"A man with a definite belief always appears bizarre, because he does not change with the world; he has climbed into a fixed star, and the earth whizzes below him like a zoetrope."
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"Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the Church, is often labeled today as fundamentalism... Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along
by every wind of teaching, looks like the only
attitude acceptable to today's standards." - Pope Benedict the XVI, "The Dictatorship of Relativism"
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I don't want you to prove it. I'm just asking you to give an unique property of "God" that is observable.
You seem to think that belief is a virtue.
edit: I don't want you to prove "God" simply because I already know that you would be unable to do so if you cannot give an unique property that is observable.
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Jungian theory is not grounded in empirical data (pdf file)
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Reinterpreting the MBTI via the five-factor model (pdf file)
Do the Big Five personality traits interact to predict life outcomes? (pdf file)
The Big Five personality test outperformed the Jungian and Enneagram test in predicting life outcomes
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I have not seen God, but I believe. By the grace of God, I will stake my life on it, if He wills that for me. But there are so many, many that have done just that, and there always will be those who would rather die than renounce their faith. The blood of the martyrs is the fertile ground from which faith grows.
John 20:29 "Jesus saith unto him, 'Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.'"
Yes, they are blessed. Faith is a precious gift. It is the best thing about my life. My greatest treasure.
And yes - faith is a virtue. Mankind has traditionally recognized it as one of the three greatest virtues.
Corinthians 13: 13 - "And now abideth faith, hope, charity*, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." *[Caritas: the altruistic love]
Yes, love is the greatest. And God is love.
Can you give a property of love that is observable?
"A man with a definite belief always appears bizarre, because he does not change with the world; he has climbed into a fixed star, and the earth whizzes below him like a zoetrope."
........ G. ........... K. ............... C ........ H ........ E ...... S ........ T ...... E ........ R ........ T ........ O ........ N ........
"Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the Church, is often labeled today as fundamentalism... Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along
by every wind of teaching, looks like the only
attitude acceptable to today's standards." - Pope Benedict the XVI, "The Dictatorship of Relativism"
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To paraphrase Bertrand Russell: “I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.”
I can define "Love" as a concept that has a tangible physiological effect, for example, elevated oxytocin levels when in the company of those I consider my "loved" ones.
You quote the Gospels regarding "Doubting Thomas" - Thomas was criticised for wanting evidence - the people who were blessed were those who believed without evidence. You're only confirming my earlier observation that "Religious people on the whole value faith over observation, sadly."
If you believe something without evidence, it is no more rational for you to believe in the existence of Yahweh then in Allah or Moroni or Zeus or Albus Dumbledore. Believing in Dumbledore is actually more rational if you believe that Yahweh has no physical manifestation.
Improving your happiness and changing your personality for the better
Jungian theory is not grounded in empirical data (pdf file)
The case against type dynamics (pdf file)
Cautionary comments regarding the MBTI (pdf file)
Reinterpreting the MBTI via the five-factor model (pdf file)
Do the Big Five personality traits interact to predict life outcomes? (pdf file)
The Big Five personality test outperformed the Jungian and Enneagram test in predicting life outcomes
Evidence of correlations between human partners based on systematic reviews and meta-analyses of traits
Improving your happiness and changing your personality for the better
Jungian theory is not grounded in empirical data (pdf file)
The case against type dynamics (pdf file)
Cautionary comments regarding the MBTI (pdf file)
Reinterpreting the MBTI via the five-factor model (pdf file)
Do the Big Five personality traits interact to predict life outcomes? (pdf file)
The Big Five personality test outperformed the Jungian and Enneagram test in predicting life outcomes
Evidence of correlations between human partners based on systematic reviews and meta-analyses of traits