Comments on: Yes, I’m Alive http://mattwiebe.com/2007/01/yes-im-alive/ Matt Wiebe's blog about faith and life. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:02:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Matt http://mattwiebe.com/2007/01/yes-im-alive/#comment-491 Matt Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:24:44 +0000 http://mattwiebe.com/2007/01/yes-im-alive/#comment-491 Interesting to hear that about philosophical types. It makes me keep coming back to Willard's injunction to doubt your doubts and that skeptics need to give an account for their unbelief. We always have unprovable assumptions. Faith makes the world go round, it would seem. Interesting to hear that about philosophical types. It makes me keep coming back to Willard’s injunction to doubt your doubts and that skeptics need to give an account for their unbelief.

We always have unprovable assumptions. Faith makes the world go round, it would seem.

]]> By: Anthony Wiebe http://mattwiebe.com/2007/01/yes-im-alive/#comment-490 Anthony Wiebe Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:06:10 +0000 http://mattwiebe.com/2007/01/yes-im-alive/#comment-490 If I had heard that quote in one of my philosophy courses at the U of W I may have dropped dead from disbelief. That said, it sure is brilliant. I don't think philosophy is philosophy unless it's honest. The 'best' thing you hear in philosophy circles, usually directed at Christians or at the very least religion, is that we have our a priori commitments and merely build proofs to support those commitments, thereby being unwilling to examine our beliefs. Truthfully, I've scarcely had true, honest philosophical dialogue, a willingness to examine beliefs and assumptions about the world, with anyone but Christians. The difference, in my experience (though of course not without exception), in Christian philosophical dialogue: we're honest about our a priori commitments. Most of the people I've dialogued with at the university have their a priori commitments too, only theirs consist basically/generally that all of my commitments can't be and aren't true. Dahhh!!!! Drives me crazy. Truly sad about the suicide. Truly sad. Lord, have mercy on us all. If I had heard that quote in one of my philosophy courses at the U of W I may have dropped dead from disbelief. That said, it sure is brilliant.

I don’t think philosophy is philosophy unless it’s honest. The ‘best’ thing you hear in philosophy circles, usually directed at Christians or at the very least religion, is that we have our a priori commitments and merely build proofs to support those commitments, thereby being unwilling to examine our beliefs. Truthfully, I’ve scarcely had true, honest philosophical dialogue, a willingness to examine beliefs and assumptions about the world, with anyone but Christians. The difference, in my experience (though of course not without exception), in Christian philosophical dialogue: we’re honest about our a priori commitments. Most of the people I’ve dialogued with at the university have their a priori commitments too, only theirs consist basically/generally that all of my commitments can’t be and aren’t true. Dahhh!!!! Drives me crazy.

Truly sad about the suicide. Truly sad.

Lord, have mercy on us all.

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