Thoughts on delusion...

It is a bizarre idea - but it's fun to consider. What if the Christian faith was merely a delusion? It's bizarre, because it's a pointless debate. The characteristic purpose of delusion is that the dupe does not actually realise that they are in the wrong. They just go on their merry way until reality and illusion no longer match. For them to consider, "Am I deluded?" would have no effect on their actual state for they would have no way of evaluating the truth one way or another.

As I said. It's silly.

And if it was, would it matter? If there was no point to the universe, then no philosophy outside of hedonism makes any sense. But to point this out to anyone would not be logical, unless you got a kick out of baiting deluded people. But does hedonism have to be rational? And if it doesn't, then decrying another belief system for irrationality is bizarre...

Such is life.

For me, my criteria are simple. I have experienced the life tranforming power of an Almighty God, who for reasons best known to Him, out of grace, chose me and communicated His love to me. For me to deny this would be to ignore what I have experienced. To validate my experience, there is the Bible. My experiences dovetail into its teachings - they match. There are external evidences in the world that validate the Bible's authenticity as a record of human communication with the same Divine Being I call Father.