Christians have a phobia for philosophy. Why?
Because if you think too much, you may lose your faith.
If you know a lot, you get puffed up. (Pride)
If you rely on human wisdom, you don't trust God.
Didn't the Bible told us to 'beware of empty philosophy'?
I think this phobia is misguided. The moment a person wonders, "Am I real? Why am I here? Where am I going? (Megamall??)", he has philosophy in his head.
In order to 'beware of bad philosophy' we need to be 'aware' of it first. That implies that we need to study it.
Pride is the 'attitude' with which you hold knowledge or money, for that matter. For every proud intellectual, there is a proud ignoramus.
Thinking is dangerous... to blind faith. It's not the enemy to a humble, reasonable and open-minded faith, which the Scripture speaks of.
Human wisdom refers to any 'ism that has man as its center or goal. The wisdom of God may appear foolish to men, but ultimately trusting God as our source and purpose makes perfect sense.
At least, that's how I see it.
Because if you think too much, you may lose your faith.
If you know a lot, you get puffed up. (Pride)
If you rely on human wisdom, you don't trust God.
Didn't the Bible told us to 'beware of empty philosophy'?
I think this phobia is misguided. The moment a person wonders, "Am I real? Why am I here? Where am I going? (Megamall??)", he has philosophy in his head.
In order to 'beware of bad philosophy' we need to be 'aware' of it first. That implies that we need to study it.
Pride is the 'attitude' with which you hold knowledge or money, for that matter. For every proud intellectual, there is a proud ignoramus.
Thinking is dangerous... to blind faith. It's not the enemy to a humble, reasonable and open-minded faith, which the Scripture speaks of.
Human wisdom refers to any 'ism that has man as its center or goal. The wisdom of God may appear foolish to men, but ultimately trusting God as our source and purpose makes perfect sense.
At least, that's how I see it.
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