" I think, therefore, I am" Descartes .
Only conscious thought determines existence.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nihilism: there are no values, nothing can be known or communicated. A committed nihilist would believe in nothing, have no loyalties, and no purpose except an impulse to destroy. He spoke of the "death of God". Nietzsche desired people to “becoming what one is” through the growth of instincts and various intellectual faculties, a plan that required a constant struggle with one’s psychological and intellectual inclinations. The "perfect person" formed his own life with out relying on social mores or religious constraints. " You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. " " Faith: not wanting to know what is true."
"Society as the trustee of life is responsible to life for every botched life that comes into existence; and as it has to atone for such lives, it ought consequently to make it impossible for them ever to see the light of day: it should in many cases actually prevent the act of procreation, and may, without any regard for rank, descent, or intellect, hold in readiness the most rigorous forms of compulsion and restriction, and, under certain circumstances, have recourse to castration ... 'Thou shalt do no murder,' is a piece of ingenuous puerility compared with 'Thou shalt not beget!!!' ... The [unhealthy] must at all costs be eliminated, lest the whole fall to pieces."
Hitler was a follower of Nietzsche. He believed in a "super race". He believed in cleansing Germany of those who would foul the gene pool. Hitler believed himself to be the final moral authority. One has to understand that anyone who was not blond and blue-eyed or a Christian (due to the Pope's power only, Italy was an ally of Germany. ) is in danger. Jews because of their association with Jesus and financial power, Gypsies, many Christians, and others. The world did not know of the atrocities for years, and for some they did not care.
All of those years were evil. If there is a God, why did He allow them? Free will some say. That is true in some ways. Man makes his choices. We are not pieces on a chess board. We will answer to Him.
But if conscious thought determines existence, what happens when I sleep? Is my dog just a fantasy?
If we lived in a world where everyone "did their own thing" what would happen?
Who determines what a "botched life" is? At what stage of life is that decision made?
Who determines who is allowed to bear children?
If one looks at recent health care plans closely, those of us with chronic illnesses, and terminal illnesses are marginalized. We are expensive. Single parents are expensive, and Planned Parenthood makes a fortune from abortions and birth control pills.
We need to look closely at our nation and pray daily for it.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
The Law of Causality
This is a fancy way of saying that every limited thing is caused by something other than itself. Those who do not believe in God use this law as if everything must have some source. This definition places God in the Law of Causality. Who created God?
BUT, God is infinite. The Law of Causality says that everything that is finite and limited requires a cause. Things that have a beginning require a cause. Including God in the Law of Causality logically makes a category error. It is like confusing vision and touch. How does a sunset feel? does not mean anything. Limited, finite things need a cause. They started, and came into existence. ( Geisler & Bocchino)
Time isn't infinite; the beginning of time needs an explaination. Nothing that is limited to time is is able to cause the universe. The definition of time is "a nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future." By definition time is that area whare cause and effect occur, and every effect must have a cause. (Heeren) An infinite being ( God ) is not confined by time and He does not require a beginning. An infinite being mus always exist, and does not need a "cause". (Geisler and Bocchino)
Our skeptic may say that God is not necessary.
" If the existence of the cosmos as a whole needs to be explained, and if it cannot be explained by natural causes then we must look to the existence and action of a supernatural cause for its explaination" Mortimer Adler
Using the Law of Causality we can sum it up this way.
1. What ever begins to exist must have a cause.
2. The universe began to exist.
3. The universe has a cause.
For the universe to be here, we have four possibilities: Illusion, Self created, Self-existent, and Created by something self-existent.
1. Illusion is "misleading perception of reality". Misrepresenting what is real. If we did not have objective reality for a comparison, we would not know what is real.
2. Self-Created violates the law of causality because we have an effect without a cause. It also violates one of the fundamental laws of logic: the law of non-contradiction, meaning something cannot be true and not true at the same time and in the same relationship. If I created myself, I exercised causal power on myself before I existed.
3.Self Existent/Eternal Whatever begins to exist has a cause. More on the Evidence the the Universe began to exist tomorrow.
BUT, God is infinite. The Law of Causality says that everything that is finite and limited requires a cause. Things that have a beginning require a cause. Including God in the Law of Causality logically makes a category error. It is like confusing vision and touch. How does a sunset feel? does not mean anything. Limited, finite things need a cause. They started, and came into existence. ( Geisler & Bocchino)
Time isn't infinite; the beginning of time needs an explaination. Nothing that is limited to time is is able to cause the universe. The definition of time is "a nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future." By definition time is that area whare cause and effect occur, and every effect must have a cause. (Heeren) An infinite being ( God ) is not confined by time and He does not require a beginning. An infinite being mus always exist, and does not need a "cause". (Geisler and Bocchino)
Our skeptic may say that God is not necessary.
" If the existence of the cosmos as a whole needs to be explained, and if it cannot be explained by natural causes then we must look to the existence and action of a supernatural cause for its explaination" Mortimer Adler
Using the Law of Causality we can sum it up this way.
1. What ever begins to exist must have a cause.
2. The universe began to exist.
3. The universe has a cause.
For the universe to be here, we have four possibilities: Illusion, Self created, Self-existent, and Created by something self-existent.
1. Illusion is "misleading perception of reality". Misrepresenting what is real. If we did not have objective reality for a comparison, we would not know what is real.
2. Self-Created violates the law of causality because we have an effect without a cause. It also violates one of the fundamental laws of logic: the law of non-contradiction, meaning something cannot be true and not true at the same time and in the same relationship. If I created myself, I exercised causal power on myself before I existed.
3.Self Existent/Eternal Whatever begins to exist has a cause. More on the Evidence the the Universe began to exist tomorrow.
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