Category: theology
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Is human spirit brain-powered?
Introduction Some of my previous articles contained experimental thoughts about the nature and relationship of human spirit and body. Namely: How identity is resurrectable Wherefore do we spend our breath? insights: spiritual reality and its interface (Teil 1) (German) insights: spiritual reality and its interface (Teil 2) (German) Wesen der Personhaftigkeit, Wesen des Geist-Seins (German) […]
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A longing for radical life
Smooth societal life. People striving for survival won’t understand this: living a highly civilized lifestyle deprives of life. Within this lifestyle, I don’t have any intensive experiences. That is, I can barely distinguish between my “experiences”. That is, I have no experiences at all, just everyday life. That way, people don’t feel alive, as they […]
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Jesus' death, a mechanic payment?
When talking about Jesus, many people seem to think that his death is a quasi-mechanical payment for people’s moral debts of people. As if God would kep an account for every person’s deeds and it needs to be in balance in order to go heaven … and as if Jesus would’ve come to pay the […]
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Need my confirmation yet
In Protestant churches, confirmation is (hopefully) when young believers are taught arguments and reasons that confirm and strengthen their faith. In my life, conformation is when Jesus confirms my faith by contemporary activity. Let me explain how I currently view faith, the basis of faith and my faith. Content vs. confirmation Do Christians believe in […]
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Wherefore do we spend our breath?
Don’t pal up with the last reality When taking an honest approach to life, one must take the most important problem to be most important. One must face reality. So, what is the most important problem of man? It’s the last reality: death. It renders all nothing, destroys what you made of you, ignores what […]
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The 2nd or 3rd commandment
Information science developed a good understanding of what information is: a coded representation of something different, not the thing itself. And, information science includes a rich use of names: names are used for coding the informational representation of entities. Also, we know about the problems that come with using names, for example, the possibility of […]
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Inability-enabled faith
What is faith, in Christianity? In some precious discussions with a friend, we found out that there are at least two positions. See if you can agree: certain faith The certain faith of fundamentalists is the human work of accepting some content as the truth. hoping faith The hoping faith of non-fundamentalists is an unproven […]