"True knowledge derives from existing things." -- Epicurus
.
Introduction > Yes, the wurm is back online, and already back at
the Lord's business. We are now behind the virtual-wheels of a cheap
new windows7 laptop; and the intel-i5 CPU purrs like a soft kitty,
warm kitty, little ball of fur ... Anyway, happy Valentine's Day to
all the cyber-saints! The Lord likes v-day because it is a day that
celebrates love. And you can never have too many of those. So what
better way to celebrate "the power of love" than to dive right back
into our ongoing inquiry into the revolutionary teachings of the good
prophet John:
.
When contemplating and/or praying on the divine-Logos, believers
should always bear in mind that although the proper literal translation
of 'logos' is 'way of reason' (which meaning includes both 'word' and
'plan'), the prophet John uses the term with a far more *expansive*
meaning than the meanings of the previous sages and philosophers.
Thus the divine-Logos is for John the 'Way of Love & Reason'. And
the primary cause of John's spiritual expansion of an old, but rich,
philosophical concept is basicly quite simple: because "God is Love",
then all love is, by its very "inner-nature" (or essence, as it were), a
thing having or approaching a subtle divine quality ...
.
Hence the Way is *necessarily* a two-fold Way. Love without Reason
lacks direction and purpose, while Reason without Love lacks true
meaning and real value. Love and Reason are therefore very closely
connected in John's logos-theology. As life leads to love, as light
leads to reason, so the Way of the divine-Logos leads to grace *and*
truth. Thus Jesus is not simply the incarnation of divine-love. Nor
is he just the incarnation of divine-reason. The prophet's theology
will make no sense whatsoever until we realize (and accept) that
the Way of Christos requires both love and reason in equal measure.
.
And if the religion of the Lord could be reduced to just "love", then
how is this any different from what the Beatles preached (eg. "all you
need is love")? And if the religion of the Lord could be reduced to just
"reason", then how is this any different from the massive philosophy
of Hegel? ... No, no. Hegel and Lennon are obviously *both* wrong,
because they only saw half of the whole "big-picture". Love cannot be
true-love without reason. And reason cannot satisfy us without love.
.
Thus even the evil-one (Kevin O'Leary) recognizes the truth of all
this deep deep down at the bottom of his black-heart; else why
would he contribute any money to charities at all? But he does it
because the true Way is NOT the ever-busy Way of Money & 'Wealth
for the Wealthy', but rather the slow and quiet and peaceful Way of
timid-love and shy-reason!
.
... This is the good-news according to John.
.
- - - the almost theological one ~ cybrwurm ;>
.
P.S. NT-students will be interested to note that Paulos actually
agrees with us for a change: "If someone thinks he knows some-
thing, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.
But if someone loves God, he is known by God." 1Cor.8:2-3NETbible
.
P.P.S. It is very good news indeed that (after so many centuries of
theological warfare) believers are finally able to make a deliberate
choice regarding the *quality* of their faith. They are even free to
forego making a responsible decision, and simply accept the obsolete
and aging pauline/episcopal faith of the many and various churches
of the scribes and pharisees ... *OR* ... to take a close look at the
various ways of being-christian within the NT, and joyfully choose
the light-filled path shown to us by the good prophet called John.
.
Please do NOT flip a coin to decide which way-of-faith is better!
.
Introduction > Yes, the wurm is back online, and already back at
the Lord's business. We are now behind the virtual-wheels of a cheap
new windows7 laptop; and the intel-i5 CPU purrs like a soft kitty,
warm kitty, little ball of fur ... Anyway, happy Valentine's Day to
all the cyber-saints! The Lord likes v-day because it is a day that
celebrates love. And you can never have too many of those. So what
better way to celebrate "the power of love" than to dive right back
into our ongoing inquiry into the revolutionary teachings of the good
prophet John:
.
When contemplating and/or praying on the divine-Logos, believers
should always bear in mind that although the proper literal translation
of 'logos' is 'way of reason' (which meaning includes both 'word' and
'plan'), the prophet John uses the term with a far more *expansive*
meaning than the meanings of the previous sages and philosophers.
Thus the divine-Logos is for John the 'Way of Love & Reason'. And
the primary cause of John's spiritual expansion of an old, but rich,
philosophical concept is basicly quite simple: because "God is Love",
then all love is, by its very "inner-nature" (or essence, as it were), a
thing having or approaching a subtle divine quality ...
.
Hence the Way is *necessarily* a two-fold Way. Love without Reason
lacks direction and purpose, while Reason without Love lacks true
meaning and real value. Love and Reason are therefore very closely
connected in John's logos-theology. As life leads to love, as light
leads to reason, so the Way of the divine-Logos leads to grace *and*
truth. Thus Jesus is not simply the incarnation of divine-love. Nor
is he just the incarnation of divine-reason. The prophet's theology
will make no sense whatsoever until we realize (and accept) that
the Way of Christos requires both love and reason in equal measure.
.
And if the religion of the Lord could be reduced to just "love", then
how is this any different from what the Beatles preached (eg. "all you
need is love")? And if the religion of the Lord could be reduced to just
"reason", then how is this any different from the massive philosophy
of Hegel? ... No, no. Hegel and Lennon are obviously *both* wrong,
because they only saw half of the whole "big-picture". Love cannot be
true-love without reason. And reason cannot satisfy us without love.
.
Thus even the evil-one (Kevin O'Leary) recognizes the truth of all
this deep deep down at the bottom of his black-heart; else why
would he contribute any money to charities at all? But he does it
because the true Way is NOT the ever-busy Way of Money & 'Wealth
for the Wealthy', but rather the slow and quiet and peaceful Way of
timid-love and shy-reason!
.
... This is the good-news according to John.
.
- - - the almost theological one ~ cybrwurm ;>
.
P.S. NT-students will be interested to note that Paulos actually
agrees with us for a change: "If someone thinks he knows some-
thing, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.
But if someone loves God, he is known by God." 1Cor.8:2-3NETbible
.
P.P.S. It is very good news indeed that (after so many centuries of
theological warfare) believers are finally able to make a deliberate
choice regarding the *quality* of their faith. They are even free to
forego making a responsible decision, and simply accept the obsolete
and aging pauline/episcopal faith of the many and various churches
of the scribes and pharisees ... *OR* ... to take a close look at the
various ways of being-christian within the NT, and joyfully choose
the light-filled path shown to us by the good prophet called John.
.
Please do NOT flip a coin to decide which way-of-faith is better!
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