Tag: Freedom

  • Short thought – 6 – The preferred lie

    Short thought – 6 – The preferred lie

    An assumption took hold, An imagination was sold, Men would find the way out of damnation, People would create their own salvation.   The dream lives on, The effort goes on, While the struggling masses wait, There is rampant injustice within the gate.   Science has not tried long enough, Philosophy has not explored deep […]

  • Lesson from Solomon – Continuity and finality – opposite worldviews.

    Lesson from Solomon – Continuity and finality – opposite worldviews.

    Do you have a worldview?  Even though you may have never sit down and enunciated what it is, or taken pains to explain it to others, most surely you do have a worldview.  In the globalized world where, even the knowledge of distant galaxies is available to the boy on the street, potential for knowledge-based […]

  • Determining what is “fake news”.  What is “real news”?

    Determining what is “fake news”. What is “real news”?

    The phrase “fake news” has become popular in recent times.  In the year 2016, another related phrase “post truth” became popular.  Outside of the political world, there is much that is happening which makes the appearance and use of these phrases timely and legitimate.  A consideration of what is behind these ideas will help us […]

  • The adoption of a thought

    The adoption of a thought

    The adoption of a thought is a uniquely human trait.  With exposure to so much information which, clearly exceeds any human’s ability to process, it becomes difficult to be certain of anything.  A person could be asked to question the validity of any thought, even those dear to him.  Where a person is himself unwilling […]

  • Why a human is incapable of truth, but is capable of peace?

    Why a human is incapable of truth, but is capable of peace?

    The truth could be seen as, when, a statement is the same as the existence of a matter.  When a man speaks of what is in existence, he offers his observation.  He observes, understands, and expresses.  If the understanding is the same as that of everyone else, it has to be regarded as truth!  This […]