"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothin' but the truth?" When good ole Curley is asked to take this oath before he testifies in court, he thinks he's being given a lot of double talk. In the realm of ideas, we've all felt just like Curley did from time to time, I'm sure. Unfortunately, ever since the serpent spoke in the garden, there's been no shortage of double talk. The sad fact is that falsehood never shows itself; it always wears a mask, and sifting out the truth takes work. So how do we know what is true? OK, here I go again with my childhood Sunday School songs: "How do I know? The Bible tells me so!" In today's class, we began laying the foundation for how we know what we know by introducing the topic of epistemology--the study of knowledge. We use our God-given reasoning abilities to interpret the ways that He has revealed Himself to us. There is no enmity between reason and revelation, but as Christians we realize that reason must submit to the revelation of God.
Students, think about the video clip that we watched today. We saw some very divergent opinions about how humans can attain knowledge. Please come prepared to discuss this at next week's class.
I look forward to our next time to together. . .Mrs. H.
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