As i was writing my journal about what i consider a PJTB, a question occured to me.
Can anyone know that god exists as descriptive knowledge, or will it always be confined as aquaintence knowledge?
Would something as sublime as a god figure coming down from heaven make this claim descriptive? Or, what about Jesus? Was this knowledge descriptive during the time of Jesus, at least among believers?
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2 comments:
I think given the subjectivity of "believers", then No, we can never have acquaintance knowledge. Even if God did open up the sky and yell out "Hey Guys, I exist! How you doin'?", then there would be numerous people who dismiss this, or block it out of their memory (i.e The camera example somewhere else on this site).
On to the Jesus example. Yes, this COULD be considered acquaintance knowledge, however...
It has just occured to me that not everybody shares the same acquaintance knowledge. So never mind, Yes. Yes, you can have the acquaintance knowledge that God exists.
Well, Deep, ti's just a coincidence. Yes, I am arguing against myself, but oh well, that's what we need to do for TOK. Surely, there is no way that every single one of your assingments last year whith the "Ohm" on it (I'm fairly certain it's with an "H". Also, does "H" get precede with "a" or "an"? It's no a vowel, but it sometimes sounds like one. Miss Hunt? Help please?) recieved good grades. Also, we go into the problem of definiton. I could say that only recieving an A+ is a good grade, and all other are terrible. Or, you could go to the opposite end of the spectrum and say that as long as you passed, it's a good grade. Even if you can prove this under your definition, it proves nothing. It's a series of coincidences that you process through your perception as proof that there is a God. If an atheist did this same result, he would not become a born again christian, he would dismiss it as a bunch of bull-honky and shut it out. Thus, your example proves nothing. Oh, and for all you feminists out there, replace any "he's" you see with "she's".
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