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As for rethinker.net, this is a no-frills site where one fellow is slowly attempting to articulate his “on second thought” and “on third thought” types of theories and tentative-conclusions about debatable and controversial questions.  

This site is in an early phase of construction.  There is no lack of rethinkage whirring around in my mind and no lack of inspiration to attempt to squeeze them into a sharable format.  Finding the luxury of time and the fleeting mental clarity to articulate them into readable English provides the real challenge.  As a result, I have to offer apologies that most of the rethinks here are not yet fit for human consumption.  They’re all just rough drafts at best. (And some rougher than others!)  But if you keep your expectations low, your disappointment will be likewise. 

Many of the rethinks are the result of controversies my own soul has been embroiled in.  Being willing to let my traditions be challenged has allowed me, I believe, to come to some unique (and hopefully therefore valuable) and tested reconclusions.  Many of these rethinks come from the questions that most often come up to me in my discussions with others.

 Basic categories are. . .

Sophia

This Sophia corner of this site is where I attempt to philosophize on matters of philosophy of religion, comparative religion, epistemology, metaphysics, quantum theory and cosmology, God and gods, faith and reason, neo-thomism versus neo-kantianism, nihilism and existentialism and the meaning of life, and all those other similar type of -ism's I've spent years wrestling with.   [Not much here yet.]

Biblia

In Biblia I rethink some of the questions about the sixty-six books that are commonly known as "the Bible."  In time I'm going to try to rethink my way through questions about the historical reliability of the manuscripts, the question of "inspiration" (did God indirectly write those books?), the question of inerrancy (is it without factual error in terms of history and science?), the questions of authority (who speaks for God when we cannot hear God's voice?), hermeneutic and interpretation (can't anyone make any big book say anything they want it to say?).  [Not much here yet either.  Sigh.]

Yeshua

In the Yeshua corner I'm going to attempt to reconsider the historical-and-biblical Jesus, the contextualized Jesii, and the mythical Jesii.  [Not much here yet.]

Soteria

In Soteria I'm attempting to rethink my way through questions about "salvation."  It has been suggested that the Judeo-Christian is afraid that the individual soul is not immortal, but wants it to be, while the Hindu-Buddhist is afraid that the individual soul is immortal and wants it not to be. I'm mainly trying to explore salvation in terms of the Judeo-Christian sense on this corner of the site.  [Not much here yet.]

Ekklesia

Here I am attempting to figure out the who-what-when-where-how of the Church.  I’m exploring the formation of the first generation of churches, the deformation of the church (what went wrong?!), and possible ways to recover something more reminiscent of the original, excellent model.   To many, including myself, “church” is a word that evokes a slough of negative emotions and memories.  This corner of the website attempts to learn lessons from the many ugly mistakes over 2,000 years of Church history.  But it also attempts to recover the beauty of the organic original Church.

Theologia

This is where I'm going to be rethinking some of the hopefully more important questions and controversies in Judeo-Christian theology. Its stuff that didn't seem to fit well in the more granular corners of soteria or ekklesia. 

Familia

Here I attempt to reconsider questions regarding family life, marriage, raising children and such.  [Not much here yet.]

Health

In the Health corner I'm trying to explore the few topics of health that have so far impacted my life.

Reviews

The Reviews corner will eventually contain reviews of books and movies. [Nothing here yet.]

About/FAQ

To learn more about the vision for rethinker.net, its author(s) and the method behind the madness

Contact Us

Click here to get my email address.  All catalysts for rethinking are welcomed!  Critical feedback (whether negative or positive) is likewise encouraged.

 

 

 

 

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It is the Lord who judges me. 

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes.

He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts.

At that time each will receive his praise from God.

-       Paul to the Corinthians