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Job 15
Eliphaz gets downright rude with Job. He says Job is a blustery fool, referring to his defense as the harsh hot wind from the eastern deserts. He accuses Job of encouraging blasphemy from irreverent folks. Eliphaz feels Job’s sin is … Continue reading
Yapping Religious Terriers
The fundamental nature of the Fall is placing human reason in the executive role. God gave the intellect as the proper tool for organizing how one is to obey the Spirit. The intellect is the servant, not the master. Western … Continue reading
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Tagged divine revelation, epistemology, human reason, intellect, mysticism, scripture, western christianity
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Buckle Up, Westerners
When you finally grow up and learn to understand the full range of reasoning, not restricting your thoughts to the shallow swamp of Aristotelian epistemology, everything you’ve learned is transformed. The whole of Western history is one long, sad tale … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged ANE, civilization, economics, epistemology, intellect, logic, politics
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Job 13
Job reminds his friends that they aren’t addressing an inferior, someone lacking a good solid education. Nothing they’ve said is new. For seven days they sat in proper silence until they decided to judge Job. Had they not opened their … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient near east, divine justice, education, intellect, Job
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Job 12
Even in his anger, Job is more noble than his friends. Where they scold, he answers with sarcastic wit. Surely, these three men represent the pinnacle of human wisdom! When they die, humanity would be plunged into darkness. Job reminds … Continue reading
Job 11
The starting point of moral wisdom is recognizing our minds are not equal to the task. When we understand the fullness of our fallen condition, we realize we cannot know the nature of things nor all the factors in any … Continue reading
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Tagged binary logic, divine revelation, human reason, intellect, moral intelligence, reason
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Moral Rewiring Job
Most people are morally wired like children. In the past I’ve mentioned the Delphi Method for destroying opposition to radical changes in a system. It’s the sort of discrete and scientific method you would expect from Pavlovian folks, never mind … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged abstract logic, delphi technique, intellect, moral consciousness, propaganda, psychology, religion, spirituality, stages of moral development
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Job 5
Eliphaz continues to manifest an inflated ego. He is utterly certain his contentions are self-evident and that God could never do anything perplexing to humans. He advises Job to choose anyone he likes as judge, because they would say the … Continue reading
Play a Logic Game
Want to play a game? It won’t be global thermonuclear war; we are likely to get that some other way. Let’s play a logic game, instead. It’s something you probably heard in your early secondary education years. Yeah, it’s juvenile, … Continue reading
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Tagged education, epistemology, false dichotomy, intellect, intellectual dishonesty, logic, logic game, mysticism, statements of faith
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Contemptuous Games
Head games are immoral and not always harmless. There are times when I play silly little computer games to distract my conscious mind while my spirit spills over into my subconscious mind. That sort of ego suspension serves the purpose … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged computers, intellect, leadership, military, mysticism, oppression
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