What is Western Civilization? You can read an encyclopedia
and get a perspective – or you can key word search the term as I did in this
archive - http://crushlimbraw.blogspot.com/search?q=western+civilization&max-results=20&by-date=false
– keeping in mind that every essay (including encyclopedic) is written by a
person with a particular understanding, point of view and possibly an agenda.
Here is an interesting quote from the first article in my
search results – “As has often been
noted here, Man is a rationalizing animal. And what I have increasingly noted
of late is that most people devote most of their intelligence to rationalizing
what they already think to be true than they do to figuring out what they think
is not true. This desire to rationalize rather than learn is, quite possibly,
the intelligent individual's biggest intellectual weakness.” – Vox Day.
Accept that as
the prevailing culture of writing – the question then becomes – “What is the
truth on this matter?”
Another fact I
have learned – “Discovering truth for us imperfect humans is a process, not an
end state!”
Whenever we
decide that at some point we ‘now have the truth’ and refuse to ‘prove all
things’ - we begin our journey on the road to Delusionville. As Will Rogers and
others have been quoted to say – “It’s not what we don’t know that hurts us –
it’s what we know – that ain’t so!”
The
responsibility for us and our disciples is that we truly ‘prove all things’ –
and as we travel that road, our understanding, as well as our confidence, will
increase immensely – and thus our effectiveness.
So, as you begin
your journey to understand Western Civilization – see if you can determine what
the fundamental requirements might be for its existence and its survival – and perhaps
your own role in it.
Good mentoring!
(And if you haven't yet read my basic reasons for starting this mentoring network, please link to my Home website from the right hand Links List.)
