Divine Revelation
Thursday, August 30th, 2001 12:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flwydYeah, I've got a lot of personal updates to do, but those will have to wait until the weekend. However, this journal seems like a good place to write down spontaneous philosophical thoughts for posterity. Example:
Suppose The Bible is indeed the Word of God. What we know of God is revealed in The Bible. Thus, the reason we hold God to be omni{potent,scient,benevolent} is because He told us. Now, on what basis do we believe him? Because God does not lie. But we only know that because He told us that. "I am not a liar" is, in most cases, an entirely unhelpful statement. And Nixon is an honest man.
So what if there is a God, just not a very powerful God. But She has an inferiority complex, and puffs Herself up to be All That by telling believers so.
Suppose The Bible is indeed the Word of God. What we know of God is revealed in The Bible. Thus, the reason we hold God to be omni{potent,scient,benevolent} is because He told us. Now, on what basis do we believe him? Because God does not lie. But we only know that because He told us that. "I am not a liar" is, in most cases, an entirely unhelpful statement. And Nixon is an honest man.
So what if there is a God, just not a very powerful God. But She has an inferiority complex, and puffs Herself up to be All That by telling believers so.
