First Principles
January 31st, 2021 at 2:44:32 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
I agree with you that "love" is the most overused and misunderstood word in the English language. The Greeks had four words for love so it could more properly be used to describe things like friendship, family, physical attraction, and the total gift of self notion of love.
I agree that the person in a good or wonderful marriage doesn't feel like it is work at all. However, they are always doing the hard things like being patient with the kids, loving their spouse and putting their needs first, working hard to support and care for the family. However, when everyone is doing this and loving each other the hard work is an easy burden most times.
Surprisingly perhaps I agree with you. Staying in a marriage can be torture for some people. I also like the way you worded the statement, "a marriage that shouldn't have happened". That sentiment is the exact understanding of a Catholic annulment when it is granted. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
January 31st, 2021 at 7:15:23 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Which did they have besides eros, philos, and agape? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
January 31st, 2021 at 8:00:16 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | They also had storge. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
January 27th, 2023 at 2:41:58 AM permalink | |
DoubleGold Member since: Jan 26, 2023 Threads: 30 Posts: 2476 |
Evaluating right and wrong (or any value such as good and bad, etc.) is primarily a function of our conscience. The conscience resides in the human spirit. The human spirit is outside of the soul (not part of self). The mind, will, and emotion reside in the soul. The soul and human spirit are connected at the "heart" (spiritual heart). There's a switch that takes place when processing information, between the human spirit and the soul. So knowing something is not necessarily all in our mind. The mind in the soul checks the conscience in the human spirit. However, if the conscience is obstructed for whatever reason, the mind is effectively operating by itself. The conscience can act like a mechanical governor for external wisdom, which is another part of the human spirit. |
January 27th, 2023 at 3:21:58 AM permalink | |
DoubleGold Member since: Jan 26, 2023 Threads: 30 Posts: 2476 | "So is everything just an opinion to you? Is there such a thing as Truth?" FrGamble, I noticed the conversation became focused on Truth. I figure there are two kinds of truth: Absolute Truth and Relative Truth. Absolute Truth is God (for an atheist it could be considered a force outside of self). Relative Truth is what each of us thinks the Absolute Truth is. Absolute Truth is constant and never changes, while Relative Truth always changes. The difference of the two truths is Self-Deception. Self-Deception is a magnitude stored on our conscience. Our conscience can be isolated and operated on. To isolate our conscience, we can switch our focus (conscious) from self (soul) to not self (humility). We can switch modes at will (contained inside the soul). One mode is a selfish mode and one is an unselfish mode. Self is finite and not self is infinite. Another way to write this is self is powerless and not self is powerful. |
February 2nd, 2023 at 6:26:39 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
https://www.cs.umd.edu/~mvz/bible/ltrs-from-earth.pdf You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
February 2nd, 2023 at 6:36:30 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | I think this position is the best I can do as far as a deity.
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
February 2nd, 2023 at 6:45:01 AM permalink | |
DoubleGold Member since: Jan 26, 2023 Threads: 30 Posts: 2476 | I think faith is a requirement for humans to grasp Absolute Truth. |
February 2nd, 2023 at 6:55:38 AM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4944 |
I guess it would depend on your definition of Absolute Truth. I subscribe to this definition that has no religious connotations: "absolute truth is whatever is always valid, regardless of parameters or context. The absolute in the term connotes one or more of: a quality of truth that cannot be exceeded; complete truth; unvarying and permanent truth." At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
February 2nd, 2023 at 7:09:14 AM permalink | |
DoubleGold Member since: Jan 26, 2023 Threads: 30 Posts: 2476 |
I don't disagree with any of that but I think there is more. The reason is because of the way a human was designed. Some refer to life as living in an illusion or even in a digital matrix. Just the way our eyes work is strange. So we must have a work around for this in our design. |