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RE: Logical Consistency is not the same as a Scientific Basis (even for Jesus Christ)
Why think there is this "sixth sense" though? Based on the other senses that we all agree we have, or what?
Why think there is this "sixth sense" though? Based on the other senses that we all agree we have, or what?
You really are a philosophy professor :)
Presuppositions are inescapable. I presuppose there is a loving yet transcendent God that speaks to people and you presuppose there is no God (I read your last post about being a staunch atheist). Those presuppositions lead us to certain other conclusions. So my belief in divine revelation flows out of my experience of receiving divine revelation, and corroborated by Scripture (which I also presuppose to contain revealed truth). I'm assuming your rejection of divine revelation is rooted in your conviction that before something can be known it must be observed and empirically tested.
Why do you think there is no sixth sense?
I agree that presuppositions are inescapable, but that doesn't mean you can start with any presupposition you want. You don't get to just presuppose that Miley Cyrus is a robot from the future or that the earth's climate is not changing or that the infidel must be murdered. You should as best you're able only presuppose what's shared with others, and try to reason from there.
I don't presuppose there's no god - I reason to it, in basically same way you reason that there are no invisible pink unicorns. (You don't think there are any of those, do you?) And that's also basically the same way I reason that there is no sixth sense of divine revelation - I have no positive evidence for it, plus Ockham's razor.
By the way, thanks for the stimulating discussion. This is a great example of why I love Steemit!
I agree that you can not start with just any presupposition and I did not mean to insinuate that I am a Christian existentialist. I don't believe faith should be a blind "leap" without reasonable basis.
I see a great deal of evidence in the natural world of the God revealed in Scripture: order in the universe, complexity of life, explanation of origin of evil, basis for reality of cause and effect, etc. Then a closer look at the New Testament reveals significant evidence that a group of men and women saw Christ alive after his death and were willing to die for their conviction that he was the son of God.
But before anyone can arrive at that belief they must presuppose that the universe is not a closed system but rather one in which a creator can reach down into and defy known logic (a miracle).