— The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics — jorndoe
not a Christian source — Apollodorus
Religion should inform ethics? No. Divine command theory, theological voluntarism, ...? No. Accountability to an imaginary friend rather than your fellow humans? No.
It is a vision rather than a history, because it records a stage of consciousness which cannot yet be actualized in reality.' — Jack Cummins
'The Book of Revelation' — Jack Cummins
It reminds me of William Blake: 'If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.' — Jack Cummins
This is why all philosophical systems, both in the West and the East, have turned to mystical experience when philosophizing about ultimate reality couldn't take them any further. It was one of the reasons why Greek philosophers embraced Christianity. Where reason no longer helps, faith and devotion might just push you that bit further and help you achieve your philosophical goal which is not to know truth intellectually, but to actually experience it. — Apollodorus
I'd rather not go into Gnosticism as I hear I am already on the mods' black list and I'm sure some think that this thread isn't something that should have happened in the first place .... :smile: — Apollodorus
'A man is no man if he has no beast inside.' — Jack Cummins
– Duino ElegiesJeder Engel ist schrecklich
However, if we take a realistic and pragmatic look at the facts, one thing becomes immediately apparent, namely, that neither philosophy nor science knows what ultimate reality is, and neither of them seems to be making much progress in the direction of finding a definitive answer. The only system that claims to have some idea is mysticism. — Apollodorus
'Book of Revelation' — Jack Cummins
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