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I'm surprised you would call a genuine pursuit of authentic truth a fetish, and admit to enjoying an illusion. But I guess I shouldn't be. That's why people pas

I'm surprised you would call a genuine pursuit of authentic truth a fetish, and admit to enjoying an illusion. But I guess I shouldn't be. That's why people pass on the Santa Claus tradition, and those who enjoyed it when they were kids now enjoy MCU and Star Wars movies in their place, even reading and writing fan fiction about it. Every shred of evidence throughout my life has convinced me that anybody who loves truth will eventually hear it in Jesus's voice, and those who don't will scoff at the idea exactly as Pontius Pilate did.

icebraining 7y ago
> I'm surprised you would call a genuine pursuit of authentic truth a fetish That's an overreaching interpretation of what I wrote. One can pursue the truth without declaring everything else as worthless. Plus, I dispute the idea that "non-authentic" mysteries can't convey truth. > now enjoy MCU and Star Wars movies in their place, even reading and writing fan fiction about it. Well, I don't. I do enjoy, for example, The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton. Is the mystery of Sunday illusory? I care not one whit.
- sdegutis 7y ago
  > That's an overreaching interpretation of what I wrote. That's a fair point. I'm extrapolating a bit from many other people I know, including nominal Christians and Catholics and my past self. > One can pursue the truth without declaring everything else as worthless. Plus, I dispute the idea that "non-authentic" mysteries can't convey truth. I agree, which is why I said that the allure of the character of _why (and Mary Poppins and Willie Wonka) is actually a shadow of Jesus, pointing to Him. But trivial pursuits for their own sake are too common, leading people to stop halfway through the journey to Truth because they're satisfied with an illusion. This is the tragedy I lament on HN in general and this thread in particular. > GK Chesterton If you enjoyed him, you'll enjoy Fulton Sheen too I suspect. The most thought provoking philosopher of the 20th century. Also, I have a friend who was convinced of becoming Christian by CK Chesterton but stopped short of Catholicism. Reminds me of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien.

icebraining 7y ago

> I'm surprised you would call a genuine pursuit of authentic truth a fetish That's an overreaching interpretation of what I wrote. One can pursue the truth without declaring everything else as worthless. Plus, I dispute the idea that "non-authentic" mysteries can't convey truth. > now enjoy MCU and Star Wars movies in their place, even reading and writing fan fiction about it. Well, I don't. I do enjoy, for example, The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton. Is the mystery of Sunday illusory? I care not one whit.

sdegutis 7y ago
> That's an overreaching interpretation of what I wrote. That's a fair point. I'm extrapolating a bit from many other people I know, including nominal Christians and Catholics and my past self. > One can pursue the truth without declaring everything else as worthless. Plus, I dispute the idea that "non-authentic" mysteries can't convey truth. I agree, which is why I said that the allure of the character of _why (and Mary Poppins and Willie Wonka) is actually a shadow of Jesus, pointing to Him. But trivial pursuits for their own sake are too common, leading people to stop halfway through the journey to Truth because they're satisfied with an illusion. This is the tragedy I lament on HN in general and this thread in particular. > GK Chesterton If you enjoyed him, you'll enjoy Fulton Sheen too I suspect. The most thought provoking philosopher of the 20th century. Also, I have a friend who was convinced of becoming Christian by CK Chesterton but stopped short of Catholicism. Reminds me of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien.