…the Beginning of an Amaranthine Journey
If you are unfamiliar with Hamilton's "Aaron Burr, Sir," I highly recommend giving it a quick listen before proceeding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1CEolFz5do There is one line from this song that resonates in particular: "If you stand for nothing, what will you fall for?"Hamilton the Musical Just take a moment to reflect upon this quote. For those of... Continue Reading →
By definition of agnosticism, I’m somewhat agnostic, and yet, I am a strong theist. The two can coincide because agnosticism is concerned with knowledge, and "theism" focuses on belief. Agnosticism describes God as unknowable, and through a means of natural knowledge, I agree in terms of knowing God fully, though one can come to partially... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m4kvrAikuA Stereotypes After the recent horrendous shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, I think this post is needed, if anything, to spread awareness of what we can do as fellow human beings to counter such unprecedented hatred and prevent such an atrocity from recurring. The support of the community in New Zealand so far has been... Continue Reading →
I don't mean "closed-minded" in a general sense, for anyone of any/no religion can be described as having an "open-mind." In fact, curiosity and our desire to research Truth are both products of human-nature. We're all innately open-minded, but we can be conditioned by our environment to close-off certain possibilities despite thousands of years of... Continue Reading →
Very good. You should. The phrase, "I see truth in all religions" is in and of itself unproblematic. I am not going to negate the fact that multiple religions share commonalities and truths. Because, well, they do. If you hunt around on my webpage or merely peruse the rest of the Internet, there are dozens... Continue Reading →
If multiple weren't so convincing, containing so many similarities, we wouldn't even have this question. Of course, society would say that I'm biased because I adhere to a particular belief already, so to attempt to reduce the likelihood of skeptics not wanting to hear what I have to say, I'm not going to directly give... Continue Reading →
Fun Side-note on the featured image: Aren't babies just adorable?! In all seriousness, though, wouldn't we all like to know whether we are truly good or truly fallen beings? Maybe some of us do. I want to provide a brief theological walk-through of the major monotheistic traditions' approaches toward "The Human Condition." What makes human... Continue Reading →
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Pursuit of Truth 