RE: Search for Causes
January 7, 2020 at 9:08 am
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2020 at 9:12 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It's neither ( though, for max cynicism..you don't have to choose).
Modern christian belief has become what Crosby or Polanyi would call naturalistic theism. Where belief in god rests on items of personal experience and natural observation rather than sacred revelation. Lek finds himself at the crux of this change, where naturalism™ in opposition - to him..atheism...makes it hard for him to recognize god...when he considers it. Whereas naturalism™ in content is the ground from which he searches for god as well as the ground from which he makes appeals to us, his fellow naturalists, but not his fellow believers.
For all of the hemming and hawing about our worldview and how we must see the world, in opposition... Lek is intimately acquainted. It is our worldview after all. Religiously, the inclusion or exclusion of a god would seem to make a world of difference, but in actual practice and in use it makes no difference at all.
Modern christian belief has become what Crosby or Polanyi would call naturalistic theism. Where belief in god rests on items of personal experience and natural observation rather than sacred revelation. Lek finds himself at the crux of this change, where naturalism™ in opposition - to him..atheism...makes it hard for him to recognize god...when he considers it. Whereas naturalism™ in content is the ground from which he searches for god as well as the ground from which he makes appeals to us, his fellow naturalists, but not his fellow believers.
For all of the hemming and hawing about our worldview and how we must see the world, in opposition... Lek is intimately acquainted. It is our worldview after all. Religiously, the inclusion or exclusion of a god would seem to make a world of difference, but in actual practice and in use it makes no difference at all.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
