Collection – Divine Influence

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  There is only one source for truth, or civilization cannot exist.
  by B
  October 15, 2024
  The importance of objective truth. Civilization exists because of objective truth. Until fairly recently, Western Civilization shared truth because of Christianity. Yet, the first time it was challenged, it ended the Holy Roman Empire, which gave rise to Western Civilization. The religious wars then began…
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  Is it Possible that Sin is Only One Thing?
  by B
  October 6, 2024
  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,…
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  I think, instead, Nietzsche meant to suggest that the Holy Spirit is “dead.”
  by B
  September 25, 2024
  For example, Nietzsche’s Übermensch is not possible without free will (SELF-control) and God. Nietzsche’s “last man” is the fallen man lacking free will and, thereby, lacking a free, curious, and empowered mind. God, that is to say, the pursuit of absolute truth develops the conceptual…
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  The Source of Error – A Fundamental Conflict Between Truth And “the Pursuit of Truth”
  by B
  September 23, 2024
  The pursuit of absolute truth (IN OUR REALITY) requires a reason for everything (this is the monotheistic way). Otherwise, why try? In the latter case, folks can assume most things happen randomly (this is atheism and postmodernism). This leads to chaos. Therefore … Nevertheless, for…
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  The Cause of the Enlightenment
  by B
  September 10, 2024
  Now, consider the linked image. It potentially demonstrates the cause of the Enlightenment. You see, before the Reformation, the Holy Roman Empire controlled truth, and Western Civilization began to take shape. Unfortunately, absolute authoritarianism corrupts. Martin Luther thus led a successful rebellion against it (circa…
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  The Bible’s First Commandment Demands That You Think For Yourself — How Great And Generous is That?
  by B
  September 9, 2024
  On X (Twitter), an atheist complained that the Bible told people what to think. Atheist: Me … The atheist’s claim is not true. The Bible demands that you think for yourself. In fact, this Commandment is the first and most important Commandment (says Jesus). “And…
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  The Neurological Point of Faith
  by B
  September 2, 2024
  An X (Twitter) user declared – If Jesus isn’t the focus of worship in your church, it isn’t a Christian church. I say that’s unfortunate. Consider this: The cortex (see image) is directly connected to the senses. You cannot use the cortex without activating elements…
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  Homo sapiens’ “try” is Grace (otherwise known as reason or the enlightened pursuit of the ‘sufficient condition’)
  by B
  April 17, 2024
  Curiosity’s Contribution Of all the words used in everyday Christian life, I find “Grace” the most compelling. I believe its true meaning to be abstract—possibly as abstract as an ethereal and immaterial God. As a result, this hurts the just cause of Grace. I think…
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  Truth idolatry leads to superstition, and superstition closes the door to Grace.
  by B
  April 14, 2024
  The story of Job is the Biblical warning for truth idolatry. Satan, standing before God, claimed that the faithful and pious are this way because it benefits them. God and Satan thus make a bet that Job, an apparently good and pious person, would forfeit…
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  Are religions divisive?
  by B
  April 6, 2024
  That is a qualified no. Emotionally immature people, unable to reason, are tribal. This is the source of the divisiveness humanity sometimes encounters within civilization. Religion does not make emotionally immature people. Instead, they are born that way. Religion, in fact, exists to move people…
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  Atheist/agnostic: “Where theists go wrong is assuming some sentient being imposed the rules of objective reality.”
  by B
  February 26, 2024
  ME: Instead, I think where Bible-centered individuals go wrong is that they conclude they can know these rules of reality absolutely. This is Bible-centered irrationality (IMAGE Quadrant 2). Under the right circumstances, Biblical thinking is fine. However, the Bible will only be the objective truth…
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  This kind of puts all those exorcist movies in a new light, eh?
  by B
  February 25, 2024
  This is going to sound gratuitously derogatory towards atheists. I do not mean it to be. Nevertheless, please recognize that I see atheism as THE most serious problem for civilization (truly Matthew 10: 33). TO WIT, I shame on purpose, but I never intentionally shame…
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  It is not appropriate (thus fair) to contrast the process of science with the Book of Genesis.
  by B
  February 23, 2024
  The pursuit of truth is science. Christians call this Grace. Science and Grace are thus equivalent. Both represent a process. Instead, you might fairly compare Genesis with Google Gemini. Both purport to represent established truths to the faithful. That is, they involve no process (The…
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  Do the faithful have the burden of proof? You know, to PROVE that God exists?
  by B
  January 8, 2024
  ATHEIST: “The logic is the onus of proof is on the person making the claim,” i.e., that the “no God” premise is false. See NOTE 1. Yet, for the human capacity to reason, they do not. The image above represents an objectively true process for…
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  The antichrist is all too real. It is Orwell’s “Ministry of Truth” — War is peace.  Freedom is slavery.  Ignorance is strength. — The rejection of objective truth.
  by B
  January 5, 2024
  Twenty-first-century individuals wonder, is the antichrist religious superstition or reality? It is an important question. I declare now, regrettably, that the antichrist is all too real. However, I also state that the antichrist is deeply misunderstood. It is, foundationally, not a person. It is a…
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  Does atheism represent the inherent state of mind before the introduction of religious propaganda?
  by B
  December 6, 2023
  Maybe. But this statement does not represent a larger picture. We are all born as irrational beings. Our operating brain is the cortex (perception and action). It is directed by what it already knows, operant conditioning, and emotions (enabling intergenerational acquired knowledge like love, fear…
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  The Garden of Eden – All of Prehistory to Modern Humans Represented by a Single Event (with God’s Direct Human Governance Yielded)
  by B
  November 9, 2023
  The story of Adam and Eve represents the conclusion of all of prehistory in a single event. Before modern humans, hominid thinking was shaped by the garden (and God)–in other words, nature. Then, humans acquired SELF-awareness via SELF-control (AKA free will). At this “moment,” objective…
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  For Truth Discovery: Are You God-Centered, Bible-Centered, or Un-Centered (in other words, Self-Centered)?
  by B
  September 18, 2023
  Previously, I wrote about how reason can bring atheists and theists together. Sure, these two groups come together reluctantly, but reason is the inescapable vanishing point for human intellectualism. If individuals want to declare they are rational (all do), they have little choice but to…
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  If You Can Accept, Momentarily, That The Life and Times of Jesus Is Neither Absolutely True Nor False, You Might Then Come to See How, for Western Civilization, It Is Necessarily True
  by B
  September 16, 2023
  The “Absolute Truth” Trap for Christianity Western Civilization teeters on the edge of dissolution and collapse. While Christianity may have originally helped produce Western Civilization, an error in Christianity’s application could now precipitate its collapse. The reason is the subject of this post. The Christian…
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  Religious Twitter User – If the theory of evolution were true, I would have expected there to have been at least SOME actual evolution in half a billion years.
  by B
  August 2, 2023
  One can see dramatic human evolution over the last 20K years (as represented by the rise of civilization). It takes reason to produce/sustain civilization. Specifically, reason develops conceptual understandings of systems (in the prefrontal cortex–the newest portion of the human brain). Civilization is conceptual. God…
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  Why God at all?
  by B
  June 28, 2023
  On Twitter, the debate about the existence of God, at least amongst those atheists and theists that I regularly interact with, has achieved detente. Now, most individuals comfortably accept that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven. The question now often is: Why…
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  Why Atheism Is A Religion
  by B
  June 16, 2023
  Concise answer: FOUNDATION – To find TRUTH, a thinker must meet the necessary and sufficient conditions with their hypothesis. The necessary condition is met when a (falsifiable) hypothesis accurately describes the observed. The sufficient condition is met only when all but one of the KNOWN…
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  To an Atheist, reality is more chaos than order.
  by B
  June 15, 2023
  On Twitter, I am often engaged by Atheists. I am not where they are, though I enjoy talking with them. I am also not religious. I subscribe loosely to Voltaire’s observation: “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.” The reason…
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  Synodality
  by B
  May 30, 2023
  The post image is another way of saying: Synodality, or collegiality, requires a person to be reasonable (capable of reason). Divine Grace is very nearly reason. The primary difference is that in Grace, a person likely holds some matters of faith as absolute truths (the…
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  Divine Grace Is Humility To Truth Under and Before God
  by B
  May 19, 2023
  Religious authoritarianism never produces synodality. Both are antithetical to one another. Reason & Divine Grace Whereas reason and Divine Grace are nearly the same. Specifically, a person enjoying “Divine Grace” holds that God exists. This person does so in faith. For reason, the rational person…
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  Why is God necessary?
  by B
  May 10, 2023
  If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his nom de plume M. de Voltaire, he was famous for his wit, and his criticism of Christianity—especially of…
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  A Thoughtful Dialogue With An Atheist RE Absolute Truth, The Creator, AND Reason
  by B
  May 4, 2023
  FIRST, I embrace monotheism for my capacity to reason (God bless Abraham). I also selectively accept religion. All of them. The post’s picture is that of St. Thomas Aquinas. He’s a smart one. From Twitter (The TOC Is A List Of Questions) What do you…
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  The Crucifixion of truth (subjective truth) for Truth (objective truth)
  by B
  April 9, 2023
  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…
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  SELF-control is Free Will
  by B
  April 7, 2023
  Free will is, in truth, FREE WON’T (See learningframework.com post on Benjamin Libet). FREE WON’T is also known as SELF-control. Critically, SELF-control is key to emotional maturity and good mental health. Without FREE WON’T (otherwise known as SELF-control), humans cannot be “smart.” These individuals will not…
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  The Biblical Story Of Sodom and Gomorrah Is Likely True — What Were These Cities’ Crimes (Sins) Justifying Their Total Destruction?
  by B
  March 12, 2023
  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…
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  Divine Grace
  by B
  March 4, 2023
  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. To answer the question, I first asked another question to the philosophical community. I asked…