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The modern media\/digital entertainment<\/em><\/strong> is pushing out\u00a0two important free-time\u00a0leisure<\/a> activities: learning<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0exploring the outdoors in nature <\/strong><\/em>(two favorites of mine). Since you didn’t come to this site\u00a0to explore the outdoors, it’s here for\u00a0sharing\u00a0media and explaining in an almost over-simplified way, what I’m currently learning and find interesting. Most often this relates to\u00a0why classical science (philosophy) is the link gone missing between\u00a0faith and “science,” and I mix in a few of my outdoor adventures.<\/p>\n

Nature is what science studies, but it is more and more difficult to encounter –\u00a0as is the divine. Since we surround ourselves with engineered and virtual realities (that depend on natural elements),\u00a0it’s easier to unreflectively suppose that we have\u00a0more power over nature than we\u00a0do, and that we can even make reality.\u00a0What is true about the world that surrounds us? Does that reality tell us anything about\u00a0what will make us find the happiness we desire? What should we do to be happy?\u00a0<\/em>The average guy on the internet doesn’t have the time to cross this widening gap between his career\u00a0and reading mankind’s most important thoughts.\u00a0<\/em>He rightly just\u00a0trusts someone else, or goes based on his own experience. But other people’s\u00a0answers, especially those that have lasted the test of time are worth studying. I just\u00a0try\u00a0to make that gap between nature and those who have studied it a little less daunting.<\/p>\n

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\"the_great_depression_full\"<\/a>The darkness that poses a real threat to mankind, after all, is the fact that he can see and investigate tangible material\u00a0things, but cannot see where the world is going or whence it comes, where our own life is going, what is good and what is evil. The darkness enshrouding God and obscuring values is the real threat to our existence and to the world in general. If God and moral values, the difference between good and evil, remain in darkness, then all other \u201clights\u201d, that put such incredible technical feats within our reach, are not only progress but also dangers that put us and the world at risk. Today we can illuminate our cities so brightly that the stars of the sky are no longer visible. Is this not an image of the problems caused by our version of enlightenment? With regard to material things, our knowledge and our technical accomplishments are legion, but what reaches beyond, the things of God and the question of good, we can no longer identify. Faith, then, which reveals God\u2019s light to us, is the true enlightenment, enabling God\u2019s light to break into our world, opening our eyes to the true light. \u00a0– Pope Benedict XVI 2012<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Since Plato, truth, beauty, and goodness have all referred to the same reality.<\/a>\u00a0These are the three purposes of this site.\u00a0I believe each person has a special inclination to one of the three aspects of the same thing. Find yours:<\/p>\n

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In the Think Truth section, I am creating my own summaries of the worlds most important philosophical works.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In the Want Beauty section, I am not sure what I am doing yet. So there…if you have any ideas let me know.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In the Do Good section, I am continuing what I have done most of my blogging career – attempt to connect people with opportunities to promote or defend good things.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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