Re: Signs of Scientism

In a message dated 1/25/2006 12:46:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
williamehamiltonjr@yahoo.com writes:
What is is not what ought to be. Jesus states this plainly in
Matt 20:25-28:

Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles
lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not
so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your
servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of
Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom
for many."

We are called to a higher level of behavior than what is exhibited by nature.
Yes, to transcend nature.

 
In John White’s essay, Jesus, Evolution, and the Future of Humanity, he
writes, “The very first words Jesus spoke to humanity in his public ministry were, ‘
The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe
in the gospel’ (Mark1: 14, Matthew 4:17).”
White writes, “Notice that word: repent. Over the centuries it has become
misused and mistranslated. The Aramaic word that Jesus used is tob, meaning, ‘to
return,’ ‘to flow back into God.’ The sense of this concept comes through
best in the Greek word first used to translate it. That word is metanoia and like
tob, it means something far greater than merely feeling sorry for
misbehavior. Meta means, ‘to go beyond,’ ‘to go higher than.’ And noia comes from nous,
meaning, ‘mind.’ So the original meaning of metanoia is literally ‘going
beyond or higher than the ordinary mental state.’ In modern terms, it means
transcending self-centered ego and becoming God-centered.”

rich faussette
Received on Wed Jan 25 17:29:21 2006