Tag: God
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The Tyranny of Certainty: How Absolutism Distorts the Soul’s Path to Justice The 1950 film Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa, is a masterful exploration of the human soul’s deepest contradictions. I’ve been a big fan of Kurosawa since discovering his work as a teenager, however this is one which took time and experience to fully…
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The Weight of Inaction: Cowardice as the Most Foundational Sin and the Last to be Conquered in Materiality Hamlet, whatever version you wish to watch, is a clear mirror held to the human soul’s deepest struggles, revealing how the sin of Cowardice, rooted in the Fear moment of the Confusion aspect, paralyses action and distorts…
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Redirect Your Anger The first domain of Kratos rules, in rejections and acceptances, is where we lay down our foundational stones upon which a virtuous life may be built. We choose what to uphold and what to cast aside, shaping our moral landscape like an architect designing a grand cathedral. For what happens when that…
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A Christian Philosopher’s Take on Batman Versus Joker In the sprawling metropolis of Gotham, teetering on the brink of chaos, we find ourselves confronted with a moral conundrum as old as humanity itself. The Dark Knight is a philosophy film cloaked in the garb of cartoonish comic book heroism. It invites us to ponder the…
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Sin and Error; Most Outwardly Amnesis The sin of Amnesis is a dreadful forgetting eroding all virtues into nothingness, so it becomes much more than some personal failing; it is the rot at the heart of all failures in civilisation. Most horrible of all forgetfulness is in our godly purpose. The erosion of history’s lessons,…
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A Christian Philosopher Watches The Godfather There exists a profound confusion in this age of noise regarding greatness. We tend to equate importance with stature: a towering building, a commanding voice, or an unquestioned position. Something within each of us admires the one who sits highest upon the mountain, yet they more often remain blinded…
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Deception’s Slavery Consider fleeting smiles in the shadows which cling to the feet of the most deceptive. Aladdin, as he dons his false identity, demands enslavement of all who are won by the deception. He is proud of this arrangement, of being the deceiver. He reveals the profound sickness of disdain, an apathy rooted in…
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A New Look at a Classic from a Virtues Science Perspective Dear reader, today we will explore virtues through the lens of well-known media. We begin with Aladdin, the iconic animated film and not the original tale. Let us first agree together we should cast aside all that is false and glittering, which is to…
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Teaching the Next Generation Beloved disciple of Truth, now for the final and most vital responsibility of the spiritual soldier: to pass on the virtues of Christ Jesus to future generations. This is sacred duty that requires the virtues of Patience and Loyalty set the boundaries for the expansion of virtues against error. In this…
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Living in the Kingdom of God Beloved warrior in our Lord, today we discuss eternal duty defining the true soldier: to live as an eager disciple within the domains of heaven. This aspiration, this calling, requires careful considerations in Courage and Loyalty. Far from any earthly definitions, the redefinition in Logos through Willpower Truth, this…