Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Own nothing, be joyous. (Deep)

 Own nothing, be joyous in God's work. He owns all and delegates Own nothing, be joyous in God's work. He owns all and delegates

I think it's one of Mortimer Adler's books that makes a distinction between two type of knowledge, and now Glenn Sunshine has told us of a third. Episteme/Revelation/Absolute in one kind. Pascal's 'probabilism' is a second. Sunshine held that this was the cause of the idea lf progress--I think he misses much from the Bible here---linearity of history vs. circularity. But the second was one of the great social inventions, the scientific method. (Sunshine: empircism). The thing about empiricism is that it is not Absolute, it is subject to more being seen by experiment. 'The Science' makes a mistake in thinking that it is settled. [It could be the same mistake made wen people think they 'own' their jobs--the mistake of rent-seeking (land) vs. wages-seeking (labor). But this latter is for another day, as is the deification of 'The State'. We should own nothing and be joyous stewards, for GodTrinity DOES own everything and He delegates to us!. That's a third point. Jesus has all authority, therefore go joyously about the work you have been given. This is another example which shows that since we do not acknowledge Bible Truth, alternative untruths come in. See Judges, especially.Also Philemon.

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