Rey's A Point

Pepsi Versus Coke? (Part 1 of 5)

Now some people might think that I’m just an overbearing jerk for going into an institution and judging what they believe and that may very well be a personal weakness of mine. After all, who am I to look at what other people believe and say it’s wrong? Really, isn’t religion just like a matter of personal taste: sort of like Pepsi versus Coke?

Since we’re finite humans, is the thought, then none of us can truly know if we’re right about an infinite god. Kinda’ like a bunch of blindfolded people told to touch part of an Elephant and describe what it is: one person has a tail, the other a trunk, the other an ear, someone else the leg. “This is the Trunk Creature” describes one and he’s definitely right from his point of view and “This is the Leathery Skin Creature” describes one and he’s definitely right from his point of view, but none of them have the whole picture so they can’t be completely right.

But my point is just because people touch parts of the Elephant it doesn’t mean there is No Elephant. It doesn’t even mean that everyone can claim to be equally right because if we, the viewer, can see that everyone is holding an Elephant then we, the Viewer, know the truth. Frankly, it just means that there has to be a different way for people to know if what they’re holding is really The Elephant.

That means either some external viewer has to say “you’ve got an elephant” or the elephant itself has to say “Hello, I’m an Elephant.”

Pulling it back to God, the Judeo-Christian belief system is the one system that says that God has revealed Himself and leaves Him as a monolithic, unique, God.

Rey

5 responses to “Pepsi Versus Coke? (Part 1 of 5)”

  1. With some degree of epistemological certainty, I assert that Dr. Pepper by far the tastier beverage. But then again, I’ve never had a Pepsi or Coke talk to me like DP does.

  2. I’ll have to ask Curt, a huge lover of DP (and equal hater of people offering him Root Beer when they don’t sell DP) if his beverage also speaks to him…

  4. I personally prefer Dr. Pepper over Cherry Coke or Wild Cherry Pepsi, but I’ve recently discovered Dr. Pepper Berries & Cream, which beats them all. Coke is way better than Pepsi, but if I’m reduced to a choice of Diet sodas, Pepsi is OK and Coke is putrid. What was the point of this post again?