Socrates was a Greek philosopher who lived in Athens, Greece from 470 BCE to 399 BCE. Although not the first philosopher, he is credited as being the founder of Western philosophy and the first moral philosopher. Since he is the ideal of what a philosopher is, I thought it would be interesting if we followed…
Category: Theology
Theology – what we believe.
Christianity Renew or Reject
“If a person is really involved in a religion and really building his life on it, he better stay with [it]…. You can keep an old tradition going only by renewing it in terms of current circumstances…. When the world changes, then the religion has to be transformed.” – Joseph Campbell Many are leaving Christianity…
The Confusion of Gnosticism
How do you relate the Bible and the Valentinian writings in the Nag Hammadi Scriptures? First, what authority do the Valentinian writings have? Second, what authority does the Bible have? Third, how do the Nag Hammadi Scriptures and the Bible relate to one another? These are difficult questions and little consensus among Gnostic Christians. But…
A Simple Epistemology
How do you know that what you believe is true? That is the question known as epistemology or the “theory of knowledge.” I don’t think we can know very much for certain. We have to give up that search. But I do think we can discover how probable a claim to truth is. I will…
Defining Wisdom
I am in pursuit of wisdom, because wisdom leads to flourishing, and flourishing leads to serenity. But what is wisdom? I don’t think we really know for sure. I have tried a number of times to define it, so here goes another attempt. Wisdom is the overall perspective from which one sees the true nature…