We watched a video of Father Robert Barron talking about heresies he has found on Youtube. The two main heresies he talked about were scientism and mystical intuition. Scientism is the view that reality is restricted to what the sciences can explain and if something can't be shown or proven, it isn't true. Science can not explain the questions of ultimate meaning.
Mystical intuition assumes the idea that life is intelligible. Father Barron asserted that life is not necessarily something we can understand, but religion is an attempt at explaining it. In this, he shows that reason and religion are connected. Father Barron says that science can't explain everything and people shouldn't try to explain religion with science.
11/2 - What Makes A Teacher
We watched a Youtube video of a poem written by Taylor Mali talking about the importance of teachers. It showed that teachers truly care about the students they teach and that they make a difference in the lives of their students.
11/6 - Kreeft on Philosophy is unteachable
11/10 - Confucius Says WS
We analyzed sayings of Confucius and answered questions about them. Also, we said that the quote "learning without thinking is labor lost; thinking without learning is perilous" (Confucius) meant that learning random facts is useless, but thinking things and saying they are true without proper education is harmful to society.
11/12 - Short Paper Discussion
11/16 - Tao Te Ching Selections WS
We talked about paradox, read selections from the Tao Te Ching, and answered questions. We defined paradox as "an apparent contradiction that draws further insight" and we said that the reason religious traditions, poets, and authors use paradox is because the truth is not something that is clear, so they use paradox to try to explain it.
12/1 - The Taoist Sage WS
We read an article called The Taoist Sage about a reporter going to a temple of Taoists and asking a sage about Taoism. The sage told him to "take time, observe, and learn" in order to understand Taoism better. The sage said that Taoism isn't something that can be learned in an hour and takes a lifetime to learn about. The sage told the reporter to read only one book: the Tao Te Ching and try to understand it, but not ask questions. The way to find out what one is looking for is to observe.
12/3 - Confucius Selections
We read a selection of The Mansion of Confucius talking about Confucius and his teachings. The main point of the reading was that Confucius put out his teachings and wondered if they were wrong. He got three responses from his students. The first student said that it was Confucius' fault for not having the character or wisdom to win people's confidence. The second student answered that Confucius' standards were too high for people and suggested he relaxed them slightly. The third student said that it was not Confucius' fault for the people's lack of ability to meet his standards.
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