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I don’t know if I would or not. I would have to think about it. As I understand it, if you push the button, there would be no need for faith.
It would be a perfect knowledge. No doubts. No discussion. Nothing wavering.
When I put it that way, I don’t think I would.
I have to think about everything (usually a long time) before I make a decision.
I love that damn button. But I’m pretty sure that any “truth” it provides, is just as contingent as that which resides in my own mind.
or yours.
just sayin’.
how’s everyone doin?
Great to hear from you again. What have you been up to? Most of my available time is spent moderating A Thoughtful Faith, but today we’re snowed in… and I am getting cabin fever… so here i am!
I would press the button. I joined this church because I wanted to “distinguish between truth and error”. And I still want to know the truth. if it turns out the LDS church is true, then great, I can work on getting past all the doo-doo that keeps me away from it. Having only some unreliable spiritual feelings to go on, and expecting to put up with a lot of abuse, the financial drain, the time drain, the monotony — if I KNEW it was true it would seem worth it. It would be good for my marriage and my relationship with one of my children too…If there was some other philosophy that was true, great, let’s get on with living it!! Of course, I would push the button!!!
How can I have faith the button will tell me the truth? I would always seek to find truth, I can’t imagine being satisfied with ignorance for the sake of stability.
But what is to assure me the button knows?
Based on the principle it is built upon…push with no further effort than that and you know with certainty…umm…sounds like it is based on false principles in how we find truth. So…I probably don’t waste further time with it. Unless I’m goofing off with friends and push that button for grins and giggles, along with the other buttons like “What does my horoscope tell me about who I love?” and my fortune button “What will I turn out to be?” and the buttons that shoot lasers to knock out bad guys…those are all fun buttons to push…but have nothing to do with my real life.
Heber13 wrote:How can I have faith the button will tell me the truth?
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But what is to assure me the button knows?
You push another button that tells you whether pressing the original button told you the truth.
nibbler wrote:
You push another button that tells you whether pressing the original button told you the truth.:clap: 😆 :clap: Sometimes I imagine the good times we could all have hanging out IRL.
nibbler wrote:Heber13 wrote:How can I have faith the button will tell me the truth?
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But what is to assure me the button knows?
You push another button that tells you whether pressing the original button told you the truth.
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