Truthfulness and faithfulness are the same thing. Carlin gets it, so why can't the 10 be reduced?

Question

Truth is less about facts than we tend to think. George Carlin gets that, so why can't atheists? On the flip side, why can't Christians understand it's okay to use logic? You both have a thing or two to learn from George Carlin, so watch this bit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CitfTtMIx8&NR=1

Answer 1

I love that routine. My fav. You also need to see the one about how religion is bullshit. That one's even better. How religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man, living in the sky, who watches everything you do of everyday and he has a special list of 10 things he does not want you to do...

Answer 2

Carlin has his thing. I have mine. I stayed away from the "church" for years and got into everything from Atheist to Zoroaster. Funny thing. I came back to where I started using nothing but logic to get there. My conclusion? There is a power beyond us. Call it what you will. Cosmic conscience? Creator? Jesus (the Earthly manifestation of the Creator)? Even science in the theory of Quantum Mechanics suggests that what we perceive as reality probably isn't. Under those circumstances, why can't there be a God or alternate reality regardless of what George Carlin thinks? Sheesh.

Answer 3

Truth is fact, and fact is truth. There is also such a thing as something being truth for me, but not you - and vice versa (like I need blood pressure meds and you don't, etc.). God did bless us with intelligence and mind to reason; with conscience and logic - but in our degraded state, considering our sinful nature (after the fall of man) - our logic cannot always be depended on - at least, not alone. A child may think it logical to eat a bowlful of candy before supper; but his mother knows better. And so it is with God and man, for we are His children. He knows whats best for our health, happiness, and to maintain order - especially in a sinful world. And His word is bond. The ten commandments are just that - commandments. If there was no harm in picking and choosing what suits our fancy, while ditching the rest - they would have been called something like "the ten suggestions". We do have freedom of choice - but are supposed to use that choice wisely - not abuse it. We hurt ourselves, when we do. Perhaps George Carlin could learn a few things. None of us know it all.

Truth and faithfulness are associated, but not equal. As I said, truth is fact. It is superior, tested, and right. Faithfulness is obedience to truth. And God does not ask us to have blind faith. He says, "Come let us reason..." He tells us over and over to STUDY and SHOW THYSELF APPROVED and to try Him, test Him, that we may know the truth for ourselves, and believe. As I said - He gave us a brain for a reason. True faith is based on evidence AND trust for the things not yet, revealed to us. And unlike many would love to think - truth is not relative; it is no where near that finicky. Without a firm, clear standard - there is no order, but chaos. And truth is timeless; it does not change. Christ is Truth, for He said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life..." Not A way, truth, or life - but THE. And as He was then - He is now, forever, and always.

Did you ever consider that it takes more faith to be an atheist, than it does to believe in God?

Answer 4

The 10 commandments are outdated and irrelevant. What Carlin was promoting in that sketch was basic humanism.

BTW, Carlin is an atheist. His sketch about religion being the greatest con game is even better.

Answer 5

If George Carlin was a god, I wouldn't be an atheist....

Answer 6

Carlin is wrong; truth and faith have nothing whatever to do with each other. Truth is established by evidence; faith has nothing to do with evidence -- or facts.

Answer 7

Just because you're not lying, doesn't mean you're telling the truth. It just means you're being honest. Faith can vary, truth can't.

I'm enjoying that video, though.