Faith

[tenketsu]

As much as I don't like it, it's true that ultimately it all rests on faith, that most abhorrent of concepts. The foundations of everything.

Firstly, faith that there's such a thing as logic, and facts, and these can be known. Everything else rests on that, and without it there can be no proof, of anything. This is not to say that one requires

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[frent]

I thought of when I was reading Descartes. The man's writings usually posed questions instead of answering them, and when he did answer them I think it was with a belief in God. Still, he had a terrific thought process that relates here.

I've always wondered about that old idea, "Are we in control of our lives, or are we the fleeting dream of someone or something, destined to live out our 'lives' without our own purpose?" or something relative to it. In that case, we must have faith -- not in what we are or aren't, because we really don't know. We must have faith in ourselves to know and learn and advance as much as possible. It is likely the closest we'll get to unraveling our own mysteries.

Good, thought-provoking stuff.

[ada]

Theory usually makes my head hurt, but this I like. An explanation without being based on jargon.

I consider myself aligning with the concept that reality is subjective. Whatever a person has convinced himself of becomes a truth (through that individual perspective). In that case a person would have faith in himself as a primary foundation for living.

[tenketsu]

I'm glad you liked it. When you have to start defining your own terms, some of which are pretty similar to your others but mean very different things... That's not a good sign. I can't seem to get through proper philosophy texts, but I love reading fiction written by philosophers. Their texts are just... Like nonsensical computer languages, or new and arbitrary branches of math. Which doesn't make much sense to me why they would do that when so many can obviously communicate well, but... Eh.

I'm naturally inclined towards an objective reality, in spite of the fact that by far the most important factors in, well, everything human really, are entirely perception. But I could be dead wrong, obviously.

[ada]

I think the aspect of jargon that exasperates me the most is that the word becomes associated with a certain definition to the extent it transforms into a loaded meaning. Through overuse as a single term of exclamation and substituting the complex concept that accompanies it, the word then loses its meaning both in terms of denotation and substance. For example: postmodern

[tenketsu]

I'm over 6 months late, and I have nothing correspondingly intelligent to add, but you rock. It's important that you realize this.

[mouthoftheocean]

what if there was more truth in illogic than logic?or more faith in rationless action than in rational.im not arguing against your point but i think theres one or other forces that may dance outside of faith and faith swims in thier remains .can we say the other lifes and species on this earth
use faith in there actions does a tree or a bird .what if its all a big bang and then a whoopie cushon sound.just stretched out and multidimetional.
and what about the funk?

[mouthoftheocean]

the funk makes you dance.you dont need faith just a booty to shake.