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Philosophy does open your mind,
but not to an imaginary evil gremlin whose ultimate goal is to enslave humanity.
It simply opens the mind to new ideas and not being close minded.
Some may say I’m just another typical example of how the devil can take possession of people
through exposure to worldly things.
The truth is if you shelter your kids from ‘the real world’
they are going to wonder what you are keeping from them
and many will run at the first chance they get.
If philosophy, being the love of knowledge by definition, is so evil, then
what are you saying by telling people to stay away from it?
There is a word to describe the rejection of knowledge;
it is called ignorance.
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From The Truth About Sheltering Your Kids: Jonathan Farris’ Story
Preceding articles:
Being Religious and Spiritual 1 Immateriality and Spiritual experience
Being Religious and Spiritual 2 Religiosity and spiritual life
Being Religious and Spiritual 3 Philosophers, Avicennism and the spiritual
Being Religious and Spiritual 4 Philosophical, religious and spiritual people
Being Religious and Spiritual 5 Gnostic influences
Being Religious and Spiritual 6 Romantici, utopists and transcendentalists
Being Religious and Spiritual 7 Transcendence to become one
Being Religious and Spiritual 8 Spiritual, Mystic and not or well religious
Philosophy hand in hand with spirituality
How long to wait before bringing religiousness and spirituality in practice
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Additional reading:
- Self-development, self-control, meditation, beliefs and spirituality
- Are religious and secular ethicists climbing the same mountain
- Caricaturing and disapproving sceptics, religious critics and figured out ethics
- Theology without spirituality sterile academic exercise
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