So me and zg registered for the same tutorial without knowing! Haha. So it of great interest to me what a trained philosopher (my tutor) has to say. I’ve been very intrigued by how everyone misrepresents each other in arguments whether or not they are right or wrong.
Much maligned in Christian circles are the study of philosophy and psychology who most basic premise is really acceptable just like the study of other humanities. The problems arise once people start building on their baseless fleshly assumptions then everything starts going wrong, much like any other subject including theology and bible studies.
Interesting to me is what my tutor says about philosophy being a study of the meta physical which basically means there is no physical proof for it all. Everything is all in the mind. So basically philosophy in its entirety is completely futile without a base set of assumptions and a foundation. That is something only the bible has claim to – absolute truth. Of course since it is self validating it seems foolish to philosophers. Still Who cares if they think it’s dumb? they aren’t the ones who will judge you at the end of your life, neither do thy have the power to change lives and save souls.
This will be a pretty interesting sem. Another thing that suprised me is why my tutor is studying philosophy. “so that I can know what matters and live a fulfilled life”. Nowadays more than ever everyone seems like they need Christ to me. I hope she one day discovers the only one that can provide her that is a life in Christ Jesus and his philosophy.