tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965764313983512059.post7254107213960545696..comments2024-01-10T01:22:40.070-07:00Comments on oddXian: The Christian SkepticoddXianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15427095709766850092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965764313983512059.post-91903446022036618042007-01-03T14:26:00.000-07:002007-01-03T14:26:00.000-07:00Yes - the unbeliever or traditional skeptic freque...Yes - the unbeliever or traditional skeptic frequently presupposes the self-contradicting certainty that "there is no absolute truth", thus creating a false dilemma they have to resolve - cognitive dissonance, I believe it is called...<br><br>-JDjdlongmirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15427095709766850092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965764313983512059.post-697677291521210102007-01-03T08:30:00.000-07:002007-01-03T08:30:00.000-07:00Great idea for a blog.I'm reminded of Richard ...Great idea for a blog.<br><br>I'm reminded of Richard Pratt's observation in his book "Every Thought Captive" that "When man rejected the Creator-creature distinction and committed himself to independence from God, he ruled out all possibility of acquiring true knowledge. Man was thrown into a dilemma which cannot be avoided by the unbeliever and which reveals the futility of sinful thinking. In analogy to the ancient Greek theatre where the same actor would often play several roles by changing masks, the spiritually blind, deaf, and dumb unbeliever insists on wearing two masks. When turning from God, the unbeliever asserts with absolute certainty that the biblical distinction between the Creator and His creature is false; he therefore puts on the mask of absolute certainty. Yet, when turning from God, the unbeliever is left in the position of having no solid ground for knowledge and must therefore wear the mask of total uncertainty. While an unbeliever may wear one or the other mask at differt times, beneath the mask he may wear, THE UNBELIEVER IS CAUGHT IN THE UNSOLVABLE DILEMMA OF BEING BOTH ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN AND TOTALLY UNCERTAIN AT THE SAME TIME." [CAPS, my emphasis]Brandon Presbyterianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00646268383060215811noreply@blogger.com