Monday, April 28, 2008
SIGH...
I have been looking inoto apologetics for the Catholic Church, and I now know if you truly, truly follow it is the best and most perfect religion. But now I am slightly depressed while arguing with athiests/agnostics, for I will never reach all of them and those I do they refuse to see the truth (most have factual errors when showing faults in the Church aka straw man arguments)
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Check out Aquinas's 5 proofs of the existence of God, or C.S. Lewis' proof in "Mere Christianity". Lewis argues that all humans have an intrinsic moral code (also look at his Illustrations of the Tao) which is supplied by a higher being.
Also, many of the ancients (Aristotle to name a big one) held that the one thing that all humans desire happiness, which we can all agree is true. Aristotle continues the argument in his "Nichomachian Ethics" by saying that we become happy be doing virtuous things. But more importantly Boethius, who was an early Christian (unlike Aristotle), says that we become happy by becoming one with the most perfect being imaginable, which we call God. His "Consolation of Philosophy" is a must read.
Lewis' style is very easy, so it is a good book to recommend to somebody who has a little bit of interest. Boethius is kind of perplexing. Most Christians think that power is bad, but Boethius says that it comes from God. And you would think that a criminal would be more miserable in jail than on the streets, but Boethius argues that when you jail them you stop their misery.
And best of all, none of these books quote the bible as proof of their arguments! It's all logic!
Maybe this could help you strengthen your arguments a bit. Keep in mind that some people aren't going to be convinced whatever you do. The Danish 19th century philosopher Soren Kierkegaard talked about the leap to faith. The concept is that you need to accept some things without having empirical (stuff you can measure) evidence. He thought this step was necessary to becoming a Christian. That is just one guy's opinion, but it could be possible that some people won't be able to accept God without experiencing something intense.
Thank you very much for the comment. I will defenitely look into these books and philosophers you have mentioned. Thanks
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