@justt0besafe@DrFrankTurek It’s a metaphysical commitment. The Judeo-Christian tradition calls that grounding reality "God" or the "Logos." You’re standing on faith whether you admit it or not. The question is which story better accounts for the facts.
@justt0besafe@DrFrankTurek You’ve admitted the circularity at the heart of your position. You can’t ground logic or intelligibility without assuming them. That’s not a brute fact;it’s a mystery pointing upward. The claim that Being is fundamentally intelligible and truth is worth pursuing is not neutral.
@justt0besafe@DrFrankTurek Calling something a “brute fact” doesn’t exempt it from explanation..it just stops you from looking deeper. Survival value explains avoiding the car, but not why you ought to value truth even when it costs you.. Your brute facts rest on unexamined faith.
@justt0besafe@DrFrankTurek Even if we accept your "facts" deeper questions remain: Why is reality intelligible and testable? Why should we bother pursuing truth? They presuppose an ordered cosmos where truth is worth sacrificing for. That faith is precisely what the idea of God has always represented.
@justt0besafe@DrFrankTurek Science itself offers proof. It rests on presuppositions it cannot prove: the universe is intelligible, truth is objective and worth pursuing at personal cost, and honesty is a moral good. These claims are metaphysical, rooted in the Judeo-Christian worldview.
@actingliketommy That's a dangerous oversimplification. Socialism isn't "taxes for the people"—it's state seizure of production, crushing incentives & competence. History's verdict: Venezuela, USSR, Mao's China. Millions dead. Prioritize responsibility over envy.
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