Immanence and transcendence again (Part 1): The universal God, nature and the philosopher

As Frankfort & Frankfort stated: “The ancient, like the modern savages, saw man always as part of society, and society as imbedded in nature and dependent upon cosmic forces. For them nature and man did not stand in opposition and did not, therefore, have to be apprehended by different modes of cognition.” [Henri Frankfort &

Philosophy is a pious service for God

[A]ncient Egypt was a flourishing ancient kingdom of Northeast Africa, located in the Nile Valley, nowise in ‘Asia Minor’ or in the ‘Near East.’ The Egyptian civilization of the Pharaonic period (3400–343 BC) was intrinsically, that is, in its essential nature, an African civilization, on account of its spirit, character, behavior, culture, thought, and deep

“God created everything perfectly, so there is no need for change” versus “We live in a flawed world and need to fight for a change”

Many religious people of a monotheist faith believe in a just world, because they know that they can rely on God, so why should anything be unfair? Indeed, God created the world and saw that it was good (ki-tov): nature is good. The problem is not God, because God is good; the problem is not

Everything has a deep meaning for us!

“Look at the world! We know from the great Chasidic master, the Baal Shem Tov, that everything we see in this world has a deep meaning for us.”  Rabbi David Kraus: Wahrnehmung. Breslev Deutsch, 3 December 2018. (translation mine) Indeed, everything we see must have a deep meaning for us, because our Creator does everything