Post by tracyorigel on Apr 15, 2016 23:00:42 GMT
1. Why is Faqir Chand's experiences important in understanding the projective nature of religious visions and miracles?
Faqir Chand’s experiences are important because he explains that these visions and miracles are merely reflections of our self’s. The visions that people have and perceive are based upon our own faith and our own beliefs. Religious visions and miracles are not the product of what or who appeared in the vision, but a product of one’s mind. He states that “Now, you see no Jesus Christ comes from without in anybody's visions…The visions are only because of the impressions and suggestions that a disciple has already accepted in his mind.” (Chand, p. 94) If someone does not know something they will certainly not begin to dream about that unknown thing because the knowledge of it is not in their mind. Someone from Catholicism will probably not have visions of Faqir Chand, because their faith and their beliefs are not centered around him, and chances are they have no knowledge of who he is. The more we understand this the better we can understand that any vision we have of something are a product of the mind—the imagination.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
When we question and examine claims then the immediate next step would be to draw information from a variety of sources to verify these questions or claims. We take information amassed by several areas of research, sociology, chemistry, psychology, biology, physics, and so on. This is what I believe it means, because if we pose a question but seek no further answers than all we’ve done is ask a question. It would be the same if we accept claims at face value, we were no further from the truth than we were when we accepted the claim immediately. In the video, “The Remainder Conjecture”, David Lane speaks about exhausting every scientific outlet before jumping to “supermundane explanations” to explain something that might have had a simple answer had we enquired into the subject further. Philosophy encourages and even does this enquiry; in fact, it was from philosophy that physics had its origins.
References:
Chand, Faqir, and David Christopher. Lane. The Unknowing Sage: The Life and Work of Baba Faqir Chand. Walnut, CA: Mt. San Antonio College, 2014. PDF.
Neuralsurfer. "The Remainder Conjecture: Driving Science to the Brink of an Epistemological Cul De Sac." YouTube. YouTube, 2014. Web. 15 Apr. 2016.
Faqir Chand’s experiences are important because he explains that these visions and miracles are merely reflections of our self’s. The visions that people have and perceive are based upon our own faith and our own beliefs. Religious visions and miracles are not the product of what or who appeared in the vision, but a product of one’s mind. He states that “Now, you see no Jesus Christ comes from without in anybody's visions…The visions are only because of the impressions and suggestions that a disciple has already accepted in his mind.” (Chand, p. 94) If someone does not know something they will certainly not begin to dream about that unknown thing because the knowledge of it is not in their mind. Someone from Catholicism will probably not have visions of Faqir Chand, because their faith and their beliefs are not centered around him, and chances are they have no knowledge of who he is. The more we understand this the better we can understand that any vision we have of something are a product of the mind—the imagination.
2. What is meant by the phrase, "philosophy done well is science; philosophy done poorly remains philosophy."
When we question and examine claims then the immediate next step would be to draw information from a variety of sources to verify these questions or claims. We take information amassed by several areas of research, sociology, chemistry, psychology, biology, physics, and so on. This is what I believe it means, because if we pose a question but seek no further answers than all we’ve done is ask a question. It would be the same if we accept claims at face value, we were no further from the truth than we were when we accepted the claim immediately. In the video, “The Remainder Conjecture”, David Lane speaks about exhausting every scientific outlet before jumping to “supermundane explanations” to explain something that might have had a simple answer had we enquired into the subject further. Philosophy encourages and even does this enquiry; in fact, it was from philosophy that physics had its origins.
References:
Chand, Faqir, and David Christopher. Lane. The Unknowing Sage: The Life and Work of Baba Faqir Chand. Walnut, CA: Mt. San Antonio College, 2014. PDF.
Neuralsurfer. "The Remainder Conjecture: Driving Science to the Brink of an Epistemological Cul De Sac." YouTube. YouTube, 2014. Web. 15 Apr. 2016.