TRUE what Paul Haidutu said about God g...WHY IS NOT TRUE what Paul Haidutu said about God giving His life on the cross to make us feel EMOTIONALLY and INDEPDED and in SELF-BLAME for His death on the cross FOR our sins and in needs of RECOGNITION ?.<br /><br />Jesus said in:<br />John 6:44-45 NO ONE CAN COME TO ME unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.<br />It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall ALL be TAUGHT BY GOD. Therefore everyone who HAS heard and learned FROM the Father COME TO ME.(in Matt.11:28).<br />Matthew 11:28 COME TO ME, all you who labor and are heavy laden(with sins) and I will give you rest.(John 6:44).<br /><br />In John 6:44-45 &Matt.11:28 we see God using ONLY HIS LAW(Exodus 24:12 &Deut.5:31 etc) as His only one TEACHING and tutor(school-master) to bring us to Christ Jesus.(Galatians 3:24).<br /><br />And by the word "LAW" we are called to know ALL LAWS about Sanctuary given to manage and support God`s main Law Exodus 20 which is the fundament of His grace seat(called now as throne).<br />For where NO LAW IS, there is NO SIN(Romans 4:15 &Rom.5:13)<br />and where is NO SIN, there is NO NEEDS for grace and cross FOR sin.<br /><br />John 7:49 But this crowd that does not know THE LAW is accursed.”<br /><br />There is NO ONE verse in the Bible to see God using the cross to bring us to Christ.<br /><br />Because God use ONLY HIS LAW to bring us to Christ, and in John 6:44-45 Jesus make clearly that we have NO CHANCE TO COME TO CHRIST WITHOUT TO BE AT FIRST atracted by God the Father and His LAW to be at first TAUGHT by the Father BEFORE TO COME TO Christ.<br /><br />And there are VERY many Bible verses like Exodus 24:12 &Deut.5:31 &Gal.3:24 saying ONLY about the LAW of God as TEACHING and WAY TO Christ Jesus.<br /><br />KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE LAW OF GOD IS REQUIRED AS FIRST STEP BEFORE TO COME TO CHRIST JESUS !.<br />How many Christian religions was able to understand John 6:44-45 ?.<br /><br />But when you really desire to COME TO Christ...already as arrived to Him, He called you to FOLLOW Him and die together with Him(Matt.16:24 &Matt.10:38 &Luke 14:27):<br /><br />Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified WITH Christ; it is NO LONGER I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.<br /><br />Romans 6:7 For he who has died(with Him) has been freed from sin.<br />1John 3:9 Whoever has been BORN AGAIN OF GOD does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.(1John 5:18).<br /><br />Romans 6:3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?.<br /><br />Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.<br />Matthew 10:38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.<br />Luke 14:27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-10128024944969390752015-05-02T13:30:07.996-07:002015-05-02T13:30:07.996-07:00Acest comentariu a fost eliminat de autor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-20289538934526721592015-05-02T13:29:27.607-07:002015-05-02T13:29:27.607-07:00Acest comentariu a fost eliminat de autor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-62972297657714804382015-05-02T13:16:41.250-07:002015-05-02T13:16:41.250-07:00Acest comentariu a fost eliminat de autor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-73308777028467973042015-05-02T13:14:45.233-07:002015-05-02T13:14:45.233-07:00Acest comentariu a fost eliminat de autor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-714712156194077362015-05-02T12:44:59.287-07:002015-05-02T12:44:59.287-07:00Acest comentariu a fost eliminat de autor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-33010750143099985512015-05-02T12:44:02.199-07:002015-05-02T12:44:02.199-07:00
Paul Haidutu wrote that when a person is told th... <br />Paul Haidutu wrote that when a person is told that somebody made a sacrifice for him, in his mind naturally triggers a sense of indebtedness or even of self-blame.<br />If you are agree to remove your eyes in the idea to help a blind person to see, surely that blind person would have serious reasons to feel indebted and in impossibility to reward you for that what you did.<br />If you are ready to die in the place of someone, that person will live all his life with a sense of self blame.<br /> It is enough to convince anyone that someone has given his life for him and with this you aroused in the mind of that person a strong feelings of indebtedness and recognition.<br />Combining emotional techniques with all kind of nonsense used in Christians doctrines, can create feelings of guilt, indebtedness and self-recognition<br /><br />Now let`s see WHY it is impossible to apply Paul Haidutu explanation.<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-74780356689117445402015-05-02T06:45:24.653-07:002015-05-02T06:45:24.653-07:00Now I want to make it clear that I have not yet sh...Now I want to make it clear that I have not yet shown biblical Christianity to be true.<br />But what I have done is clearly spell out the alternatives.<br />1- If God does not exist, then life is futile.<br />2- If the God of the Bible does exist, then life is meaningful.<br />Only the second of these two alternatives enables us to live happily and consistently.<br />Therefore, it seems to me that even if the evidence for these two options were absolutely equal, a rational person ought to choose biblical Christianity.<br />It seems to me positively irrational to prefer death, futility, and destruction to life, meaningfulness, and happiness.<br />As Pascal said, we have nothing to lose and infinity to gain.<br /><br />Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear THE CONCLUSION of the whole matter:<br />Fear God and keep HIS commandments, for this is the duty of EVERY MAN.(Rev.14:7 &Luke 17:10 &1John 2:3-4 &1John 5:2-3 &Matt.19:17 &Rev.22:14 &Rev.14:12 &Rev.20:12-13)<br /><br />Revelation 20:13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were JUDGED, each one according to his WORKS.<br /><br />Romans 2:12 For as many as have sinned WITHOUT THE LAW OF GOD WILL ALSO "PERISH" WITHOUT LAW, and as many as have sinned HAVING THE LAW will be judged by the law of liberty(James 1:25 &James 2:12).<br /><br />1 Corinthians 11:31 For if we would JUDGE OURSELVES(looking in the Law of liberty Exodus 20) we would NOT be judged by God.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-12650172320631608672015-05-02T06:44:58.627-07:002015-05-02T06:44:58.627-07:00But if atheism fails in this regard, what about bi...But if atheism fails in this regard, what about biblical Christianity? According to the Christian world view, God does exist, and man's life does not end at the grave.<br />In the resurrection body man may enjoy eternal life and fellowship with God.<br />Biblical Christianity therefore provides the two conditions necessary for a meaningful, valuable, and purposeful life for man: God and immortality.<br />Because of this, we can live consistently and happily.<br />Thus, biblical Christianity succeeds precisely where atheism breaks down.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-32490626185463352002015-05-02T06:44:31.709-07:002015-05-02T06:44:31.709-07:00This is the dreadful verdict pronounced over moder...This is the dreadful verdict pronounced over modern man. In order to survive, he must live in self-deception.<br />But even the Noble Lie option is in the end unworkable.<br />In order to be happy, one must believe in objective meaning, value, and purpose.<br />But how can one believe in those Noble Lies while at the same time believing in atheism and relativism?<br />The more convinced you are of the necessity of a Noble Lie, the less you are able to believe in it.<br />Like a placebo, a Noble Lie works only on those who believe it is the truth.<br />Once we have seen through the fiction, then the Lie has lost its power over us.<br />Thus, ironically, the Noble Lie cannot solve the human predicament for anyone who has come to see that predicament.<br /><br />The Noble Lie option therefore leads at best to a society in which an elitist group of illuminati deceive the masses for their own good by perpetuating the Noble Lie.<br />But then why should those of us who are enlightened follow the masses in their deception?<br />Why should we sacrifice self-interest for a fiction?<br />If the great lesson of the past two centuries is moral and intellectual relativism, then why (if we could) pretend that we do not know this truth and live a lie instead?<br />If one answers, "for the sake of social coherence," one may legitimately ask why I should sacrifice my self-interest for the sake of social coherence?<br />The only answer the relativist can give is that social coherence is in my self-interest—but the problem with this answer is that self-interest and the interest of the herd do not always coincide.<br />Besides, if (out of self-interest) I do care about social coherence, the totalitarian option is always open to me: forget the Noble Lie and maintain social coherence (as well as my self-fulfillment) at the expense of the personal wholeness of the masses.<br />Rue would undoubtedly regard such an option as repugnant.<br />But therein lies the rub.<br />Rue's dilemma is that he obviously values deeply both social coherence and personal wholeness for their own sakes; in other words, they are objective values, which according to his philosophy do not exist.<br />He has already leapt to the upper story.<br />The Noble Lie option thus affirms what it denies and so refutes itself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-32915764588171941802015-05-02T06:44:00.888-07:002015-05-02T06:44:00.888-07:00The dilemma of modern man is thus truly terrible.
...The dilemma of modern man is thus truly terrible.<br />And insofar as he denies the existence of God and the objectivity of value and purpose, this dilemma remains unrelieved for "post-modern" man as well.<br />Indeed, it is precisely the awareness that modernism issues inevitably in absurdity and despair that constitutes the anguish of post-modernism. In some respects, post-modernism just is the awareness of the bankruptcy of modernity. The atheistic world view is insufficient to maintain a happy and consistent life.<br />Man cannot live consistently and happily as though life were ultimately without meaning, value, or purpose.<br />If we try to live consistently within the atheistic world view, we shall find ourselves profoundly unhappy.<br />If instead we manage to live happily, it is only by giving the lie to our world view.<br /><br />Confronted with this dilemma, man flounders pathetically for some means of escape. In a remarkable address to the American Academy for the Advancement of Science in 1991, Dr. L. D. Rue, confronted with the predicament of modern man, boldly advocated that we deceive ourselves by means of some "Noble Lie" into thinking that we and the universe still have value.(Loyal D. Rue, "The Saving Grace of Noble Lies," address to the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, February, 1991).<br /><br />Claiming that "The lesson of the past two centuries is that intellectual and moral relativism is profoundly the case," Dr. Rue muses that the consequence of such a realization is that one's quest for personal wholeness (or self-fulillment) and the quest for social coherence become independent from one another.<br />This is because on the view of relativism the search for self-fulfillment becomes radically privatized: each person chooses his own set of values and meaning. If we are to avoid "the madhouse option," where self-fulfillment is pursued regardless of social coherence, and "the totalitarian option," where social coherence is imposed at the expense of personal wholeness, then we have no choice but to embrace some Noble Lie that will inspire us to live beyond selfish interests and so achieve social coherence.<br />A Noble Lie "is one that deceives us, tricks us, compels us beyond self-interest, beyond ego, beyond family, nation, [and] race."<br />It is a lie, because it tells us that the universe is infused with value (which is a great fiction), because it makes a claim to universal truth (when there is none), and because it tells me not to live for self-interest (which is evidently false).<br />"But without such lies, we cannot live."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-58647240194728489562015-05-02T06:43:36.009-07:002015-05-02T06:43:36.009-07:00Or take the sociological behaviorism of a man like...Or take the sociological behaviorism of a man like B. F. Skinner.<br />This view leads to the sort of society envisioned in George Orwell's 1984, where the government controls and programs the thoughts of everybody.<br />If Skinner's theories are right, then there can be no objection to treating people like the rats in Skinner's rat-box as they run through their mazes, coaxed on by food and electric shocks.<br />According to Skinner, all our actions are determined anyway.<br />And if God does not exist, then no moral objection can be raised against this kind of programming, for man is not qualitatively different from a rat, since both are just matter plus time plus chance.<br />But again, who can live with such a dehumanizing view?<br /><br />Or finally, take the biological determinism of a man like Francis Crick. The logical conclusion is that man is like any other laboratory specimen. The world was horrified when it learned that at camps like Dachau the Nazis had used prisoners for medical experiments on living humans.<br />But why not? If God does not exist, there can be no objection to using people as human guinea pigs.<br />The end of this view is population control in which the weak and unwanted are killed off to make room for the strong.<br />But the only way we can consistently protest this view is if God exists.<br />ONLY if God exists can there be PURPOSE IN LIFE.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449486828421029585.post-63010946762178940612015-05-02T06:43:03.892-07:002015-05-02T06:43:03.892-07:00Finally, let's look at the problem of PURPOSE ...Finally, let's look at the problem of PURPOSE OF LIFE.<br />The only way most people who deny purpose in life live happily is either by making up some purpose, which amounts to self-delusion as we saw with Sartre, or by not carrying their view to its logical conclusions.<br /><br />Take the problem of death, for example. According to Ernst Bloch, the only way modern man lives in the face of death is by subconsciously borrowing the belief in immortality that his forefathers held to, even though he himself has no basis for this belief, since he does not believe in God. By borrowing the remnants of a belief in immortality, writes Bloch, "modern man does not feel the chasm that unceasingly surrounds him and that will certainly engulf him at last. Through these remnants, he saves his sense of self-identity. Through them the impression arises that man is not perishing, but only that one day the world has the whim no longer to appear to him." Bloch concludes, "This quite shallow courage feasts on a borrowed credit card. It lives from earlier hopes and the support that they once had provided.(Ernst Bloch, Das Prinzip Hoffnung, 2d ed., 2 vols. (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1959), 2:360-1).<br /><br />Modern man without God no longer has any right to that support, since he rejects God. But in order to live purposefully, he makes a leap of faith to affirm a reason for living.<br /><br />We often find the same inconsistency among those who say that man and the infinite universe came to exist for no reason or purpose, but just by chance.<br />Unable to live in an impersonal universe in which everything is the product of blind chance, these persons begin to ascribe personality and motives to the physical processes themselves.<br />It is a bizarre way of speaking and represents a leap from the lower to the upper story.<br />For example, Francis Crick halfway through his book The Origin of the Genetic Code begins to spell nature with a capital "N" and elsewhere speaks of natural selection as being "clever" and as "thinking" of what it will do.<br />Fred Hoyle, the English astronomer, attributes to the universe itself the qualities of God. For Carl Sagan the "Cosmos," which he always spells with a capital letter, obviously fills the role of a God-substitute.<br />Though all these men profess not to believe in God, they smuggle in a God-substitute through the back door because they cannot bear to live in a universe in which everything is the chance result of impersonal forces.<br /><br />And it's interesting to see many thinkers betray their views when they're pushed to their logical conclusions.<br />For example, certain feminists have raised a storm of protest over Freudian sexual psychology because it is chauvinistic and degrading to women.<br />And some psychologists have knuckled under and revised their theories. Now this is totally inconsistent. If Freudian psychology is really true, then it doesn't matter if it's degrading to women.<br />You can't change the truth because you don't like what it leads to.<br />But people cannot live consistently and happily in a world where other persons are devalued.<br />Yet if God does not exist, then nobody has any value.<br />Only if God exists can a person consistently support women's rights. For if God does not exist, then natural selection dictates that the male of the species is the dominant and aggressive one.<br />Women would no more have rights than a female goat or chicken have rights.<br />In nature whatever is, is right. But who can live with such a view?<br />Apparently not even Freudian psychologists, who betray their theories when pushed to their logical conclusions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432524902545163633noreply@blogger.com