Last night my wife came to me upset after having put our little to bed; she’d had an experience that I won’t describe in detail, but suffice it to say that it was eerie. As we talked it over, some thoughts coalesced in my mind.
I think the paradox, of course, is that unknowing is also a type of knowledge: it takes a substantial amount of knowledge to renounce knowledge and evade the Dunning-Kruger trap. Given that ideology is the default fallen human setting, it takes actual mental work to escape it, work premised on the gnosis that ideology is a lie.
> Faith is not a system of ideas. The Gospel is not an ideology. The life of the Spirit is not a bureaucracy or a creed or an enchantment.
A number of us -- meaning, me and those astute folks to whom I subscribe on Substack -- are writing about these themes at around the same time. Agree wholeheartedly that there is something higher and better than philosophy, ideology and rationality in which the human soul can participate and explore in this mortal life.
I think the paradox, of course, is that unknowing is also a type of knowledge: it takes a substantial amount of knowledge to renounce knowledge and evade the Dunning-Kruger trap. Given that ideology is the default fallen human setting, it takes actual mental work to escape it, work premised on the gnosis that ideology is a lie.
The true gnosis!
> Faith is not a system of ideas. The Gospel is not an ideology. The life of the Spirit is not a bureaucracy or a creed or an enchantment.
A number of us -- meaning, me and those astute folks to whom I subscribe on Substack -- are writing about these themes at around the same time. Agree wholeheartedly that there is something higher and better than philosophy, ideology and rationality in which the human soul can participate and explore in this mortal life.
For your consideration, my treatment was in two parts, first defending the lesser pursuits ("‘Steelmanning’ Philosophy & Ideology"): https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/steelmanning-philosophy-and-ideology ... and then surpassing them with the better ("From Star Trek to Soul Trek"): https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/from-star-trek-to-soul-trek