Ichthus77
March 5, 2026, 1:45pm
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None of this conflicts with Paul, but here ya go:
Parable of the Sower came back up today.
The path is understanding (head knowledge) that didn’t sink in to the heart, receiving with joy is judgment (heart knowledge) with no depth, and the testing is reason (action, practical knowledge) led by a shallow heart and ungrounded head. The good soil is all three anchored eternally, attending authentically, and appropriately responding.
yellow You can have good reasons to know someone exists… but want them not to… and so be apersonal. That is conceptual bad faith.
red You can have good reasons to know someone is trustworthy (even the one you don’t want to exist)… but have too much baggage to trust anybody… and so be apersonal. That is about emotional/essential bad faith.
blue Finally. You can have good reasons to know someone exists, and is trustworthy… maybe you’re even happy they exist, and emotionally you feel as if you wo…
I discussed the first link with Copilot. Let me know if you’re interested in their take. The discussion is public already and you can join it if you like. We went into The Republic (Plato). Y’know… Paul spoke in Athens. Of course you do.
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