Who is Lady Wisdom? ... the Biblical Icon

Can you say confirmation bias? Sure you can.

Be careful to not conflate Truth with Wisdom. Wisdom, by definition, is whatever is best to believe. Truth is not necessarily what is best to believe for all people.

That would be RM:AO:Sociology/SAM (Rational Metaphysics:Affectance Ontology:Sociology/Social Anentropic Molecule).

Religion, the retention of the legion (maintaining cohesion of the group), is based upon ordained revelation (realization of a truth), aka “faith in the prophets”. Philosophy is based upon reasoning, and Science was based upon measured empirical evidence. What is required is to merge those concerns into a coherent structure. Rational Metaphysics provides the intellectual means to accomplish that while SAM provides for the social means.

Rational Metaphysics is the combination of Definitional Logic, Scientific Methodology, and Resolution Debating. It is the Resolution Debating that provides for sufficient faith to mend damaged faith as well as ensure good reasoning to have faith.

The end result is that when doubt arises to challenge faith, there is a path of reasoning available that can be verified so as to restore any lost faith. Most of the time, faith is all that is needed or wanted. But blind faith has issues that lead to discontent, disharmony, and disillusion. If a means to verify faith is provided whenever such is required, faith becomes far more sensible because it is being checked against reason.

Such provides wisdom for all concerned, the “best thing to believe”, regardless of endeavor and/or Truth. And it isn’t the same for everyone.

James … an interesting … and entertaining post.

For me … you have once again … through intention or accident … revealed a profound Truth.

Confucius introduced this menace 2,500 years ago in his “Rectification of Names” writings.

Sadly … as yet … we have no better alternative. While experience appears to influence individual consciousness deeper than words … we only have words/images to describe experience(s).

more emerging thoughts …

The perhaps very very old … yet still emerging … forms of communication without words … telepathy and collective consciousness … may point to a future alternative.

Same dilemma though … science has yet been unable to verify the authenticity/veracity of these two forms of communication … not that they aren’t trying though … eg. the Princeton Global Consciousness Project.

Perhaps the Biblical notion of Lady Wisdom points in the same direction.

and what brings about this discomfort?

You don’t seem overly infected, there is still time.

Mannikin … your signature photo says it much better than any picture/image I could draw with words.

the gazillion dollar question … how much time do we have?

Ah, you are referring to the perception of human decay, makes you feel a little traumatized does it?

One only has to notice it and be aware of it to protect oneself from it, this is enough for any healthy mind… even if it closing in on you, near you and surrounding you, it will not be able to reach you if you remain aware…

However, if by any chance you are possessed with an overwhelming need to help and save people then it may prove to be detrimental to oneself…

and this need, in that direction, may also reveal a lot about you…

If you are healthy then you have all the time a healthy mind and body can naturally have…

Mannikin … your posts are both titillating and vexing. To write so eloquently of such incredibly complex issues you surely have a deep reservoir of rich personal experiences.

Not me … I have a generous … yet selfish … heart.

The notion of time is a human construct and I wrote of it in that sense.

Mannikin, The king of the damned, I knock upon the doors, who is it? but I…who peers into the abyss, the screams, the ideals, the dreams…but it is never good when the tank is empty of the thankless many… Will the room be consumed by your personal doom?

Is a mirror necessary for one to see themselves?

Generosity loses it’s value when it’s holder becomes self-less, similar to love losing its meaning when dispensed to all.

Generosity guarded by selfishness is enough to protect the heart, for this is one of the openings the virus attempts to crawl into and build its nest, taking over the mind and body distancing you from yourself. Generosity guarded by selfishness allows you to acknowledge its value, manifesting as a comprehension of differences…

The virus seeks to delude you that these differences don’t exist.

To the virus, time is a tool, a very useful one, a fertile ground to plant its deceptive seeds, once it takes root to a certain degree, even if the plant develops a flower, its beauty will be overshadowed by it’s thorns…

Mannikin … let me put your signature photo and your written words “perception of human decay” side by side … so to speak.

Would a casual observer … looking only at your signature photo … grasp the true intention of the message you are attempting to convey?

Paraphrasing … human decay is only a perception … an illusion … in fact, humanity is inching ever closer to it’s spiritual origins.

The picture speaks for itself, my display of it is merely humorous…but behind the humor it serves as reminder of the horror…

If it is an illusion, then there is no need for it to make you feel uncomfortable …are you sure it’s just an illusion?

My discomfort stems largely from the stubbornness of humanity … and I vacillate on that … for a while I see it as stubbornness and later empathy and compassion seeps in … until the scales are removed from their eyes they are as blind as bats.
Eventually I return to my only refuge … patience and humility.

I’m hopeful … never certain.


Pilgrim
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I can only agree with nearly all unbiased historians in regarding the worship of Mary as a close parallel to that of ancient heathenism. Nowhere in Scripture is she an exception from universal sin or transformed into a sinless holy co-redeemer.

To think otherwise is a figment of one’s imagination.

Finally, someone has acknowledged my affection … actually much more than affection and much less than worship … for Mary. Thank you A. Shieldmaiden.

You can add my name to your long list ASM

With the absence of convincing objective evidence I suppose all belief in Scripture is a figment of one’s imagination. Bigous would certainly agree.

For those readers expecting an emotional outburst … sorry to disappoint you … I suppose Mary wouldn’t allow it.

For any reader who may be curious how my personal experiences lead me into an intimate relationship with Mary … here are some old notes.

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Why do you have to go to all those places?

Excellent question Phyllo … I can only answer with a metaphor.

When you sit in a boat with a large sail and no rudder … you go where ever the boat takes you.

But you’re attributing these travels to the will of the Virgin Mary or God. It seems odd that She/He/They would want you to wander around (aimlessly?).

Of course, you might be choosing to wander around because you want to. IOW, maybe God got nothing to do with it.

Phyllo … you may be absolutely right!

There are no words that adequately describe personal experience … especially when the experience is outside the envelope of mainstream thought.