People Can Just Believe What They Want? Part 4 (TMF:805)

Peace to Live By: People Can Just Believe What They Want? Part 4 (TMF:805) - Daniel Litton
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       People can just do whatever they want, no matter what, and should not expect, or face, any judgment for such actions if there is no absolute truth. But one might say that there needs to be order to society—that is why we have rules. But that doesn’t make sense. If there is no absolute truth, then order doesn’t exist. And if order doesn’t exist, then why, in turn, do we need order? Here again, we see that the very need for order suggests, or gives away the fact that absolute truth does indeed exist. Where there is order, there is design, right? Well, that makes good sense, though, some believe that order can just come about naturally. But the extreme order of things we see around us, with nature, the earth, and the universe, betrays the very notion that things could have come about naturally. That would be like winning the lottery trillions of times over. The Bible says about mankind: “For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made” (Romans 1:19, 20, ESV).

People Can Just Believe What They Want? Part 3 (TMF:804)

Peace to Live By: People Can Just Believe What They Want? Part 3 (TMF:804) - Daniel Litton
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       Even if the majority thinks that physically hurting others is not okay, why does the majority’s view undercut the beliefs of the one who thinks it’s okay? We see here, pretty easily then, that this kind of thinking—this logic—isn’t really logical at all. It is not logical to say that whatever a person wants to believe, it is okay for him or her to believe it. This kind of thinking might appear to be wise on the surface, but really isn’t well-thought-out when it is broken down and analyzed. Now, if you believe there is no absolute truth, then why do you follow any rules? It’s every person for him or herself if no absolute truth exists in our world. People can just do whatever they want, no matter what, and should not expect, or face, any judgment for such actions if there is no absolute truth. But one might say that there needs to be order to society—that is why we have rules. But that doesn’t make sense. If there is no absolute truth, then order doesn’t exist. And if order doesn’t exist, then why, in turn, do we need order?

People Can Just Believe What They Want? Part 2 (TMF:803)

Peace to Live By: People Can Just Believe What They Want? Part 2 (TMF:803) - Daniel Litton
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       It doesn’t make sense, though, in matters of absolute truth or morality, for a person to say he or she can believe what he or she would like to. It’s not reasonable to say a person can believe what he or she personally ‘thinks’ is good. For instance, a person may believe that physically harming other people randomly is okay, whereas most others would say it is not okay. But if we ascribe to the logic that everyone can believe what is okay for them, then how can we correct the person who thinks that physically hurting others randomly is okay? Even if the majority thinks that physically hurting others is not okay, why does the majority’s view undercut the beliefs of the one who thinks it’s okay? We see here, pretty easily then, that this kind of thinking—this logic—isn’t really logical at all. It is not logical to say that whatever a person wants to believe, it is okay for him or her to believe it. This kind of thinking might appear to be wise on the surface, but really isn’t well-thought-out when it is broken down and analyzed.

People Can Just Believe What They Want? Part 1 (TMF:802)

Peace to Live By: People Can Just Believe What They Want? Part 1 (TMF:802) - Daniel Litton
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       So, first, contention one: “I can believe what I want. Whatever I personally think, that’s ok for me.” This argument sounds good at first glance, and it is very tolerant of what other people may believe. But when examining the logic behind this type of thinking, it becomes clear, rather quickly, that this kind of thinking isn’t that logical. First, it is true that people can believe what they want to believe about certain things. I can say, “I like apples.” And another person can say, “I don’t like apples.” Both of these statements would be true for the people speaking them (considering each person is telling the truth). Things like the food we like to eat are a matter of personal preference. This personal preference exists because God has created and said that apples are okay to eat. Because they are a food provided from God, one can decide whether or not he or she likes apples. Now, if apples existed but God said it was a sin to eat an apple, people could still like to eat apples, and could in fact eat them. However, it would still be wrong to eat apples regardless of what a person liked.

Intro to Attacks on Christianity- 'Free Thinking' (TMF:801)

Peace to Live By: Intro to Attacks on Christianity- 'Free Thinking' (TMF:801) - Daniel Litton
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       A lot of people want to reject Christianity, or any religion, simply because they feel it places rules on people where there shouldn’t be rules. And some feel that all religions are simply the creations of mankind in order to seemingly provide an explanation of life—why life exists and sometimes why the universe exists. Religion, to them, is just make-believe to help people get through and cope with life. When I am talking about this ‘free’ thinking, I mean these people want to be ‘free’ from any restraint upon themselves, any restrictions on their behavior and thinking. Let us go through these contentions one-by-one as we seek to understand people’s errors when it comes to these lines of thinking. So, first, contention one: “I can believe what I want. Whatever I personally think, that’s ok for me.” This argument sounds good at first glance, and it is very tolerant of what other people may believe. But when examining the logic behind this type of thinking, it becomes clear, rather quickly, that this kind of thinking isn’t that logical.