2006-10-25 15:30:01 · 5 answers · asked by Paley Pale 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A single page from an originally oral teaching (but written down). First you read an interpretation -- and you think "Yes! This is it!" then you read a second interpretation (spinning, rotating, upsetting the first) and you think: "Wait..this is it!!" Then you encounter yet another thinker, another brilliant mind, and you discover yet another manner of interpretation...It's like a shimmering jewel (a crystal)..infinite facets..each beautiful and miraculous...turn, turn, turn
2006-10-25 15:51:12 · answer #1 · answered by abbie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All and none. One cannot claim to have a reasonable and grounded faith system who fails to allow another thought system challenge it. I must be willing to confront all demons to know whether my God can defeat them. If my belief system cannot stand the scrutiny of others questions, ridicule, attacks or reason, then it is not worth keeping. Therefore, each and every philosophical system and dogma must be wrestled with in a search for truth.
On the other hand, if my beliefs rest on solid, unshakable foundations that have stood the test of time, then I do not wrestle with them, I use them to test the other philosophy. If God exists, has revealed Himself, has proved that existence in innumerable ways, then what can shake my belief in Him and His ways?
I like the way the Psalmist put it. "Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. 'Let us break their chains,' they say, 'and throw off their fetters.' The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them."
All the philosophies of our finite human minds have not even created a tiny crack in the Word of the Almighty. It is like throwing pebbles at a fortress in a hope to terrify those within.
2006-10-25 22:47:44 · answer #2 · answered by C Gardner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very often, we come across certain traditional rituals which are meticulously followed, but cost a lot , in terms of time, leisure and even money... the logical mind seeks some 'justification' for this wasteful-looking exercise. The intuition prompts .... to confuse!..., .... that 'you are too small to comprehend these time-tested beliefs'.... and the philosophy within, gets to wrestle with beliefs ! Now it is a tug-o-war, between people around threatening to 'out-law' and the logic, questioning the obsolete looking ritual !
2006-10-25 22:36:58 · answer #3 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Belief and it's Siamese twin doubt are themselves a component of a particular philosophical system, imposing on its practitioners the particular agony inherent in them. I suggest you find one without these paramiters and leave this pain behind
2006-10-25 22:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by bobburns8105 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
None.
2006-10-25 22:33:00 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋