Issue 04 — The Beautiful Truth
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Issue 04 — The Beautiful Truth
Do you believe there is there a God? If so, why? Is there evidence for God? What is the nature of God? How does God interact with the world? With us?
What is truth? Is it knowable? How do we find it? What/who is the source of truth?
What is the status of human nature? Are we mostly good or mostly bad?
Do humans have free will? To what degree do we in
We train our focus on beauty here or there—this poem, that architecture—because it is easier than bearing witness to our own story. We begin to gravitate not toward beauty but toward illusion. In this state, you are not approaching what you seek. You are running from your own face. But this is not the way of wonder. Wonder requires a person not to
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Truth reveals Part X—enabling us to see how it convinces us of our purity. Beauty inspires us to fight X, to strive for greater honesty. And Goodness transforms us—allowing us to leverage evil into virtue.