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Good article on ultimate issues.
1 posted on 09/17/2003 11:07:30 AM PDT by DittoJed2
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Ping.
2 posted on 09/17/2003 12:08:37 PM PDT by DittoJed2 (It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.- Patrick Henry)
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Naturalism, believing that there is nothing beyond space, time and energy, would answer the question [of "How do you know that you know?] by pointing to the human mind. Rational thought--figuring things out deductively--is one prime way we gain knowledge. Human reason is a good enough method to find out what we need to know. The mind is the center of our source of knowledge. Another way to knowledge is by accumulating hard scientific data of observable and measurable experience. This view says that the source of our knowledge is found in the senses. We know what we can perceive through what we can measure. Since naturalism denies any supernaturalism (anything above or outside of the natural world), what the human mind can reason and measure is the only standard for gaining knowledge.

Fine post, DittoJed2. Thanks for the ping!

3 posted on 09/17/2003 12:11:26 PM PDT by betty boop (God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world. -- Paul Dirac)
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nothingness bump
4 posted on 09/17/2003 12:47:13 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: DittoJed2
Why is there something rather than nothing?

I don't yet know, but am satisfied with that.

I feel no need to say I don't know, therefore "Giant Invisible Bearded Guy".

How do you explain human nature?

As a complex accumulation of naturally selected behavioral traits.

What happens to a person at death?

They become food for microorganisms.

How do you determine right and wrong?

By appealing to a rationally derived and objective moral code.

How do you know that you know?

By testing what I think I know, against the confines of reality.

5 posted on 09/17/2003 1:08:12 PM PDT by OWK
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To: DittoJed2
I have always put it simple terms. There are mainly 2 worldviews about life, the universe and all that is in it.
1. God (or an intelligent being) created the universe and all therein. or....
2. Everything just happened out of nowhere

Now I have heard of a third view from the hippis "we are not really here, it's just an illusion", lol.

The 4 great questions that everyone has and will ask are :
1. WHO AM I?
2. WHERE DID I COME FROM?
3. WHY AM I HERE?
4. WHERE DO I GO WHEN I DIE?

There answers to all 4 questions will be decided based on one of the worldviews.
62 posted on 09/18/2003 11:29:34 AM PDT by goodseedhomeschool (returned) (Homeschool topics at designeduniverse.com)
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To: DittoJed2
Does Christian Theism possess Buddha-nature?

--Boris

76 posted on 09/19/2003 7:03:22 PM PDT by boris (The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
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