True education is , in one sense, a spiritual process. It is the nurture of the soul. Education is the nurture of a spirit that is rational and moral. in which conscience is the regulative and imperative faculty. The proper purpose of conscience, even in this world is moral.
But God is the only Lord of the conscience; this soul is his miniature likeness. His will is the source of its obligations. Likeness to him is its perfection, and religion is the science of the soul's relations to God. Let these statements be placed together, and the theological and educational processes appear so related that they cannot be seperated.
It is for this reason that the common sense of mankind has always invoked the guidance of the minister of religion in the education of youth... Every line of true knowledge must find its completeness as it converges on God, just as the beam of daylight leads the eye to the sun.
R.L. Dabney on "Secular Education"
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Can you enlighten me please? Just exactly what is a soul? Have you seen one, heard one, tasted one, smelt one, measured one? Do you know anybody who has? What evidence do you have that anyone has any evidence based on any form of sense data that there exists such a thing as a soul?
I am genuinely interested in this.
To Bunc, "What is a soul?" Why do you deny that which he has not described? You appear to be talking about the same thing. How is it that you know what he is talking about?
Hope your "thoughts" lead you to a good conclusion.
To Bunc, "What is a soul?" Why do you deny that which he has not described? You appear to be talking about the same thing. How is it that you know what he is talking about?
Hope your "thoughts" lead you to a good conclusion.
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