A Christian Philosophy

Do you have something to support this claim? Also, what is abstract about the argument in the video? Given the condition that all claims come from the...

I'll try, but I admit I am running out of ways to explain myself. I've numbered the propositions below so it is easier to refer to them. 1. x cannot b...

Hello. You use the word "science" in the same way I use "science (modern meaning)" in the OP. In that sense, I agree with you that math, logic, episte...

Hello. I agree with you that a lot of limitation of the empirical sciences before the modern period was due to a lack of proper measuring tools. I thi...

Hello. To clarify my point: The scientific method works. No disagreement here. The only thing I want to point is that since x cannot be used to suppor...

Could you show me where in my statements I am moving the goalpost?

I agree, and that's because there is empirical evidence that it works. I'll wait and see where you are going with this, but I worry we will run into c...

I was responding to the following post: But I think we are passed that now :blush:. We can just focus on the other conversation.

That one in particular seems odd to me. "Christian" has the word "Christ" in it haha. The others you have listed may indeed be disputed. That's fine; ...

I don't believe this distinction works. Propositions refer to things; things such as the scientific method. In other words, "the scientific method is ...

I don't believe I do. What do you have in mind?

If we demonstrate that the black cat is real, then we should believe it is real. What does it matter that we have "already found it" beforehand?

To clarify, I am not questioning the validity of the scientific method - it's a correct method. But my point is that the scientific method (which vali...

I'll try. Topics may be one of the following three: (1) rationally verifiable (using reason alone), (2) empirically verifiable (observable or detectab...

Hello. Well that depends on their arguments. The christian claims: e.g. that God exists; that Christ is God; that man has a soul; that good and evil a...

No - I believe this topic is purely theological, that is, it can only be derived based on divine revelations. That said, the philosopher may be able t...

Thanks for sharing. All I can respond is keep searching for truth. I'll do the same. If one of the religions is true and can be found, then philosophy...

It is simple induction (or sometimes called abduction): inference to the most reasonable or probable explanation. E.g. We do not know with certainty t...

Just because some topics are not empirically verifiable, does not mean they are not verifiable or defendable by reason alone. E.g. the scientific meth...

Hello. Indeed, philosophy is inherently critical of everything: christianity, atheism, and everything else. That said, even if someone is biased (e.g....

Sorry, which part?

Hello. It does not necessarily follow, but it it reasonable. I explain this argument in the video Part #4 haha. But I'll give you the summary here. If...

Sounds like a good approach to me. If you already accept a being that is the First Cause, then here is a simple argument to tie it to the God of the b...

We should make a distinction between Christianity and the christians. No doubt, some christians are bad christians; but this does not suggest that Chr...

Indeed, ideally, seeking truth should be for the sake of the good; i.e., we should only care about topics that will affect our lives. I think some phi...

Thanks for the feedback. I thought I did, at time 1:32, but I can try to emphasize it more going forward.

Maybe I'm still too hopeful and naive, but I'd say we could find the true religion in the same way we find any truths, and debunk false religions in t...

Agreed. Since values drive our behaviours, then any values that exist objectively will dictate how we should behave.

Understood. So in your view, a philosophy would be the early stage of a science, like a fetus becoming a newborn.

Ontology - the science of being - is definitely part of philosophy. But other sciences traditionally fit under philosophy as well, such as Ethics - th...

Hello. Yep. Truth means correspondance to reality. Thus your definition is very similar. On another note, I confirm that since your name corresponds t...

Hello, and thank you for the feedback. Yeah - I agree that a lot of people believe in a religion because of emotions and not reason. That said, I also...

The latter. The fact that scientific results are obviously true (e.g. we all take planes) shows that the scientific methods are correct, and thus so a...

Hello. I agree that questioning definitions would be a rational and not empirical science, because we cannot test what we cannot yet define. However, ...

Hello. Yes, I agree with that. We all seek what we believe to be good; and in order to find what is truly good, we must seek what is true. Philosophy ...

Hello. I agree with you. To clarify, empirical science does not mean observation without reason. It means reason with observation; in contrast to rati...

Hello. What would you say is the goal of philosophy? Philosophy means "love of wisdom", and wisdom means "conforming our beliefs to reality (i.e. true...

Hello. Yes - I think this is similar to what we call axioms or first principles. Metaphysics is sometimes called "first philosophy". Indeed, first pri...

Hello. I pretty much agree with you definitions. Science, being empirical, must be testable. Philosophy: I also agree with the habit aspect. Wisdom (t...

Hello. Yes - that's what I meant in shorthand: the science of fundamentals of reality. This is indeed the modern meaning of "science", i.e. 17th centu...

For your statements to be valid, we have to accept the possibility of a reality outside of logic. But I don't accept this premise, because logic dicta...

Yes. No - not if the idea of "not bound by logic" is itself nonsense. If the concept of logic is in fact the way I understand it, then the question is...

I don't think it is possible to go beyond or change the laws of logic when the concept is properly understood. As an analogy, one that doesn't underst...

Sure. But in catholicism, the term omnipotence is meant in this sense: The ability to do anything that is logically possible. With that definition, th...

I am not a theologian, so I cannot defend the catholic premises about God. All I can do is show that they do not entail any contradictions. But I do n...

What you say is true of concepts like bachelor because bachelor is a property and not a substance. Many things can be bachelors. It would also be true...

There is a distinction between having properties essentially and having them non-essentially (or accidentally). It would be possible for a being to be...

I agree when we speak of "persons" as used in the common language. But properties assigned to God are to be understood analogically and not literally....

Here is the catholic take as I understand it. Christianity is a monotheistic religion, thus, 1 God. That God has a set of absolute properties plus a f...

Sure. It can be rewritten as "3 divine persons having the same nature". I'm not sure we can equate "divine person" with "mind". In catholicism, proper...