[betty boop]

John Polanyi, son of Michael Polanyi. And both, as I recall, Nobel laureates.

What a magnificent essay/post, my dearest sister in Christ!

It is mainly through story telling that humans acquire knowledge, historically speaking. We call this the transmission of culture....

But there are stories; and then there are stories. The best, most reliable story is what Plato called alethines logos -- the "likely story." Human experience plus accumulated special (as in species and cultural) knowledge is the cutting edge between the likely and the unlikely story.... Man must judge, as he himself is to be judged in the endtime.

Such a beautiful post, my dearest sister in Christ! Thank you ever so much!

[Coyoteman]

Human experience plus accumulated special (as in species and cultural) knowledge is the cutting edge between the likely and the unlikely story....

Is there a role for science in here somewhere, or is it all mysticism, revelation, theology, and other such subjects?

I have been trying to follow your posts for several years now, and I don't see a role for science at all.

What I see you promoting is science being necessarily subservient to various forms of religion, superstition, and mysticism. You may not agree with this assessment, but when you start accepting divine revelation as the highest form of knowledge, you leave science, and the scientific method, far behind.

Again, you may not agree, but I see little difference between your approach and the practice of a tribal shaman tens of thousands of years ago.

[Alamo-Girl]

But there are stories; and then there are stories. The best, most reliable story is what Plato called alethines logos -- the "likely story." Human experience plus accumulated special (as in species and cultural) knowledge is the cutting edge between the likely and the unlikely story.... Man must judge, as he himself is to be judged in the endtime.

Beautiful insights, dearest sister in Christ! Thank you - and thank you for your encouragements!