Weaknesses in the Materialist rejection of Theism and Deism
Materialism, assumes that all that exists, is matter, and that there is no God. Whereas, what would be more reasonable is to think that there might or not be a God.
If there might or might not be a God, then the reasonable thing to do is to behave and think as if there was a God. Suppose there was a room, and we did not know what was inside of it, we thought that it might or might not contain a God. Would we be behaving ethically if we pumped dirty air we had farted out of our anuses, into that room?
Thus a God, would be justified to punish, those who behaved ahd thought as if they knew that there was no God, when what would have been more reasonable for them, would have been to behave and think as if they did not know whether there was a God.
If God does not exist, then it is not possible that that the sorry state should arise wherein a divine being should be offended by man or for the sake of the psychological health of the universe, take vengeance on man for dishonoring him; but if God does exist, then this scenario of a God being offended is possible.
Thus it is reasonable to live life having faith in God, because of the unacceptability of plunging into, or unreasonably plunging into the risk of entering into, conflict with deity.
This kind of faith need not force us into words and actions that contradict our conscience. Serious, rational, and actual faith in God, leads to consciencous conduct, because it is reasonable to assume that we should follow our conscience to please God, because our conscience is our idea of what God wants from us.
Materialistic observation of the world, leads to the unavoidable conclusion, judging from objects regarding which we are aware of them, and also aware of their creators, that objects that exist, are created by powers that are orders of magnitude greater than the object that was created.
A cathedral is mere stone, compared to the incredible abilities of the creatures who made it. An airplane is merely scraps of metal compared to the thinking, speaking, self-controlled, moving, talking, seeing, hearing humans who built it. A cat, when it is merely a bundle of a few cells in its mother's womb, is nothing compared to the fantastic complex creature that is its mother.
A basic problem with atheism, is that the nature of human spirituality is such, that man cannot know the facts about God, until he first has faith in God.
Someone tells you that a certain store is located on a certain street. You believe him, but you do not know that that store is on that street. Such is faith. But knowledge consists of knowing as opposed to merely believing, that the store is on the street. Materialistically speaking, the simple fact is we believe concepts are facts, but do not know these concepts are facts, until we have verified personally, based upon our actions which are based upon our mere beliefs, that such concepts are facts.
Likewise, mere faith, or belief, is like soft clay which becomes hardened into knowledge of things of God, by the heat of the oven, which is the force of epiphany. Epiphany is produced through a thirst for moving on to a higher state of mind, a contempt for the usual humdrum state of mind one usually finds oneself in, the company of special persons, self-discipline, certain type of relaxation, and other factors.
Humans beings have the ability to see the divinity, perfection, and goodness of God, in elements of nature which are like artistics creations produced by God the great artist. Yet the force of their sins bears down upon them, reducing them to the point where they are not able to see the hand of a divine master artist in honorable elements of nature such as plants, the sun, and the moon.
The materialist, is the type of person, who, in days long ago, confidently declared that the earth was flat, or that no such thing as electricity or radio waves existed, because such facts had not been discovered by the eyes, ears, and mind of man at the time.
In the times prior to the discovery of electricity, electricity still existed, albeit still undiscovered by man; yet the materialist of the pre-electricity times, would confidently declare, that no such thing as electricity existed; he would argue that the only reasonable attitude to have regarding the existence and capabilities of electricity, is, not agnosticism ie electricity might exist, and not faith ie electricity exists, but rather atheism, electricity does not exist. Why? because electricity was something that was not visible to his senses that he uses to detect material objects, such as his sense of sight, his sense of hearing, and his sense of touch.
The materialist of pre-electricity days would intolerantly and vehemently condemn those who thought electricity might exist, and those who believed electricity did exist, and at the same time he would be wrong that electricity did not exist, just as he would be wrong in declaring that the earth is flat, or that there are no such things as radio waves or nuclear power.
Progression, in terms of how through the ages things have actually turned out to be compared to how things have been thought to be at first, might when studied yield insights into how things actually are, compared to how the minds of materialists conceive them to be.
@2006 David Virgil Hobbs
If there might or might not be a God, then the reasonable thing to do is to behave and think as if there was a God. Suppose there was a room, and we did not know what was inside of it, we thought that it might or might not contain a God. Would we be behaving ethically if we pumped dirty air we had farted out of our anuses, into that room?
Thus a God, would be justified to punish, those who behaved ahd thought as if they knew that there was no God, when what would have been more reasonable for them, would have been to behave and think as if they did not know whether there was a God.
If God does not exist, then it is not possible that that the sorry state should arise wherein a divine being should be offended by man or for the sake of the psychological health of the universe, take vengeance on man for dishonoring him; but if God does exist, then this scenario of a God being offended is possible.
Thus it is reasonable to live life having faith in God, because of the unacceptability of plunging into, or unreasonably plunging into the risk of entering into, conflict with deity.
This kind of faith need not force us into words and actions that contradict our conscience. Serious, rational, and actual faith in God, leads to consciencous conduct, because it is reasonable to assume that we should follow our conscience to please God, because our conscience is our idea of what God wants from us.
Materialistic observation of the world, leads to the unavoidable conclusion, judging from objects regarding which we are aware of them, and also aware of their creators, that objects that exist, are created by powers that are orders of magnitude greater than the object that was created.
A cathedral is mere stone, compared to the incredible abilities of the creatures who made it. An airplane is merely scraps of metal compared to the thinking, speaking, self-controlled, moving, talking, seeing, hearing humans who built it. A cat, when it is merely a bundle of a few cells in its mother's womb, is nothing compared to the fantastic complex creature that is its mother.
A basic problem with atheism, is that the nature of human spirituality is such, that man cannot know the facts about God, until he first has faith in God.
Someone tells you that a certain store is located on a certain street. You believe him, but you do not know that that store is on that street. Such is faith. But knowledge consists of knowing as opposed to merely believing, that the store is on the street. Materialistically speaking, the simple fact is we believe concepts are facts, but do not know these concepts are facts, until we have verified personally, based upon our actions which are based upon our mere beliefs, that such concepts are facts.
Likewise, mere faith, or belief, is like soft clay which becomes hardened into knowledge of things of God, by the heat of the oven, which is the force of epiphany. Epiphany is produced through a thirst for moving on to a higher state of mind, a contempt for the usual humdrum state of mind one usually finds oneself in, the company of special persons, self-discipline, certain type of relaxation, and other factors.
Humans beings have the ability to see the divinity, perfection, and goodness of God, in elements of nature which are like artistics creations produced by God the great artist. Yet the force of their sins bears down upon them, reducing them to the point where they are not able to see the hand of a divine master artist in honorable elements of nature such as plants, the sun, and the moon.
The materialist, is the type of person, who, in days long ago, confidently declared that the earth was flat, or that no such thing as electricity or radio waves existed, because such facts had not been discovered by the eyes, ears, and mind of man at the time.
In the times prior to the discovery of electricity, electricity still existed, albeit still undiscovered by man; yet the materialist of the pre-electricity times, would confidently declare, that no such thing as electricity existed; he would argue that the only reasonable attitude to have regarding the existence and capabilities of electricity, is, not agnosticism ie electricity might exist, and not faith ie electricity exists, but rather atheism, electricity does not exist. Why? because electricity was something that was not visible to his senses that he uses to detect material objects, such as his sense of sight, his sense of hearing, and his sense of touch.
The materialist of pre-electricity days would intolerantly and vehemently condemn those who thought electricity might exist, and those who believed electricity did exist, and at the same time he would be wrong that electricity did not exist, just as he would be wrong in declaring that the earth is flat, or that there are no such things as radio waves or nuclear power.
Progression, in terms of how through the ages things have actually turned out to be compared to how things have been thought to be at first, might when studied yield insights into how things actually are, compared to how the minds of materialists conceive them to be.
@2006 David Virgil Hobbs
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