Mike
29th February 2020, 10:05
The logos is defined as such: in Greek philosophy and theology, the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, ordering it and giving it form and meaning.
It's the concept of God.
The definition suggests that there is a divine reason. That's important. It's saying quite clearly that the universe and everything and everyone in it are not random. It's saying quite clearly that it's all here for a specific purpose.
"...Ordering it and giving it form.."
This is also very important. Divinity is being ordered. It's also formed.. Well what does that mean?
It suggests to me that any meaningful spiritual journey has to be organized..and constructed around principles of reason and logic.
Order, form, reason, and purpose. They sound very practical but are the very foundations of God, if you will.
God is practical. Who woulda thunk it?
So what's the proper attitude towards God?
In many ways we are what we are relative to the people and things around us. But that has it's limitations. It's not a comprehensive approach. What's around us doesn't offer a supreme ideal to aspire to. It's too flawed and prone to moral and mental and spiritual corruption.
So when orienting ourselves, I would strongly suggest orienting relative to the Logos, or "God"....not the people and things around you. Orienting towards God, or orienting relative to God, is the best way to ensure you are living according to the divine principles of order, form, reason, logic, and meaning.
This is an example of absolutism. It implies that there is indeed a right way to live one's life, and that it's according to a divine ideal.
Moral relativism, on the other hand, asks us to compare ourselves not to God, but to the people and things around us. It dramatically lowers the standard. I submit that it is a symptom of the moral and intellectual and spiritual degradation we see unfolding in the world today, and all the silly and rather insane postmodern ideas about sex and gender and race.
In the absence of the absolute and it's implications, anything goes. That 'anything goes' attitude is the basis of the current trend behind "subjective realities." It's also behind the death of reason and logic, and the death of science. It is quite literally a war on common sense.
Orienting oneself towards the Logos ensures that order and reason and logic and meaning are prioritized, and chaos and disorder are not so much abolished..but kept in their proper balance. The very sanity of the world depends upon it
It's the concept of God.
The definition suggests that there is a divine reason. That's important. It's saying quite clearly that the universe and everything and everyone in it are not random. It's saying quite clearly that it's all here for a specific purpose.
"...Ordering it and giving it form.."
This is also very important. Divinity is being ordered. It's also formed.. Well what does that mean?
It suggests to me that any meaningful spiritual journey has to be organized..and constructed around principles of reason and logic.
Order, form, reason, and purpose. They sound very practical but are the very foundations of God, if you will.
God is practical. Who woulda thunk it?
So what's the proper attitude towards God?
In many ways we are what we are relative to the people and things around us. But that has it's limitations. It's not a comprehensive approach. What's around us doesn't offer a supreme ideal to aspire to. It's too flawed and prone to moral and mental and spiritual corruption.
So when orienting ourselves, I would strongly suggest orienting relative to the Logos, or "God"....not the people and things around you. Orienting towards God, or orienting relative to God, is the best way to ensure you are living according to the divine principles of order, form, reason, logic, and meaning.
This is an example of absolutism. It implies that there is indeed a right way to live one's life, and that it's according to a divine ideal.
Moral relativism, on the other hand, asks us to compare ourselves not to God, but to the people and things around us. It dramatically lowers the standard. I submit that it is a symptom of the moral and intellectual and spiritual degradation we see unfolding in the world today, and all the silly and rather insane postmodern ideas about sex and gender and race.
In the absence of the absolute and it's implications, anything goes. That 'anything goes' attitude is the basis of the current trend behind "subjective realities." It's also behind the death of reason and logic, and the death of science. It is quite literally a war on common sense.
Orienting oneself towards the Logos ensures that order and reason and logic and meaning are prioritized, and chaos and disorder are not so much abolished..but kept in their proper balance. The very sanity of the world depends upon it