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Human attempts to understand the currently unknown and unknowable.
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When religion makes claims about the material world, evidence matters.
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Cultural Synthesis
Wisdom embraces cultural exchange. Human thought develops through contact with “others.” Cultures borrow, reinterpret, combine, and reshape ideas inherited from others. Philo stood at an important crossroads between Jewish tradition and Greek philosophy. Understanding those intersections fosters wisdom and helps explain how later religious and philosophical traditions developed—and reminds us that intellectual history is deeply interconnected.
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“I am old and weak and bruised (with rupture and colic), and lameness on both feet.”
- Roger Williams
- May 6, 1682.
Roger Williams
The exact birth and death dates of Roger Williams has been lost to history…so far at least. We think he was born around 1602, give or take a few years. We know he passed in 1683, and by April 1st. We also know he was alive on January 15th. We also believe he was about 80 or 81 when he passed. It’s interesting how much is lost to time for even the famous just a few hundred years ago.
Philosophy of Religion
Respect the believer. Test the belief.
Religion gives meaning. Reality gives common ground.
Religion is one of humanity’s great meaning-making systems. It organizes spirituality, morality, identity, ritual, and community. TST respects religious belief while distinguishing personal faith from public truth. Religious claims about the material world must answer to evidence; religious meanings about the unknown and unknowable should be held with humility, tolerance, and care.
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