fenoglios

The main reason I'm here is to follow Christ in a new medium. Being as my main intellectual interest is philosophy, I will probably use that as my main method of discourse. Also, I'll probably power my page every once and a while with stories of peace.

In Christianity there is both choice and no choice, freedom and compulsion. Christianity says to man, "you shall choose to accept the essential truth of life"; and this truth is so compelling that you have no choice but to accept it. Once you realize that God is inviting you into His kingdom, you cannot refuse. - Soren Kierkegaard

Violence is simply not radical enough, since it generally changes only the rulers but not the rules. - Walter Wink

Philosophy is the battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of our language. - Ludvig Wittgenstein

Love of *one* is a barbarism; for it is exercised at the expense of all others. The love of God, too. - Friedrich Nietzsche

"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked." - Jesus

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