William Blake's
"Ancient of Days".
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Dare to know! Start learning!
(and i'm not just talking about from one perspective!)
"The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free" - Baruch Spinoza
The first best thing you can do outside of using logic and rational reasoning is to study the history of civilization in the days prior to and around biblical time to understand the need for creating the concept of God. We'll provide links that can help give insight to the culture of many early civilizations. It is of equal importance to look at what science and anthropology can tell us about the past and the way that life actually operates in reality. Some lectures from certain professors are good starting points if you're looking to tackle some of these questions head on. You may want to visit our youtube page or simply click links below. Also we highly recommend you visit the Philosophy page for a wealth of knowledge and thought provoking material available to you. We know a few good philosophers who will self tutor you by phone if you have a hard time understand certain concepts and would be happy to get you in touch with them. Just send us an email if you have questions, comments, or concerns.
Professor Courtenay Raia lectures on science and religion as historical phenomena that have evolved over time. She examines the earlier mind-set before 1700 when science fitted elements into it that eventually came to be seen as magical. The course also question how Western cosmologies became "disenchanted." She also examines magical traditions that transformed into modern mysticisms as well as the political implications of these movements. The discussion includes concern for science in totalitarian settings as well as "big science" during the Cold War.
This course includes the following lectures:
Course intro, Nature and Romanticism, Religion Regicide and Revolution, Mechanical Philosophy, Newton and the Enlightenment, 17th Century Thought, Reformation and Revolution, The Witch Craze, The Patristic Period, Greek Mysticism and Rationality, Darwin and Science, Romanticism and Spirituality, Psychical Research,
Human Sciences and Freud, Gnostic Revival, 20th Century Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Spiritualism in the New Age, Final Lecture
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