The Biblical "Tree of Life" and "The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil" are Inseparable and Foundational Metaphors. They are central to human understanding -- together, as one. Note: I see the state of human rationality as the sole driver for civilizational stability. The story of...
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Sin or Error for Faith & Reason Faith and reason go together. Specifically, they should be considered one—inseparable. However, historically, they haven't been linked because religion has dwelled primarily upon sin and truth. Yet, neither of these ideas is precisely the point of reason. Therefore, this...
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Image claim citations. Neanderthals, A Culture That Survived (Approximately) …400,000 Years The Neanderthals have a long evolutionary history. The earliest known examples of Neanderthal-like fossils are around 430,000 years old. The best-known Neanderthals lived between about 130,000 and 40,000 years ago, after which all physical evidence of...
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The Full Development of Homo Sapiens Turns on Suffering -- Christ Set An Perfect Example for How It Must Be Confronted Happy Easter (He is Risen!--traditional good news greeting for Easter Sunday), and belatedly Good Friday (since Friday involves the crucifixion, there can be no "good...
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What if the story of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah In the Book of Genesis is true? Around 1650 B.C.E., The destruction of Tall el-Hammam, a Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley, by an exploding comet or meteor may have inspired the biblical story of Sodom...
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Grace is a central component of reason. Without it, reason cannot happen. First, Reason As Intellectualism's Vanishing Point On Quora, I was asked why philosophers think other philosophers talk nonsense. https://server.learningframework.com/?p=10659 To answer the question, I first asked another question to the philosophical community. I asked them to explain...
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Hardship produces reason. Reason produces civilization. The Dysrationality of Original Sin For civilization, the concept of original sin is a deeply unhelpful idea. It is also fundamentally inaccurate. Humanity is not fallen. People do insane things when they possess bad habits and function in habit. When their...
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Specifically, the ideological war within the west (politically) shares the same underlying cause/motivation as the battle within the Vatican. People are deeply and irreconcilably divided. Left uncorrected, a horrible conflict could result. We should all be concerned. There is a simple cause, however. This conflict has to...
Read MoreOr, because people can be insane (irrational), they create hell on earth. This is decidedly not the Christian view. However, I think it is the truth. God does not avail himself of human problems specifically. If God did, humans would necessarily become the center of creation....
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Why is atheism increasing in 2022 and the future? Fewer people are born or raised in faith. Therefore, the people must make their own way to faith, reason, or both later in life. It rarely happens obviously. After WWII, life was very good for most. Maintaining...
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