As illustration of those who come by way of Holy Trinity and those who come by way of Allah, lay claim that:
“In order to understand scared text, one needs to first believe; a person must use their minds and be afflicted with divine intervention.”
The fallacy of this line of argument conceivably be that of the other thousand or so religions, beliefs and philosophies in present circulation, a handful will claim similar conditions to understand their way.
Should this person then not ascribe to all the above belief systems to try to sort the wheat from the chaff to determine the one True belief, and in the process risk being burnt by all the other false beliefs and Gods ?
Are not all authoritative sources preaching one belief over another no different to the transient nature of confetti salesmen ?
Flavour of the month, if you will, is science backed with rational philosophy.
Kindly refrain, if you please, ad hominem attacks of all parties participating. Thank you.
2007-01-26 06:00:20 · 2 answers · asked by pax veritas 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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Oleg .. – Regardless the system of beliefs, it is an individual experience.
:: Does a universal truth, deity, way exist ?
2007-01-26 07:05:42 · update #1
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sparr.. – Bible is a means to support faith. Faith is not a necessary pre-determinant to understanding scripture.
Oleg.. :: Astute observation.
2007-01-29 03:46:47 · update #2
Albeit in the plain.
2007-01-29 03:47:40 · update #3
Statement is not a fallacy unless it is...In order to succeed you must experience belief and affixion of Divine intervention...If there is no experience it will be disbelieve and following rejection. Those whom tapped into this made that statement above...But there will be always denial, for it must be experienced individually...There is no way to prove that to others only to self...
2007-01-26 07:01:35 · answer #1 · answered by Oleg B 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
as a Christian, I don't believe that you have to have faith to understand the Bible, just the opposite, the Bible is there to help give you faith
there's a generalization of beliefs in your question, not all who believe in the Holy Trinity (or, and I'm assuming here, Allah) say that you need to have faith to understand their texts
not trying to attack anything, just pointing something out
2007-01-26 14:15:49 · answer #2 · answered by raven 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋