tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1299808767450957203..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Body, Soul, and Divinity of TruthGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10601344495827593162019-04-27T14:39:16.438-07:002019-04-27T14:39:16.438-07:00"...Scientific materialism provides us with f..."...Scientific materialism provides us with facts and details, but no wisdom as to what they mean, or even whether it is worthwhile to know them. Philosophy, in the words of Josef Pieper, is simply "the hunt for that which is worth knowing, for that wisdom which makes one unconditionally wise..." "Without philosophy," aphorizes the Aphorist, "the sciences do not know what they know."<br /><br />In fact, Pieper's conception is quite similar to Schuon's, in that he regards philosophy as being concerned with reality as a whole and with wisdom in its entirety, which can be seen as two aspects of the same underlying unity. He quotes Plato to the effect that the lover of wisdom seeks not this or that part, but "integrity and wholeness in all things human and divine."..."<br /><br />Yummm... what a feast. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82877327701546920242019-04-23T06:20:47.317-07:002019-04-23T06:20:47.317-07:00Quantum mechanics are notoriously crafty. You brin...Quantum mechanics are notoriously crafty. You bring your quantum device to them, they tinker around and proclaim there is something major amiss, like a boson filter or quark regulator. It's a crap shoot. Who can you trust these days?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9199172635061990392019-04-22T18:06:48.242-07:002019-04-22T18:06:48.242-07:00To reduce reality to what may be clearly and unamb...To reduce reality to what may be clearly and unambiguously known through the scientific method is to in effect say that "I want to know only what can be made blindingly obvious and is thoroughly demonstrable to the densest man."<br /><br />On the other hand, there's quantum mechanics, which must therefore certainly lay outside the realm of reality.<br /><br />Maybe it does..... who knows? Who?Mike Zornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-863483588829821152019-04-21T15:23:30.908-07:002019-04-21T15:23:30.908-07:00Excellent post from the past.
The materialist po...Excellent post from the past. <br /><br />The materialist position comes about because God is intentionally veiled here; Earth was created to provide a classroom, laboratory, and research facility for soul growth, and putting on the blinders is mandatory before arrival here. God recedes into the interior, and few pursue Him there. <br /><br />The materialist position is the easiest to master, and people are lazy. But it should be said the Creator is well aware of all factors, i.e, blinders, veiling, laziness, etc, that are characteristic conditions imposed upon the soul embodied on Earth. Does God forgive? He does more than that; He exonerates. <br /><br />There is no growth or progress in heaven. A soul must come here to make progress, and it gets done somehow. The materialist has done the minimum necessary to reach an existential comfort zone, and then off she goes to get her chores done, whatever those may be.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5268729670762536652019-04-21T14:10:58.191-07:002019-04-21T14:10:58.191-07:00To reduce reality to what may be clearly and unamb...<i>To reduce reality to what may be clearly and unambiguously known through the scientific method is to in effect say that "I want to know only what can be made blindingly obvious and is thoroughly demonstrable to the densest man."</i><br /><br />To be fair, provided that the knowledge is true, it would still be an improvement over what most people are taught today. We live in a deeply stupid time; “there are two sexes” should not be a radical, inflammatory statement.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70078729834682637732019-04-21T14:00:42.206-07:002019-04-21T14:00:42.206-07:00Materialists propose what amounts to an absurdly f...<i>Materialists propose what amounts to an absurdly false hierarchy with man at the top, but no way to explain how he got up there (since there can be no objective progress in a random and meaningless cosmos).</i><br /><br />Materialist man is a stump turtle that thinks his post is a throne of his own making.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com