My Radical Skeptism

I’m writing this post with “Q10“, and it is sweet!

Well, ladies and gents, this is going to my first post on this blog, which I believe has a very bright future.

Here’s a shocker for most of you who know me. I’m a radical skeptic and a die hard Christian Calvinist. I realize that this sounds quite contradictory viewpoint wise, but I’m about to fire off some reasons for why I am a radical skeptic, but also a die hard Calvinist.

• For a quick clarification right off the bat before I begin, I believe that there IS absolute truth out there, only that it’s almost impossible to prove what it is or find it.
• One of the underlying assumptions that I base my skepticism off of is the flawed nature of humanity. I believe that since humanity is flawed by nature that virtually every argument and statement that it makes is immediately subject to a possibility of error.

Yes, I am a skeptic.

In the world today, we can’t really be too sure of anything. Nothing can be proven to be 100% completely true. Sure you can make a very strong case for an argument you may have about a certain issue, but you can’t prove your argument to be completely 100% true beyond a shadow of a doubt. If you say, “The sky is blue.” I will simply say, “Can you prove that to be completely 100% true?” You can basically throw that line out whenever you don’t want to argue about something, or when you believe yourself to have lost an argument, as a kind of trump card.

In my opinion, it would stink to live in a world where you can never be sure of anything. There has to be something that you can prove to yourself to be true. (Yes, before you ask, I acknowledge that the very foundational assumption is based off a statement of faith, or an assumption that you can’t prove and you have to take a leap of faith with.) So, what is this “something”?
This something is the Bible. This is the sacred text that I choose to take my initial assumptive leap of faith. This sacred masterpiece offers me not only a refuge, but a fountain of hope from the uncertainties that surround me in every direction. With the Bible, I can be sure of something. I can know exactly why murder and theft are wrong and the exact truth as to how the Earth is created. While I can’t necessarily prove to others that the Bible is the infallible word of God, I can say, “I choose the assumption that this is the written word of God, and that this is what I will take my leap of faith with.”

When it comes to interpretation of the Bible, I believe that there is a certain interpretation that is true when it comes to every passage, just that this interpretation usually cant be proven to be completely 100% true. The exception to this would be passages in which the Bible is completely and entirely clear about it’s intent. (So when someone tries to prove an argument based off a Biblical principle, I’m immediately skeptical.)

One last thing I should note is that I believe that while you can’t necessarily prove something to be completely 100% true, it doesn’t mean that what you are trying to prove isn’t the actual truth.