We don't need definitive proof of God

[itsjustme]

There are many thinks that are the base of my believe. Many apparitions seem to confirm the teaching of the Church so I would say they are pretty good to include in the bases of trust in the Church.

You are aware I hope that absolutely everybody bases their beliefs on things that they believe are true. Even beliefs that you and I might deem to be patently absurd, are based upon things that their adherents sincerely believe. And many of these “absurd” beliefs are based on the same types of eyewitness accounts that your beliefs are based on.

So why do people choose to put their faith in some beliefs and not in others? And wouldn’t it be more prudent for them to adhere to the same degree of skepticism toward all of them?

Now you no doubt believe that in your particular case your faith in such accounts is justified, but I doubt that it’s because you think that you’re more intelligent than the other guy. So what is the skeptic to do? Run a statistical analysis to determine the belief with the highest degree of probability? Is that what you did? Probably not. So the skeptic should do exactly what the believer does, believe in whatever they’re predisposed to believe in, and let the powers that be sort us all out.

It would seem that we’re all just going to end up dead anyway, and that none of us actually have the power to choose what we believe, so if you’ll let me live my life, I’ll let you live yours, and we can all be perfectly content to see which of us was right once we’re dead. Unfortunately, many people have this primal urge to prove that I’m right, and you’re wrong. Which is probably a perfectly human thing to do, but which also serves to make sure that we’re never actually going to agree on anything of any great importance, at least not as long as people insist on maintaining that they’re right, and the other guy is wrong. And that it actually matters.

 

[Kullervo]

It matters what faith or philosophy is true, because some claim that there were be eternal punishment for the wrong one. Reasonable and wise people came to different conclusions so I won’t convert you with an intellectual debate. It’s like trust in a person. You can trust one or the other, but only one says the truth.

 

[Kullervo]

Does the Church say what the basis of our believe should be? I’m kind of interested in this. Does it matter why someone believes as long as they believe?

 

[Neithan]

That’s a good question and I’m not sure of the answer. I think that we can make our faith more vulnerable if we tether it to private revelations, if we don’t ground it on the public deposit of faith from the Apostles. Everything else is bonus.

 

[Kullervo]

Ok, thanks for the answer!