Three Essentials

-Bleeding Heart

Philosophy Essentials

"When you strip philosophy down to its essentials, 

it’s really about three things:

whether God exists,

whether we have souls, 

and whether we are truly free. 

Together, they answer the question of how we should live. 

If we are free, if God exists, and if there is something beyond this life, then our choices carry real weight. 

Human reason seems built for this purpose — not just to understand the world, but to guide our moral behavior."

-Michael Smith, A Civilization Losing Its Moral Compass

 

Let Your Life Slow Down a Bit...

-internet Meme

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Thought Provoking

~Yellowstone FB 

Bison

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"Hard times create strong men. 

Strong men create good times. 

Good times create weak men. 

And, weak men create hard times."

-G. Michael Hopf, from Those Who Remain

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God's Creation

-internet meme

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God's Protection of His people:

Psalm 91

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.


I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,


My God, in whom I trust!”


For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper


And from the deadly pestilence.


He will cover you with His pinions,


And under His wings you may seek refuge;

His faithfulness is a shield and a bulwark.


You will not be afraid of the terror by night,


Or of the arrow that flies by day;


Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,


Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.


A thousand may fall at your side


And ten thousand at your right hand,


But it shall not approach you.


You will only look on with your eyes


And see the recompense of the wicked.


For you have made the Lord, my refuge,


Even the Most High, your dwelling place.


No evil will befall you,


Nor will any plague come near your tent.

For He will give His angels charge concerning you,


To guard you in all your ways.


They will bear you up in their hands,


That you do not strike your foot against a stone.


You will tread upon the lion and cobra,


The young lion and the serpent you will trample down.

“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;


I will set him securely on high, 

because he has known My name.


“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;


I will be with him in trouble;


I will rescue him and honor him.


“With a long life I will satisfy him


And let him see My salvation.”

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You Don't Have to Defend the Truth

-Grizzly Bear;Yellowstone FB

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Truth is like a lion; 

you don’t have to defend it. 

Let it loose; it will defend itself.

-Augustine of Hippo (AD 354 to AD 430)

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The Deadly Desert of Life

~internet photo

 *We must be very careful with whom we follow*

The Things Which are Felt in the Heart