True Philosophy

I'm at my wits' end. Day after day when I'm not reminding you that I have about three weeks left to live so you'd better sign up for at least three of my Commonsense marketing programmes each I look for follies to poke fun at. But great tidal waves of drivel keep flooding over me, making me increasingly sure that the future for these islands is vanishing so fast that my prospects are almost irrelevant. "Does my limp member need a brand identity?" I asked myself, after reading that "The London...Read Full Story

During an era in history called, “ The Enlightenment ” , it was fashionable to use what has been termed as “ higher criticism ” to introduce questions & doubts about biblical inerrancy, biblical historicity, & general presuppositional belief – that ultimately would lead to the undermining of faith.   One way that higher criticism has been defined is:   Higher criticism treats the Bible as a text created by human beings at a particular historical time and for various human...Read Full Story

This morning a young overweight and unattractive Afro-American lady plopped herself down in a wide easy chair at the Java Detour ; then - for some strange reason - got the impression that customers were scrutinizing her. In fact, she turned to one startled guest, and requested that he stop staring at her. Well, it was one of life's embarrasing moments, for sure. Unbeknownst to the self-absorbed woman, there was a widescreen over her head broadcasting the morning news. And that, not her, was...Read Full Story

Who was this man, Pythagoras? His life and teachings are shrouded in mystery. He was born around 580 B.C.E., presumably in Syria. According to legend, his birth was foretold by Apollo’s prophetess, who was known as the ‘Pythia’, at the Oracle at Delphi. She revealed to Pythagoras’ father, Mnesarchos, that the boy would "surpass all others who had ever lived in beauty and wisdom, and that he would be of the greatest benefit to the human race in everything pertaining to human achievements...Read Full Story

Plato’s story begins by asking us to imagine human beings who have lived in a large underground cave since birth, chained in such a way that they can only see in front of them, being prevented by the chains from turning their heads. Here, deep beneath the surface, they are living symbolically in the lowest level of consciousness, which Plato calls Eikasia. This is the level in which our minds perceive only superficial appearances, which means that the world we experience is actually a figment...Read Full Story