I finally stopped and took a couple of photos of an old homestead that is along Al. Hwy 207 roughly 3 miles south of the Tennessee line. For a couple of reasons I’ve been reluctant to take photos anywhere except on my own property. One of those reasons is that unless you have a death wish you don’t just—More—
In book VII of ‘The Republic’ Plato crafts a narrative between Socrates and Plato’s brother, Glaucon. It’s a thought provoking piece that, written roughly 400 years before the birth of Christ, is commonly referred to as ‘The Allegory of the Cave’. A paraphrase of the Cave and an caffeine induced correlation to Christ on the cross– here
The Blind Men and the Elephant is a famous Indian fable that tells the story of six blind sojourners that come across different parts of an elephant in their life journeys. In turn, each blind man creates his own version of reality from that limited experience and perspective.
I thought the fable was particularly emblematic of why Christs disciples may have had trouble defining him. More here.
The Age of Reason highlighted what Thomas Paine saw as the corruption of the Christian Church and its efforts to acquire political power. He found both new and old testaments unreasonable and could not see a logical, coherent relationship between man and God. He did what we so often do (created our own God) and advocated for reason over revelation and rejected the idea of miracles. Effectively he created a God that worked for him. As you might expect, Paine produces a compelling series of arguments. This is all the more reason to be cautious before accepting his ideas and making them your own– just because it’s a compelling argument made by a man of great stature doesn’t make it true.
