"The voice you believe today determines the future you experience."
- Steven Furtick
As I have briefly elaborated what philosophy and being a philosopher is all about in my last post, I would now like to start off with what preeminently motivates the philosopher which are: the thirst for meaning, knowledge, and freedom.
When I inquired myself on a brief history of philosophy, I noticed that one common trait that the most famous philosophers share was the necessity to give meaning to what is existing. There were (and still are) so plenty of belief systems that each had to be properly classified into groups. From rationalism, to darwinism, to buddhism, and to idealism along with so much more that are too many to mention. Each are convinced of what they believe is 'rationally acceptable' but with the presence of all these ideologies and beliefs there must be, in the mix of all these, a certain and absolute truth which we could fully anchor our faith into. Besides, who would want to live a meaningless life or worse, a life full of lies anyway?
There are many views on life and some can even be considered positive and good in its sense. Although some of these world views are aimed towards the betterment of humanity, there's still no definitive correlation between 'what is good' and 'what is true'. Our morals cannot be subjective because it would be made possible for the inhumane acts of people to be justified. Just because Hitler believed that what he did was for the greater 'good' of humanity doesn't justify his actions to be morally correct. Truth is never subjective nor relative, no matter where you are.
For the record, science, logic, and reason are not entirely wrong. They are essential to us humans for we are thinking beings. But what most people often fail to see is that these three things can only go so far, they can only achieve 'certain knowledge' and that it takes as much faith to believe in God as it takes to believe in science and cognition alone. I personally believe that science and reason go hand in hand along with faith in the Lord. I refuse to believe that we human beings, who are able to perceive and appreciate beauty and emotion, just happened due to 'chance'.
Yes, the path of 'faith' is obscure and even at times illogical but why would you need to trust in something or someone if you already know why? That is the question really and the reality is that we want to shape our own destiny. But believe it or not, God already has a great destiny for you, my friend. You only have to believe it in order to claim it.
All other religion and ideology will tell you to do this in order to save yourself and to do that so that your life will be meaningful but Jesus is the only person who will tell you that your future is secure, that you are made for a purpose, and that you are loved beyond comprehension.
Meaning, knowledge, and freedom can be obtained. Your meaning is fulfilled by the knowledge and understanding of what God has done for you on the Cross which therefore brings you freedom and liberates you of all pretense. This is the Gospel of Christ. God reaching out to man, not the other way around.
For a true philosopher, it is a mistake to jump into conclusions. But to see the fruit of change in society, in families, and in people through the Gospel provides hard evidence mostly unseen in all other religions and ideologies. It's easy to dismiss both as irrational but the person of Jesus and his claims are more than rational, they are alive and true.
In Him (Jesus) was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
- John 1:4
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