2010-03-19T20:48:09Z http://theheartofreason.com/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:theheartofreason.com,2009-11-10:bc0c80ec-d8b2-40fe-a300-0e6d08020b87 William Pennell Rock 2009-11-10T18:18:00Z 2009-11-10T18:18:00Z The recent discovery of "The Gospel of Judas" seems to turn Christianity on its head. It raises Judas to the status of the most gifted and heroic of Jesus' disciples and even seems to be mocking ritual. The document is authentic. What does it tell us about the early history of Christianity, the true nature of Christ, and the truth of betrayal?

The recent discovery of "The Gospel of Judas" seems to turn Christianity on its head. It raises Judas to the status of the most gifted and heroic of Jesus' disciples and even seems to be mocking ritual. The document is authentic. What does it tell us about the early history of Christianity, the true nature of Christ, and the truth of betrayal?

tag:theheartofreason.com,2009-09-24:e8e88c67-1e82-46c4-953c-16fb8f191983 William Pennell Rock 2009-09-24T14:41:00Z 2009-09-24T14:41:00Z <div> </div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br><link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/williamrock/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml"> <br><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <br> <o <br> <o:Template>Normal</o:Template> <br> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <br> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <br> <o <br> <o:Words>7171</o:Words> <br> <o:Characters>40877</o:Characters> <br> <o:Company>ORIGINS</o:Company> <br> <o:Lines>340</o:Lines> <br> <o <br> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>50199</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <br> <o:Version>11.1282</o:Version> <br> </o <br> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <br> <o:AllowPNG/> <br> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <br></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <br> <w:WordDocument> <br> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <br> <w <br> <w <br> <w <br> <w <br> <w:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin/> <br> </w:WordDocument> <br></xml><![endif]--> <br><style> <br><!-- <br> /* Font Definitions */ <br>@font-face <br> {font-family:"Times New Roman"; <br> panose-1:0 2 ...

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tag:theheartofreason.com,2009-05-08:de169429-8f3a-4b19-a695-24ee6b645f37 William Pennell Rock 2009-05-08T21:18:00Z 2009-05-08T21:18:00Z The AMSTERDAM <br>Journey from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Seattle, Washington<br>12 March to 24 April 2009<br><br> ...

The AMSTERDAM <br>Journey from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Seattle, Washington<br>12 March to 24 April 2009<br><br> ...

tag:theheartofreason.com,2009-03-09:00eb1a5f-e1b7-4c2a-b495-dfa5166e6bbd William Pennell Rock 2009-03-09T15:37:00Z 2009-03-09T15:37:00Z <b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font size="5">The</font> <font size="5">new atheism</font> assaults the<br>excesses of religious zeal, which in our time have become a destructive<br>force.&nbsp; In its convincing proof that Jesus never existed and its<br>gleeful rush towards liberation, however, the new atheism overlooks<br>entirely the existential root of Christianity, which is truer than the<br>facts.<br><br><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> ...

<b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font size="5">The</font> <font size="5">new atheism</font> assaults the<br>excesses of religious zeal, which in our time have become a destructive<br>force.&nbsp; In its convincing proof that Jesus never existed and its<br>gleeful rush towards liberation, however, the new atheism overlooks<br>entirely the existential root of Christianity, which is truer than the<br>facts.<br><br><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> ...

tag:theheartofreason.com,2009-03-07:95852d16-3b0b-4647-a740-2386fdd4e109 William Pennell Rock 2009-03-07T17:17:00Z 2009-03-07T17:17:00Z <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font size="4">To Be 95 and Happy</font><br><br> ...

<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font size="4">To Be 95 and Happy</font><br><br> ...

tag:theheartofreason.com,2009-03-06:2dbc34b2-d9cf-46c9-9c8d-7c7ac1e94dee William Pennell Rock 2009-03-06T16:46:00Z 2009-03-06T16:46:00Z <div> </div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font size="4">The issue of gay marriage is based upon an ambiguity which can be resolved by resorting to the separation of church and state.</font><br><br> ...

<div> </div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font size="4">The issue of gay marriage is based upon an ambiguity which can be resolved by resorting to the separation of church and state.</font><br><br> ...

tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-12-24:6f931757-244c-4e81-86a9-dd0278ecd77c William Pennell Rock 2008-12-24T20:21:00Z 2008-12-24T20:21:00Z <div> </div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Although the Christmas tree is<br>one of our most beloved traditions, we may have lost our sense of its<br>essential meaning.&nbsp; The true Gift of Christmas is ecumenical: that our<br>Source, ever-present but forgotten, may reveal itself to us.<br><br><br><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> ...

<div> </div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Although the Christmas tree is<br>one of our most beloved traditions, we may have lost our sense of its<br>essential meaning.&nbsp; The true Gift of Christmas is ecumenical: that our<br>Source, ever-present but forgotten, may reveal itself to us.<br><br><br><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> ...

tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-11-30:074b7899-b13b-48cc-adc5-052d94597c6c William Pennell Rock 2008-11-30T17:20:00Z 2008-11-30T17:20:00Z The medical model for dealing with death is expensive, degrading, and unnatural. In the matter of leaving this life how did nature provide? Edvard Munch, DeathTHE DIGNITY OF FINAL CHOICE Notwithstanding the serenity of deathbed scenes in the movies, the actual process of dying is not pleasant. In addition to the intrinsic horror of it, compounded by our cultural fear of death, the modern Hippocratic inclination to preserve life by any technological means all too often results in a gruesome attack upon the dignity of the dying and the sensibilities of their loved ones.I once had a ... tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-11-29:50da0a29-858f-4b9f-9e98-c9160e2cac28 William Pennell Rock 2008-11-29T17:41:00Z 2008-11-29T17:41:00Z <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font size="5">Lessons We Learned from W</font><br><font size="4">The disastrous state of the union is the consequence of our country's choice of the W Man as president.&nbsp; What has he taught us?</font><br><br> ...

<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font size="5">Lessons We Learned from W</font><br><font size="4">The disastrous state of the union is the consequence of our country's choice of the W Man as president.&nbsp; What has he taught us?</font><br><br> ...

tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-10-07:34d27ca2-64aa-4667-b3a5-9514a49e65cb William Pennell Rock 2008-10-07T16:17:00Z 2008-10-07T16:17:00Z The Basic Error of Western Thought: Final or absolute reality is conceptually based The dream of a final, scientifically based explanation of reality and God has displaced and concealed the authentic contemplative means to attain true understanding.

The Basic Error of Western Thought: Final or absolute reality is conceptually based The dream of a final, scientifically based explanation of reality and God has displaced and concealed the authentic contemplative means to attain true understanding.

tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-05-13:3b076075-4fcd-430c-81e2-982b210e53f0 William Pennell Rock 2008-05-13T17:21:00Z 2008-05-13T17:21:00Z This article was written shortly after GW Bush became president and before the shock and awe of his administration became apparent. I believe that it describes the underlying flaw in the entire project which has brought America to a nadir of respect in the world.

This article was written shortly after GW Bush became president and before the shock and awe of his administration became apparent. I believe that it describes the underlying flaw in the entire project which has brought America to a nadir of respect in the world.

tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-04-21:40bec9c0-8526-435f-89d7-ec7c92ce3b48 William Pennell Rock 2008-04-21T14:50:00Z 2008-04-21T14:50:00Z In April of 2008, Cambridge in America produced a complementary event in San Francisco, which focused on the humanities. What was demonstrated is that human nature and values can also be treated as an object (the proper study of man) and that no one does it better than Cambridge.

In April of 2008, Cambridge in America produced a complementary event in San Francisco, which focused on the humanities. What was demonstrated is that human nature and values can also be treated as an object (the proper study of man) and that no one does it better than Cambridge.

tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-04-21:6c5fc317-7149-4c38-93af-602ae9ab0ba6 William Pennell Rock 2008-04-21T14:15:00Z 2008-04-21T14:15:00Z FOUNDATIONAL DISSENT The Iconography of Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking, the world famous Cambridge cosmologist almost completely incapacitated by severe motor neurone disease, is at once the most courageous, the most vulnerable, and the most brilliant person I have ever encountered, an icon of human aspiration and of Cambridge itself. To me however, he and his condition symbolize the scientific project to penetrate into the mystery of Being, a crumpled and attenuated attempt to understand our universe when we have overlooked the robust nature of our true home.

FOUNDATIONAL DISSENT The Iconography of Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking, the world famous Cambridge cosmologist almost completely incapacitated by severe motor neurone disease, is at once the most courageous, the most vulnerable, and the most brilliant person I have ever encountered, an icon of human aspiration and of Cambridge itself. To me however, he and his condition symbolize the scientific project to penetrate into the mystery of Being, a crumpled and attenuated attempt to understand our universe when we have overlooked the robust nature of our true home.

tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-04-18:38fba9d2-ae90-485d-a703-ceff2b5be2fb William Pennell Rock 2008-04-18T14:13:00Z 2008-04-18T14:13:00Z Written in 2003, this essay attempts to articulate the real Intelligence that should have prevented the invasion and the reasons we are losing our great war.

Written in 2003, this essay attempts to articulate the real Intelligence that should have prevented the invasion and the reasons we are losing our great war.

tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-03-28:9f96df2d-70fc-492e-b663-8571dbe5b06c William Pennell Rock 2008-03-29T00:55:00Z 2008-03-29T00:55:00Z What is the Heart of Reason? A bio William Pennell Rock In 1959, I formally entered Yale with the Matriculation Ceremonies for the class of '63. Among 1000 other classmates in attendance were David Gergen, future media pundit; L Paul Bremer, future Proconsul of Iraq; Lex Hixon, future Brahmin of all true faiths; and Dick Cheney, future fist of American Imperialism. In the matriculation address delivered by then President Griswold, I was astonished to hear that we were to be trained to become prophets… Here we are half a century later.

What is the Heart of Reason? A bio William Pennell Rock In 1959, I formally entered Yale with the Matriculation Ceremonies for the class of '63. Among 1000 other classmates in attendance were David Gergen, future media pundit; L Paul Bremer, future Proconsul of Iraq; Lex Hixon, future Brahmin of all true faiths; and Dick Cheney, future fist of American Imperialism. In the matriculation address delivered by then President Griswold, I was astonished to hear that we were to be trained to become prophets… Here we are half a century later.

tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-03-22:6a801fd0-a203-40b2-86b1-2ea6b44bac48 William Pennell Rock 2008-03-22T14:24:00Z 2008-03-22T14:24:00Z ... tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-03-22:45f30a64-cd21-45ba-969d-bfe99bf898bf William Pennell Rock 2008-03-22T14:04:00Z 2008-03-22T14:04:00Z What is the essence? What is Truth? There is no such thing. At least, after the conflagration of two world wars, it became fashionable to the point of political correctness to deny essence or Truth. This is a sacred tenet of Western thought from existentialism through post-modernism. How did this happen? In the wake of the nineteenth century love affair ... tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-03-22:f34c0641-3e75-428e-8f4a-da25f5cd4896 William Pennell Rock 2008-03-22T13:37:00Z 2008-03-22T13:37:00Z Deconstruction is a stunning device for uprooting relative ideas that have been taken as basic truth. But just as scientism was an excess of faith in science, so post-modernist nihilism is an excess of deconstruction. It is overkill. Devotees of deconstruction have basically refuted the modern concept of knowledge, of science as a faith leading to any kind of ultimate truth. The whole concept of factuality, which stands behind science and technology and pervades all knowledge in the West, is limited and culturally relative. However in ... tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-03-22:68116a19-7c80-419c-897c-b81243b49a62 William Pennell Rock 2008-03-22T13:22:00Z 2008-03-22T13:22:00Z When we value accrued knowledge and information above all else, we are blind. This blindness, the preoccupation with the non-essential, is not ignorance. (Who could call us ignorant in the information age?) We have no word for this essential ignorance, but many words existed in the ancient cultures that knew gnosis. One of those words is ignosis. The need for a word such as ignosis tells part of the story. Originally it meant incomprehension of the essential, but as ... tag:theheartofreason.com,2008-03-22:b90b38b2-2468-4b10-8ae2-6552a7761c54 William Pennell Rock 2008-03-22T13:06:00Z 2008-03-22T13:06:00Z In every healthy baby we see the potential renewal of the essential. There is an essential body. Yoga is the age-old Asian discipline in which the body is regarded as the incarnation and primordial temple of gnosis and is cultivated through care and practice as the vehicle for its realization. Our bodily manifestation is an essential whole with its own integrity, which we sometimes describe as "psychosomatic" and also "spiritual". These words, however, come from our fragmented view ...