Varieties of Religious Experience – William James

William James - The Varieties of Religious Experience, thoughtsofgod.com, Thoughts of God, David Reese

The course is not anthropological, but deals with personal documents. Percepts versus abstract concepts-Happiness is man’s chief concern-Healthy-mindedness and repentance- Heterogeneous personality- Sudden conversion- Testing human value of its fruits- Mysticism defined- Primacy of feeling in religion- Philosophy a secondary function- Aesthetic elements in religion- Summary of religious characteristics

Ecclesiastes 2:9-11 Experiment Complete and All was Vanity

Ecclesiastes 2:9-11 Experiment Complete - All is comprehensively declared to be vanity. Accomplishing work itself is seen to have some limited value, thoughtsofgod.com, Thoughts of God, David Reese

9 Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem The experiment comes to an end and all three parts of the exercise are restated; Vanity of Wisdom, Knowledge, Madness, and Folly, Vanity of Physical Stimulation, and Vanity of Increasing Wealth. An argument can be made that these things do […]