Thad before class said to think about subjective truth as action passionate commitment. Anyway, Group 7 started out by pointing out the differences between objective truth and subjective truth; stating that objective truth is the “what” while subjective truth is the “why”. Objective truth is logical and indifferent, and subjective truth is emotional.
The best part of the class was when a student in the front of class named Andrew said he completely disagreed with the person presenting. Andrew said the logical arguments didn’t make sense and went on to prove his case which made the presenter speechless. Andrew gained a lot of respect from Thad from that moment and got a nice complement. The reason why he was so familiar with the material is because Andrew is part of Group 8 which was assigned to read the second half of Kierkegaard’s readings. The question that Andrew asked the presenter was a little unfair because he used some of the material from the readings of Group 8 which Group 7 was not responsible to be prepared to answer.
Towards the end of class Thad gave his own opinions that I would like to touch on. Thad said the Kierkegaard loved the torment of not knowing. It is within the uncertainty that creates the passion, and even if you are uncertain you must make a choice. It reminds me of the phrase it’s not the destination but the journey. Just knowing or being given the answer takes away from the challenge and the fun.
Religious passion cannot be collectivized into an organized religion. I have to agree with this. Forcing to take into account every detail that a pastor or other religious figure says as fact gets in the way of connecting with God. I listened to a person on the subject of why kosher foods came about in the Bible aka why Jewish people don’t eat pork and shellfish. The reason being was because the cooking techniques used at the time caused the food to still have many diseases which killed many people. Now a days, following a eating program should only be in the best interest of keeping your body healthy. I am pretty sure that God doesn’t care if we eat pork or chicken for dinner. Anyway I have reached my criteria for the amount of words for this blog, but one last note. I think the Bible was just a bunch of the best myths and folk tales from a long time ago. And the Bible was indeed written by men, so you know it’s not perfect
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