Post by gadreel on Aug 21, 2017 19:47:39 GMT

My preference is for an accurate view of reality (in as much as it can be), and as I have said previously I defer to science and understanding first, like I say it isnot even really a truth claim it is a matter of interpretation. To put it another way, even if I knew for a fact that an intelligence was not involved, my model of the universe would still have to change before I abandoned interpreting the universe as if it was sourced from an intelligence. Another way of looking at it is that I don't really care what the final truth is, my model of the universe interprets the source as intelligent, my model would have to change first. This is why I am very adamant that I am not making a truth claim, I am instead holding a model of interpretation in my head that allows me to come to grips with the reality I face.
No I'm asking why personal preference is a factor.
Regarding the second response though, so if you knew 100% that an intelligence wasn't involved you would still have a model that interprets an intelligence as being involved. Ok. I'm just a little confused as I'm sure what value that has then. If you knew an intelligence wasn't involved, why would you have a model that one was? I'm having trouble conceiving why. Wouldn't you just change your model?
Wouldn't you just change your model?
No I'm asking why personal preference is a factor.
Ahh. Personal preference is a factor because it is a subjective decision, it is about how I interpret the universe.

