Posts Tagged ‘rationalism’
December 31st, 2017 | 
Author: I often feel that the modern world has gone mad, but I must admit that I was caught off guard when I discovered in the eighteenth-century philosopher Thomas Reid (1710-1796) an epistemological source of our condition. The madness of the modern world is its solipsistic undercurrents, which leave us feeling painfully alone. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Religion and Culture, Skepticism | 
Tags: certainty, common sense, David Hume, empiricism, God, Immanuel, Jesus Christ, mass society, rationalism, Rene Descartes, skepticism, solipsism, Thomas Reid | 
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One of the unfortunate characteristics of contemporary Christianity is the division between conservative and liberal Christians concerning the role of the church in society. In general, conservatives emphasize changing the individual and liberals the structures of society. Both tend to see their position as excluding the other. The Bible will have none of this false dichotomy, and Psalms 1 and 2 hold the two perspectives together. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Bible, Living the Psalms, Psalms, Religion and Culture, Spirituality |
Tags: biblical authority, blessing, Conservative Christians, cross of Christ, deity of Christ, economic injustice, God's judgment, Gospel of John, idolatry, imperialism, Liberal Christians, meditation, orthodoxy, Psalm 1, Psalm 2, rationalism, Revelation 18, salvation, social evil, spirituality, structural evil, world |
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