Transported from the Society Ethics forum because the question seems relevant here.
Christians claim an objective reality, especially in the realm of morality, as dictated by the nature of God. But the the entire experience of faith is, by definition, subjective - outside the experience of normative reality. That's why it's called faith and not just "accepted reality".
So faith in God seems to nullify any objective experience of God by definition. Faith allows someone to fill in the supernatural and philosophical blanks any which way they choose, and often the misrepresentation of false and competitive hearsay ancient miracles are at the core of much of it. That's why there are 43,000-ish variants on Christian belief and many different comparative religions outside Christianity - all trying to supernaturally top one another fed by the egos of their adherents and not by any common objective reality that everyone can experience for themselves.
Isn't it a Christian's worst nightmare that there may be no objective truth anchored by God? But, Christians seemed steeped in a lack of an objective reality by definition, and by expressed reality, as faith has proven to lead to a wholly subjective life experience in the realm of religion for everyone that practices it.
How do Christians claim faith, faith that leads to thousands of subjective thought variants, contradictions, and conflicts, and yet claim in the same breath to be the possessors of the one true and absolute/objective reality at the same time? Doesn't reality of how religion has evolved today itself prove them wrong in the subjective/objective claim?
Christians claim an objective reality, especially in the realm of morality, as dictated by the nature of God. But the the entire experience of faith is, by definition, subjective - outside the experience of normative reality. That's why it's called faith and not just "accepted reality".
So faith in God seems to nullify any objective experience of God by definition. Faith allows someone to fill in the supernatural and philosophical blanks any which way they choose, and often the misrepresentation of false and competitive hearsay ancient miracles are at the core of much of it. That's why there are 43,000-ish variants on Christian belief and many different comparative religions outside Christianity - all trying to supernaturally top one another fed by the egos of their adherents and not by any common objective reality that everyone can experience for themselves.
Isn't it a Christian's worst nightmare that there may be no objective truth anchored by God? But, Christians seemed steeped in a lack of an objective reality by definition, and by expressed reality, as faith has proven to lead to a wholly subjective life experience in the realm of religion for everyone that practices it.
How do Christians claim faith, faith that leads to thousands of subjective thought variants, contradictions, and conflicts, and yet claim in the same breath to be the possessors of the one true and absolute/objective reality at the same time? Doesn't reality of how religion has evolved today itself prove them wrong in the subjective/objective claim?