Why Should Anyone Believe Anything At All - Part 5
In response to an earlier blog of mine called ‘Why Should Anyone Believe Anything part 4’, Tim Hamm said, “And that's the problem - we don't have any solid foundation where we know exactly what happens at death. Christian faith believes in Heaven, but I haven't found any living person I can talk to who has been there. It's sort of like a one way street where we can't see our destination, and the only source of information we have is a map that was given to us. Do we put faith in the map, or something else?
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Here’s my response.
Good question. How do we test other things? An example would be that a map of the world shows a place called, 'Windhoek, Namibia’. I have never been there, I've never spoken to anyone from there or has visited there. How would I test to see if it exist?
I’ve also heard, “About half of the population depends on agriculture (largely subsistence agriculture) for its livelihood. Namibia must import some of its food.” How do I find out if this information is accurate?
I suppose I could ask around and see if I could find someone from Windhoek, Namibia and ask them if about half of the population of Namibia depends on agriculture for it’s livelihood. But what if they’re lying to me? What if they deluded and only think they’re from Windhoek, Namibia? What if they are from Namibia, but don’t know whether about half the population depends on agriculture for it’s livelihood?
There are many WAYS we find out if information is accurate or not. These WAYS of discovering the dependability of the information are the same in most areas of knowledge. I’m hoping we can start spelling out basic steps that we could use to find accurate information.
There are many ways we use to decide if things are true. For instance, will it make any difference if I wear black tennis shoes or white tennis shoes? Or some other type of shoes or are no shoes better? Every day I wear, or don’t wear, something on my feet. How did I choose what to wear or not wear on my feet? How important is it?
How should I pay my bills? How should I determine my budget or whether to even have a budget? Should I care? Why or why not?
Who I should marry, or divorce, or live with, or not? Is it important?
Why am I here? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Does it make any difference?
For futher information about this subject please refer to the book that I got my ideas from.
Check out the book Why Should Anyone Believe Anything At All by James Sire
I’ve also heard, “About half of the population depends on agriculture (largely subsistence agriculture) for its livelihood. Namibia must import some of its food.” How do I find out if this information is accurate?
I suppose I could ask around and see if I could find someone from Windhoek, Namibia and ask them if about half of the population of Namibia depends on agriculture for it’s livelihood. But what if they’re lying to me? What if they deluded and only think they’re from Windhoek, Namibia? What if they are from Namibia, but don’t know whether about half the population depends on agriculture for it’s livelihood?
There are many WAYS we find out if information is accurate or not. These WAYS of discovering the dependability of the information are the same in most areas of knowledge. I’m hoping we can start spelling out basic steps that we could use to find accurate information.
There are many ways we use to decide if things are true. For instance, will it make any difference if I wear black tennis shoes or white tennis shoes? Or some other type of shoes or are no shoes better? Every day I wear, or don’t wear, something on my feet. How did I choose what to wear or not wear on my feet? How important is it?
How should I pay my bills? How should I determine my budget or whether to even have a budget? Should I care? Why or why not?
Who I should marry, or divorce, or live with, or not? Is it important?
Why am I here? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Does it make any difference?
For futher information about this subject please refer to the book that I got my ideas from.Book
Check out the book Why Should Anyone Believe Anything At All by James Sire
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