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Subject: ¤j¦Ñ§r... Author: Liberal [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 21:55:42 04/14/05 Thu In reply to: Clement LO 's message, "­åªR¡m®¿¨È¤è¦àÅå¥@±Ò¥Ü¡nªº¯«¾Ç¶i¸ô" on 20:43:15 04/14/05 Thu §ÚªG½g "Faith is Arbitrary Choice" ¦Ì¨t¦^À³©O½g³¥¬J¤@³¡¥÷Åo,¥þ¤å¨tËÝ¡G Chan's main argument is based on the assumption of existence of the so-called "revelation," which is pretty standard among Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions. I doubt (but not reject) that. Furthermore, there are a whole cluster of unanswered questions surrounding the concept of "revelation." What is revelation? What is the form of revelation? What is the boundary of revelation? Is revelation verbal? Does "God" "reveals" through philosophy, mathematics, cosmology, and/or cognitive neurophysiology? Before these questions can be answered, I prefer to reflect my life without reference to such a vague and ungrounded concept, so my "theology" is "from below upward." There is an argument that there are something we cannot know and we need "faith" to determine to accept or reject them. To describe such an activity more clearly, I will use the term Arbitrary Choice. ...Some people accept that the "personal" Being/etc "reveals" to the human race, some don't. Some people accept that the "revelation" is in the form of an ancient book, some don't. ...the number of Arbitrary Choices should be kept to a minimum because an Arbitrary Choice discourages and/or erects restriction(s) on continual exploration of the true answer. §A¤S¶}®I¦h±ø thread, ¶Ã®ÍÀs, post µf¨t "Faith is Arbitrary Choice" ¤U­±¦Ì±oÅo¡C [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]