So why the last blog post?

One reason why I wanted us to think of things that we have no direct access to with our senses is because when you go to college, you most likely will encounter a few professors who believe that all that exists is what we can measure physically. They would call themselves "physicalists". There are also people who are "naturalists" who believe that there is nothing "supernatural" (above and beyond nature) that exists.

What we want to do, if we get into a conversation with a person who is a naturalist, is to explain that there might be more than just the physical or the natural... that their view may be too "limited". The reason I say "might" is because sometimes it is helpful ask a lot of "what if" questions when talking with someone who is SOOO certain that their view is right and then later give reasons for why you think the "what if's" are actually true.

Of course, you have to "know your audience"... different people are convinced by different things. But God gives us plenty of "clues" to know that He exists... and these clues are both "physical" and "non-physical".

One thing I plan on getting into is a very common confusion between truth/existence and knowledge of truth/existence. The main debates do center around "knowledge of truth", but people will say in different ways, "I've never seen God, so I don't think God exists." You see the two categories of truth and knowledge getting confused in that one statement? The first half of the statement has to do with knowledge; the second half has to do with existence. They may also say, "If God exists, why doesn't God just show up?" The first half has to do with existence the second half has to do with our knowledge of Him via physical means.

In the next blog entry, I'll post some parts of an email correspondence a friend of mine had with a professor (of philosophy, I think) regarding "perception" vs. "truth".

(This is sad... I finally finished this post at 1:00am. Sheesh.)