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Such as no language may declare
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Nov 26
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Dr. Steven Shaffer
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God became man so that man might become God
(Saint) Athanasius
Nov 24
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Dr. Steven Shaffer
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Magic words
For centuries, the belief in magic went hand-in-hand with the belief in magic words. The idea is that if one knew the magic words, then anything was…
Nov 18
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Dr. Steven Shaffer
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Appealing (film) now available for streaming
Christine, a young attorney on the brink of death, finds herself at the gates of heaven and hell. Having summarily received a sentence to hell, she…
Nov 12
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Dr. Steven Shaffer
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A dollar is better than eternal happiness
Logic proves it!
Nov 8
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Dr. Steven Shaffer
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What is left when you eliminate everything with a name?
We know God by unknowing, by a manner of uniting with God that exceeds the compass of our minds, when the mind recedes from all things and then leaves…
Nov 1
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Dr. Steven Shaffer
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October 2023
Be still and know
I said to my soul, be still, and let the dark come upon you, which shall be the darkness of God. T.S. Elliot
Oct 28
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Dr. Steven Shaffer
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How vs. Why
It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico Philosophicus
Oct 26
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Dr. Steven Shaffer
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The Pretension of Dogmatic Beliefs
If dogmatic belief is wrong, then does that include the dogmatic belief that dogmatic belief is wrong? At some level, all beliefs require a leap of…
Oct 23
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The Spirit of God descends into Jesus
The description of what happened to Jesus when he was baptized very clearly describes a moment of mystical enlightenment. Literally, when Jesus is…
Oct 22
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Dr. Steven Shaffer
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Why God necessarily exists
“The union of the soul with God is its second birth, and therein consists man’s immortality and freedom.” Baruch Spinoza Most people have not read…
Oct 20
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Dr. Steven Shaffer
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The thing that thought cannot think
Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard
Oct 18
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Dr. Steven Shaffer
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