George Weigel's Analysis

A classroom full of students and a girl named Anya have learned a lesson which leads to the themes of never assume and jump to conclusions and to accept what you have. Hence, we can conclude that lesson can lead to those two themes of the

Therefore, according to the author Mathewson, one struggle with the Old Testament narratives considering there is no patience, also are tempted to press for an enumeration of facts or set of clear and sharply formulated the idea (fluff); to be honest, it is mostly ignorance. Second, one finds the Old Testament challenging considering its role is minimized in the canon as faulty. The importance of the Old Testament stories gives instruction to things not repeated in the New Testament, Creation, law, also covenant. Intimidated by the language and literature of the Old Testament is another challenge in preaching the narratives, as well as, one being enslaved to a particular style of exposition (Mathewson 12-25).

There will always be philosophical interpretations that will create universal truths for many generations to come. In addition, these literary works enriches the audiences’ understanding of these texts as supremely important cultural and historical documents, for audiences who embrace their universal truths. Both generational audiences’ spiritual interpretations seemed to have, collectively, developed a text of extraordinary literary works that are overflowing with philosophical and truth-seeking richness.

The most rebutted aspect of the work done by the scholars was their idiosyncrasy to equate “unverifiable” with “unauthentic.” Most scholars who study the elements attribute to the life of Jesus stand on common ground when it comes to the realization that many of the sayings and deeds associated to Jesus in the Gospels lack sufficient evidence to establish authenticity. However, to many scholars insufficient evidence means an element cannot be verified, and therefore should not be deemed as historical. In contrast, the Jesus Seminar went beyond this scope and maintained that Jesus did not say or did not do things that cannot be authenticated by evidence. For example, it is widely accepted that there is very little evidence to support whether or not Jesus was born from his virgin mother, Mary. As a result, this element of his life has just been something that one would believe on the foundation of religious faith rather than historical science. However, the Jesus Seminar applied a post-Enlightenment historical scientific view to this element in order to determine authenticity. Under this assessment, they determined not only what is confirmable but what also is scientifically possible. Therefore, the scholars deemed the virgin birth as non-historical, concluding that Jesus had been conceived through normal sexual intercourse between a male and female because it fit the paradigm known today. This stance held by the Jesus Seminar “turn[s] a corner in the traditional understanding of the relationship that faith and philosophy bear to science and history” (Powell, 115). For this reason, I reject the integrity of their work. I believe faith and philosophy should be kept separate of science and history, unless the two aim to support one another. Rescinding concepts of faith simply because they do fall within current scientific boundaries is illegitimate. The major flaw of the Jesus Seminar is their

As a reflection of the significance of the item learned God is at the beginning, for our Christian faith and Christian life, how we live makes a difference in what God will do in the end.

Having discussed what philosophy is, we now consider why it is important to study philosophy. We will divide our discussion into 2 parts: (1) Why is it important for all persons in general and (2) Why is it specifically important for Christians to study philosophy? We begin, in true philosophic fashion, by examining the question itself: what we do mean by philosophy being important and we introduce the idea of the philosophic mindset. We then examine 5 reasons why it is important for all persons to adopt the philosophic mindset. We will end by providing an overview of the different branches of philosophy.

Nobody was born with the knowledge that we have now, so in order to prosper as a student, a Christian, or a servant we must be willing to accept we are not equipped with all the knowledge and skills we need for eternity. As Christians, we must continually learn about God and His plan for our lives. As students, we must learn how to multiply and divide, so that we can go further in math to be fully-functioning adults in the future. As servants, we must develop new ways of serving others whether it be a new way of communication or a new trade such as building. This willingness allows a leader and servant to be adaptable and to be able to accomplish what needs to be

Limiting the truth a society has access to is detrimental to that society. No new ideas, inventions, nor advancements would emerge without wisdom, leaving society stagnant. In Fahrenheit, Captain Beatty states “Out of the nursery into the college and back to the nursery; there's your intellectual pattern for the past five centuries or more” (25).

Knowledge isn't bought, found, but learned. This universal truth is the same as “Mind over matter”, “Wisdom is power,” and “Pen is mightier than sword”. There many real-life examples that have occurred that have carved the world we live in now. Also in the books and movies: “The Keeping Room”, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, and “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”, Cesar Chavez, and Glory.

This anecdote from his own life provides insight into the prophecy that he preaches. One should treat all things with reason and not merely accept knowledge regardless of the prestige of the source, but should test the knowledge through examination.

Golitsyn was also highly damaging to Angleton in another way, and one which goes much further than the Nosenko ordeal in justifying his paranoia. Angleton is noted for, even previous to meeting Golitsyn, holding the belief that the Soviet Union had a “‘master plan’ to deceive the entire West,” having a fundamental misunderstanding as to the Soviet’s limits and believing them far more capable of espionage than they were, not helped by the previously stated defections of Fuchs and, in particular the personal betrayal of Philby. While this was always a part of his underlying paranoia, it was kicked into full gear by his affiliation with Golitsyn. Golitsyn, according to Tim Weiner, was “certified by CIA psychiatrists as clinically paranoid…

Although the ultimate truth from God never changes, people’s rules and thought change. For this reason, as people change their standard and laws away from God’s truth, they face difficulties. To get through difficulties, people tried to find better way from their thinking. Even though people know that trading the truth with lies bring only destruction, they reject the truth. Furthermore, they say that the truth is the one brings destruction to the world. Because of their wrong focus to solve the problem, they get into deeper problem. The book of Schaeffer, “Escape from Reason” and other book of Wiker, “10 Books That Screwed up the World and 5 Others That Didn’t Help”

The cave allegory also proves that the role of education is not to teach in the sense of feeding people information they do not have, but rather to shed light on things they already know. Education "isn't the craft of putting sight into the soul. Education takes for granted that sight is there but that it isn't turned the right way or looking where it ought to look, and it tries to redirect it properly." (2)

He shares how, through thinking and learning, he grew in his relationship with God and his enthusiasm for sharing his knowledge (26). He explains how there is a tension between the religious and academic communities because they believe they cannot coexist. He states that this same belief has infiltrated our minds as well—sometimes through faulty biblical interpretation (28-29). He argues that one cannot have knowledge without thinking, but also cannot have thinking without knowledge. Piper explains that biblical interpretation is not solely the job of the reader. To fully grasp the message of the Bible, the reader has to have God’s help and guidance

Stepping outside of the box, they wrote what they perceived in their own minds to be reality. The readers in turn were given a new form of literature that was not written on the basis of beliefs that earlier had seemed indisputable. Not only were old belief systems disregarded, they were openly opposed. Even more surprising, the new thoughts were acceptable, and in turn provided an alternative route for thinking that had not formerly been considered.