Philosophy on Love

Is love selfish, hell I don't really know, but what I do know, is love should be a growing process, as I counsel folks I am constantly reminded how fickle love can be, but shouldn't be.There are some folks that love based out of a fantasy, but I've understood love to be an amazing thing.

The Greeks had it more correctly with over 10 different expressions of love and we miss out on the type of love we mean when we say: I Love You.

Thoughts on Modern Theology

I've understood theology to be an understanding of God, a thought process if you will about the divine. A process of thinking holistically about something bigger and more grandiose of the feebleness of humanity. Which in theory/essence, is a good step for all humanity to explore.

Yet when examined closer, it tends to be a series of quotations from Westerner's attempts to make the world view appear from their perspective. For instance it's a series of quotes from the European Middle Ages, from the Reformation, from the Catholic Church's perspectives.

It's John Wesley's Quadrilateral, it's Alister McGraths understanding of the Gospel. It's more quotes about men, than about the men who wrote holy books or who these Holy books are about.

What if theology was rooted in true gnosis or knowledge in which people were truly challenged to debate their understandings, yet learn from those they are debating. that would cause many to understand their theology in a more personal way.

Yet the scary apart about "allowing" or "encouraging" people to do such things is that you run the risk of people inventing something so far removed from what the majority or those in power wanted you to believe you loose followers.

Which is the catch 22 of the system of thought. You should encourage people to think freely, because anyone or mind that is oppressed will one day have the desire to think and/or be free. But the more the oppression the more polar the freeman/mind will become.

But isn't that the point of messianic figures of History? To be free, as the Ancient Egyptians wrote to the neophytes once they finally Hiaburu'ed/Hebrew'ed/Crossed Over....MAN KNOW THYSELF.