- Jesus in the New Testament makes a number of statements that can be used as encouraging the development of Epistemology and Empirical reason when considered literally and beyond their immediate spiritual context. Some examples:
Jesus in the New Testament makes a number of statements that can be used as encouraging the development of Epistemology and Empirical reason when considered literally and beyond their immediate spiritual context. Some examples:
“The parable of the Foolish Man and Wise man building their houses” in Matthew 7:24-27(Things not built on truth will have unstable foundations and not last).
Sayings about you will “know them” by their fruit in Matthew 7:16 (ministers and false ministers). This verse has been employed as encouraged a certain use of empirical evaluation of things based on “the results”.
“The parable of the Foolish Man and Wise man building their houses” in Matthew 7:24-27(Things not built on truth will have unstable foundations and not last).
A point I will develop later from Hugh Ross lectures latet, but the Genesis account and other verses of the OT speak of such things as a Singularity Beginning (Space Time Theorem), as well as other things like the Cosmic Expansion of the Universe etc.
Sayings about you will “know them” by their fruit in Matthew 7:16 (ministers and false ministers). This verse has been employed as encouraged a certain use of empirical evaluation of things based on “the results”.
- A point I will develop later from Hugh Ross lectures latet, but the Genesis account and other verses of the OT speak of such things as a Singularity Beginning (Space Time Theorem), as well as other things like the Cosmic Expansion of the Universe etc.
The Greek Term used for "Truth" (Aletheia) in the New Testament also is another thing that encourages scientific reasoning, observation and reality testing. If you consult both the Lexical Biblical meaning and the Greek Phisiophical definition that it was borrowed from besides relating moral truth, and Truth that comes from God via revelation, truth is actually defined as "reality", something "that is not hidden or concealed". This defintion, like the "Test Everything" passage quoted prior actually encourages a form of empirirism, concept validity and reality testing.
Aletheia (Ancient Greek: ἀλήθεια) is revolution or rising in philosophy. It was used in Ancient Greek philosophy and revived in the 20th century by Martin Heidegger. It is a Greek word variously translated as "unclosedness", "unconcealedness", "disclosure" or "truth". The literal meaning of the word ἀ–λήθεια is "the state of not being hidden; the state of being evident." It also means factuality or reality.[1] It is the opposite of lethe, which literally means "oblivion", "forgetfulness", or "concealment".[2]
Addendum the Greek Term used for "Truth"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aletheia
Definition: truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.
225 alḗtheia (Alethea) in the New Testament also is another thing that encourages scientific reasoning, observation and reality testing. If you consult both the Lexical Biblical meaning and the Greek Phisiophical definition that it was borrowed from besides relating moral truthfrom 227 /alēthḗs, and Truth that comes from God via revelation"true to fact") – properly, truth is actually defined as "reality", something "that is not hidden or concealed". This defintion, like the "Test Everything" passage quoted prior actually encourages a form of empirirism(true to fact), concept validity and reality testing.
[In ancient Greek culture, 225 (alḗtheia) was synonymous for "reality" as the opposite of illusion, i.e. fact.]
http://biblehub.com/greek/225.htm