My philosophy course isn't over yet but I am already into concluding that philosophy and religion are really just like the parable of the oil and water. Yes, it is a category mistake to use that parable in explaining the existence of the mind and body but when you put it religion and philosophy, I don't think it'll be a category mistake anymore.
The parable of the oil and water simply states that these two are completely different entities but they do interact at some point, or what we call the point of interaction.
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So many people actually don't know whether philosophy teachings are anti-religion or not. They are not anti-religion I say. They just sort of pushes down the teachings of religion in an indirect way. Philosophy, if you might have known, is an advocate of constructive skepticism. The church however kills skepticism. The church teaches as is. Dogmatic is the right term. The church won't allow questioning, doubts on the scriptures and many other questions that may danger its position in society. But it is wrong. Skepticism must be practiced in order for us to reach something certain -- indubitable and incontrovertible.
Did you know that philosophy even tried (Descartes specifically, but very poor topic) to prove God's existence through the perfection argument, infinity calculus and the parable of the ocean? So yes, it is not anti -religion or anti-God even.
Philosophy tackles a lot of things. Sometimes it gets in the way of the church, sometimes it even supports or gets teachings from the church. Personally, I'd like the church to act more open about questioning, doubting or skepticism. It is a very healthy exercise that would even give light to some of the problems that we are facing now.
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The parable of the oil and water simply states that these two are completely different entities but they do interact at some point, or what we call the point of interaction.
Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/bonsaikiptb/
So many people actually don't know whether philosophy teachings are anti-religion or not. They are not anti-religion I say. They just sort of pushes down the teachings of religion in an indirect way. Philosophy, if you might have known, is an advocate of constructive skepticism. The church however kills skepticism. The church teaches as is. Dogmatic is the right term. The church won't allow questioning, doubts on the scriptures and many other questions that may danger its position in society. But it is wrong. Skepticism must be practiced in order for us to reach something certain -- indubitable and incontrovertible.
Did you know that philosophy even tried (Descartes specifically, but very poor topic) to prove God's existence through the perfection argument, infinity calculus and the parable of the ocean? So yes, it is not anti -religion or anti-God even.
Philosophy tackles a lot of things. Sometimes it gets in the way of the church, sometimes it even supports or gets teachings from the church. Personally, I'd like the church to act more open about questioning, doubting or skepticism. It is a very healthy exercise that would even give light to some of the problems that we are facing now.
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