Series: Idolatry in Ideation
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Would We Have the Mind of God or Simulacrum? Imagine a world where every idea is a god, and every thought is a prayer. How would such a world look? It would be a place where no one could ever truly believe in anything, for every belief would be an idol: a stone carved from…
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Grace Forces Absolute Scepticism Through the Light of Truth in Life Wonder wide ye who know how dear you are to God, for wonderment is not merely a sentiment; it is the sword that cuts through the thickest of idolatries. To wonder is to stand in awe before the vastness of creation, to recognise that…
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Divine Love in Everything The only absolute that can truly satisfy the human soul is God’s Love. For what is an absolute if not something that remains unchanged? Even in the face of all uncertainty. Relativism and subjectivity are the rule of the day, yet truths transcend our own desires, fears, and short lives. The…
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To Look Beyond Ideations Let us now turn our attention to scepticism, which is too often cast as mere doubt rather than the tool of discovery it is. In a world where ideas have become idols, scepticism becomes the break from their chains enabling us to seek greater things. The more we question, the more…
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Gifts From God and Their Outcomes Imagine if every question was answered as immediately as it was asked, and where no one ever doubted anything. Would this not be a meaningless prison of certainty? Then let us here consider the interplay between grace and reason, for theses are not opposites but complementary forces that work…
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God’s Moderation Over Idolatry’s Extremes An unmistakable pattern that emerges over generations is that of the tendency for goals outside God’s realm to veer into extremes. These goals need not be against God per se, but rather untethered from divine wisdom and empowering the self. Imagine planting seeds in your garden. If you water too…
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Human Ideations, Human Idolatry Imagine two cliff climbing teams scaling the tallest and most extreme cliff face ever discovered, twenty times bigger than anything else, with its root in a deep cave. One team has each member follow their own logically planned route, though without any safety equipment, focused solely on reaching the summit at…
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Ideation’s Limit at Extreme Scales and Idolatry Our reason, often a beacon of clarity, becomes ever blinder with distance and difference in scales. Thus we are also often lead down paths laden with unintended consequences and ultimate failure when rely upon reason alone. If a scientist shifts the variables in an experiment, the results become…
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Extreme Focus and Targeting Become Idolisation of the Goal or Idea in Itself Imagine a runner who trains with such intensity to improve her speed that she injures herself in not getting the rest she needs. Her extreme focus on one aspect of training leads to an outcome that undermines her overall goals. Similarly, extreme…