What are the limits for knowing God outside of Jesus Christ?
Philosophy
Christianity, Philosophy
Truth and Love
by William Meisheid
Without truth, love is license Without love, truth is arrogance With truth and love, the journey begins
Christianity, Crime and Punishment, Culture & Social Issues, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Religion
The Rule of Law
by William Meisheid
The rule of law under God (how this country was founded) means we have absolutes to guide, correct, and administrate our legal system. Some things are inalienable. The rule of law under man (where this country is being taken) means we have no absolutes and are guided, corrected, and administrated in our legal system by…
Christianity, Philosophy
Also Sprach (Thus Spoke) Zarathustra
by William Meisheid
That was the title that the German philospher, Friedrich Nietzsche used for his paean to the imagined next evolution of man, the Übermensch or superman/overman. For Nietzsche, God was dead, Christianity was an abomination, and the future belonged to those who were willing to embrace the “will to power.” He said: With [Thus Spoke Zarathustra]…
Christianity, Philosophy, Religion
Enemies or Former Allies?
by William Meisheid
Some people are irreverent to the end, even in the face of impending judgment. “This is no time to make new enemies.” Voltaire, when asked on his deathbed to forswear Satan. I wonder if he ever considered whether Satan was actually his former ally? After all, he ridiculed everything related to Christianity throughout his life,…
Christianity, Personal, Philosophy, Work
Real Vs. Synthetic
by William Meisheid
Many people suffer from synthetic attitudes. This state of mind can come from living in a dichotomy between the image you feel obliged to present to the world and what is your true sense of self. It is like the difference between bluster and confidence. Synthetic attitudes, such as that of the Pharisees who continually…
Christianity, Culture & Social Issues, Personal, Philosophy
Geeks
by William Meisheid
Do you know a geek? Are you yourself a geek? The common image of geeks is of an intelligent and technically competent, though socially backward, often serious backward, individual. I been thinking about geeks and I think I have hit upon the source of the geek problem. Since I am somewhat a geek (really a…
Christianity, Philosophy, Science
Human Endeavors, Human Folly
by William Meisheid
“If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans” Old Proverb. God is probably laughing at those who are the subject of this post. However, God’s laughter or lack thereof will not be a consideration among a growing and increasingly strident and intolerant group of scientists who have declared war, yes war, on…
Christianity, Philosophy, Religion
A Priories: How We Build On The Sure Foundation
by William Meisheid
A priories are the foundation of what comes later. They are the starting point of your argument. They are not formed from evidence or facts, but are choices. They form the foundation on how evidence and facts are interpreted. In a sense, they are the prejudice, the weight, the skew we give to what we…
Christianity, Philosophy, Science
The Problem Of Evil
by William Meisheid
There are those who believe that all religions of any consequence are an attempt to deal with the problem of evil and it is that problem that perplexes even the rationalists. I disagree. If we really lived in the sterile, non-spiritual, no ghost in the machine universe most scientific rationalists believe in, the real problem…