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Contagious Truth
The starting point is recognizing the failure of Western assumptions about truth. Truth is a Person; the notion of some objective thing out there that embodies pure truth is the greatest lie of Satan. The search for truth is inside … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civilization, epistemology, government, intellect, law, mysticism, objective truth, philosophy, religion, revelation, scripture
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Speak Your Peace
I know where I have to stand in this world to keep peace with God. The boundaries in a Western society are not amenable to biblical morality, but that doesn’t mean a Christian Mystic can’t draw clear limits on some … Continue reading
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Tagged business, government, law, moral boundaries, moral imperatives, mysticism, scripture
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Job 20
Zophar is rather angry at the insult he perceives. Unfortunately, the real insult sails right over his head. As with his two friends, he is angry only that Job rejects their simplistic logic. Zophar’s emphasis is that the wicked are … Continue reading
Job 19
For once, Job comes close to a direct answer to their accusations. Yet, because he uses reverse wording, most Western commentators miss the point. Again, Job does not accuse God of injustice. Rather, he warns his visitors that if they … Continue reading
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Tagged human reason, Job, mysticism, peace, propaganda, religion, scripture
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Morality Laundry List
A handful of questions regarding biblical morality arose in the past few weeks and none of them justify a post by themselves. As always, keep in mind the fundamental use of quantum moral reasoning. Masturbation is a Western obsession; it … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, divine justice, government, human sexuality, mysticism, oppression, political philosophy, propaganda, resistance, scripture, spirituality
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Job 18
We begin to understand Job’s visitors do not grasp what parables are, and do not comprehend symbolic language. God has always preferred parable as the means to communicate to mankind because it winnows out the spiritually dead. Only those with … Continue reading
The Core of Human Existence
No grand theory here; I’m struggling to echo the Bible in modern Western terms. Let’s pretend, maybe something along the lines of the Fallout series of video games. Trailers and bits of game play can be found in good quantity … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, epistemology, game, game play, Law Covenants, mysticism, peace, philosophy, scripture, spirituality
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Job 17
Job’s visitors demand that he tell a lie against God. They have no objective evidence at all that Job has sinned such that his situation is punishment for some specific error. Instead, they have only their pitiful reasoning. What they … Continue reading
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Tagged hebrew poetry, Job, mysticism, scripture, spirituality
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Job 16
Do we tire yet of the endless back and forth between Job and his foolish comforters? We should tire even more quickly of Western theologians. They consistently fail to understand Job and, despite lip service to the contrary, end up … Continue reading
The World Is Mere Context
Revelation is true knowledge; everything else is just application. Further, you must rise to your own application under God’s command. I cannot make rules for you. The most I am permitted to do is decide if your application conflicts with … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, epistemology, intellect, mysticism, psychology, scripture, spirituality
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