RAZD, you have the most colorful and well laid out posts! Im glad that this one finally got promoted!
RAZD writes:
The real question is how does one's personal view relate to {reality}, and how can we determine that (IF we can determine that)?
Im not sure. My view includes belief in the
supernatural, which is itself unprovable. Lets add a definition to your list:
re”al”i”tyn, pl -ties 1 : the quality or state of being real 2 : something real 3 : The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence. .
Things that possess actuality, existence, or essence....do these things include individual imaginations? Christians quite rightly claim God as a reality apart from our imaginations---as if He imparted His reality into us. We can never prove this fact, however, except through exemplorary behavior (which we seldom model) and even then, others without our belief can also behave quite well.
This message has been edited by Phat, 05-02-2006 08:18 AM