Sunday, February 21, 2010
Explaining everything, is this a new or old idea?
When we saw the video clips of blessed Terresa and Sparkle, we immediately began questioning what it was that we had just seen. Ideas like camera tricks or faking it were more plausible than divine providence. However, none of these things have been proven, therfore according to Cartesian thinking we must continue searching. This is the primary difference between Cartesian thinking and religous beliefs. We must continue searching continue searching until we have certainty without doubt. Religous beliefs would also create an explanation for all events as well, but with an idea coming from their faith. To anyone who didn't know any better this explanation would be, to them, certainty without doubt. However, anyone who lives in the modern industrial world is aware of science and the Cartesian method, even if they choose not to use it. In the case of blessed Terresa and Sparkle the responsibility is on science to prove that it wasn't a miracle. This is because religion doesn't follow the same rules, there not based on facts, but rather faith. The question we must ask is, should we accept something we can't prove as a divine intervention, or continue to look for an answer that can be based in fact? The Cartesian method says, keep looking, and I concur.
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I agree with you about needing to continue to look for answers and not just coming up with some explaination based on divine intervention. For one, that would just be the easy way and we would never progress in life just doing that. Although, I would say that maybe using religion to explain things is good as long as you still continue to look for answers in science.
ReplyDeleteGOT to remember that what we have are not 'the facts,' though, but REPRESENTATIONS (by Teresa's devotees and by the National Geographic). THese are constructions, by people, with conscious and unconscious motives. They select, focus, narrate.
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