is Jesus an altruist? or does he just exchange value for value? can you be both an objectivist and a Christian? or is one incompatible with the other? is there a rational way to hold both as sacred? can I dedicate my heart to Jesus and keep my mind in Atlantis?
2006-06-27 15:00:11 · 9 answers · asked by chicken split by galt 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Sacrifice the good for the sake of the evil? Check your premise.
2006-06-27 20:51:58 · answer #1 · answered by Dmstifk8ion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"can I dedicate my heart to Jesus and keep my mind in Atlantis"?
You can do that but why bother wasting your time, effort, energy? If you choose to believe in anything at all, do it 100%!! Less than that is meaningless. Right, wrong or somewhere inbetween at least 100% would be "dedication".
"How can you reconcile objectivisim and Christianity"? You can't.
"is there a rational way to hold both as sacred"? No, only parts of the whole of each could be rationalized and held sacred at the same time. Neither would be complete or 100% though.
If you're going to believe in something... anything at all, actually believe it! And be willing to follow it to whatever end it has. Its fine to gather to you more and more along the way and adapt those things as part of what you believe, but you can't pick and choose a belief then expect things you like or want to make the belief what it is.
2006-07-09 21:41:16 · answer #2 · answered by Izen G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Objectivism versus Christianity -- that's practically a book title.
No they cannot be reconciled, for two reasons.
One is the issue of altruism. Christianity advocates more than
just good nature and generosity, it advocates self-sacrifice.
That's a big no-no to an Objectivist.
And there is no God, simply put. So while Jesus was a good
man with new important ideas to teach, he was not God.
These two philosophies may overlap, but they cannot be
reconciled, i.e integrated. Stick to Objectivism.
It'll satisfy your heart as well as your mind.
2006-07-08 09:05:42 · answer #3 · answered by David Y 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's time to look for a new religion that does reconcile with objectivism. Check out Islam. At the height of Islamic rule in the middle east (today there r just a bunch of military supported dictators), objectivism flourished. Al-Khawarizmi, Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Sina. Or you can go straight to the Islamic source. The first message to Muhammad was: "Read!" Don't let popular media fool u, find it out for urself and then make up ur mind.
2006-07-10 13:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by baraaa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hm, Jesus and Atlantis. Have you ever heard of Edgar Cayce? Look him up. Find all your answers there. Warning, if you haven't heard of Cayce, you are in for an awakening.
2006-07-09 01:13:23 · answer #5 · answered by virgoascendant 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I believe that simply because you are a Christian does not mean that you have to turn off your higher brain functions. God gave you your brain to use, to question, to learn. Jesus never once told anyone to close their mind, if anything he tried to teach people to think. I think I'm in a similar space with you, I refuse to turn my brain off, become a lemming and follow along like a GOOD LITTLE GIRL. That's just not my nature I have to think, to question, to grow that's just who I am and it sounds like that's who you are too.
2006-07-06 21:01:26 · answer #6 · answered by kalischild57 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith is all that matters....
evolution does not rule of creation
whether the father , the son and the holy ghost are three entities or one.....
doesn't matter.....FAITH
symantics
2006-07-10 18:18:31 · answer #7 · answered by bootandpooh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with love, religion and faith exist everywhere.
2006-07-10 03:52:55 · answer #8 · answered by Princess illusion 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tough one!
2006-07-09 08:24:36 · answer #9 · answered by bubbles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋