Yielding To Christianity

St. Paul: “This is what I’m saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s kingdom. Something that rots can’t inherit something that doesn’t decay” (CEB 1 Cor. 15:50).
Writing in the second century CE, Plotinus was quoting and agreeing with Paul: “The Soul exists in its own right; it neither comes into existence nor perishes. It is itself the principle of life, the ‘one and simple activity in living,’ and as such it… Continue reading →

Human beings are not just natural beings; we are conscious beings. And each individual human consciousness looks at the world through our own unique set of spiritual “eyes.” … To understand how this works, we must, as CS Lewis wrote, “distinguish sentience from consciousness” (Problem of Pain 134). Sentience is the capacity to feel and respond to physical stimuli. It is clearly a brain function we share with animals. But only the human “Consciousness or… Continue reading →