… Plato’s Politics or God’s?
I am writing a book about philosophy and therefore, am spending a lot of time with philosophers. One thing I have learned is that the early Greek philosophers had some ideas that are still current today. For instance, Leucippus (5th century BC) is usually credited with having the idea of atomism.… Read more
Some Further Thoughts on Lying
The fifth-century BC philosopher, Heraclitus, said, “A man, when he gets drunk, is led stumbling along by an immature boy, not knowing where he is going.” Society today is drunk on lies, drinking from the barrels of politics, fake news, false accusations, advertising, revisionist history, and the freshest brews–artificial intelligence and virtual reality.… Read more
The Political Lie
For those of you who appreciate simile in their reading once in a while I give you this bold attempt:
We are told in the Bible, “the Devil is the father of lies, and was a liar from the beginning”; so that beyond contradiction, the invention is old: And which is more, his first essay of it was purely political, employed in undermining the authority of his Prince, and seducing a third part of the subjects from their obedience.… Read more
Culture 11 – The Christian Looking at the 21st-Century Culture
The brief picture of 21st-Century culture presented in previous posts describes some of the aspects of the world we live in today. It is not our father’s world and it will change before another generation can understand it. A Christian living in the 21st Century should see the world through the biblical worldview and the eyes of God.… Read more
Culture 10 – Image and No Substance
Since now is all there is, how you look now is all that matters. Image is it. What do you want to be? Look like it and you are it. This has led to little girls with makeup looking like they are much older than they are.… Read more
Culture 9 – Youth Culture
In his book Modern Culture, Roger Scruton states that the popular culture today is predominately a culture of youth. Much of the following material comes from that book. His chapter describing the youth culture is appropriately titled “Yoofanasia.” He writes: “Among youth, as we know it from our modern cities, a new human type is emerging.… Read more
Culture 8 – Western Culture Today (3)
Continuing from the previous post, here are more words whose meanings have been deconstructed.
EDUCATION – The University is viewed as a place to be empowered to obtain wealth and its capacity to control other people. The educated, especially the highly educated in the fields of philosophy, psychology, literature, and theology are seen as those endued with power to influence and control.… Read more