The Symbolic World 349 - Explaining the Fall to Atheists
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Jul 8, 2024 Discussing the meaning of the Fall in secular terms and atheists' struggle to grasp the concept. Emphasizing the gap between ideals and reality, urging purpose despite fallenness. Examining atheists' challenges without moral values in their worldview, inviting further discussion.
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The Fall as Experiential Gap
- The Fall represents the experience of a gap between our current state and a higher good we perceive.
- This gap is deeply embedded in human experience and affects critiques of religion and secularism alike.
Secularism and the Problem of Evil
- Secularism struggles to locate its own moral position without acknowledging the Fall.
- The Gnostic view tries to escape the world’s evil but raises the question of why this world exists at all.
Origins of Moral Sense Puzzle
- If the universe is purely evil or meaningless, our innate moral sense puzzles secularists.
- Critics often use Christian moral concepts unknowingly to judge faith traditions.