In his book, The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky introduces us to a character named Myshkin. Myshkin’s idea of life is to help rather than to harm, to give mercy rather than malice, to forgive again and again. Myshkin takes what is cruel and repulsive in the people and culture around … [Read more...] about Beauty that Saves the World
Be Not Like Jelly Men
The year was 1558 and Scotland, which had become increasingly Protestant, found itself being governed by an increasingly tyrannical Roman Catholic Monarchy. Between the people and the Roman Catholic government of Mary I, or Bloody Mary (so-called because of her murderous … [Read more...] about Be Not Like Jelly Men
A Backbone Made of Magdeburg Steel
When Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of a Wittenberg church in 1517, he was nailing himself to a cross. From that time on, the governing authorities of Rome wanted him dead. Gone. What stood in their way was the lesser magistrate. A small number of local … [Read more...] about A Backbone Made of Magdeburg Steel
Relativism
Relativism carries with it the idea that there is no absolute truth. As a guiding assumption and, taken to it's logical conclusion, relativism destroys not only community but scientific endeavour, the study of the arts, history, medicine and more since you are no longer aiming at … [Read more...] about Relativism
Common Deception
Nobody likes to be deceived. In fact, we dislike it so much that we will often refuse to believe we have been deceived. Our talent for being self-deceived is bad, real bad. It's worse than we know. The solution is not to conduct an investigation into our own heart but to look … [Read more...] about Common Deception