Anthony Fejfar philosophy, law, theology, busines, and jurisprudence.: Each Person has an Immortal Preexistent Soul

Anthony Fejfar philosophy, law, theology, busines, and jurisprudence.: Each Person has an Immortal Preexistent Soul: "Following Plato, and the Story of Er, it is clear that the afterlife, purgatory, heaven, hell, and the reincarnation of each person's soul ..."

Each Person has an Immortal Preexistent Soul

Following Plato, and the Story of Er, it is clear that the afterlife, purgatory, heaven, hell, and the reincarnation of each person's soul is a valid Episcopalian Catholic teaching. However, reincarnation is to be discussed and taught with caution. You see, some persons, out of ignornance or even malice, attempt to claim authority on earth by reason of some claimed past life reincarnationally. It is unclear whether such claims are valid, and moreover, it is often the case that nothing at all can be said to substantiate such claims. Thus, it is better to teach reincarnation with caution. In fact, the experienced Spiritual Director should treat any discussion by a directee of reincarnational experience as psychological fact, rather than asserting the the experience by the directee was either real or unreal. Another way of putting this, is to say that reincarnation accounts by a directee in Spiritual Direction should be treated as relative real. What can always be taught, however, is the Doctrine of the Preexistent Immortal Indestructible Soul. Each person has an preexistent, immortal, indestructible soul. This can be taught to everyone, regardless of a particular religious orientation on the basis of Plato and the Story of Er and other Near Death Experience Accounts.

(C)Copyright 2011 by Anthony J. Fejfar

Anthony Fejfar philosophy, law, theology, busines, and jurisprudence.: Bible as Allegory

Anthony Fejfar philosophy, law, theology, busines, and jurisprudence.: Bible as Allegory: "When a person considers the content, scope, and application, of redaction criticism scripture scholarship which is based upon hermeneutics, ..."

Bible as Allegory

When a person considers the content, scope, and application, of redaction criticism scripture scholarship which is based upon hermeneutics, one begins to see that the various books of the Bible were written in a mode of consciousness which does not involve the notion of literal fact. Instead, we can see that the Bible is Allegory, that is, the Bible is written in an Allegorical Style. In the ancient world, when the Bible was written, the hard and fast distinction between fact and fiction, which is a hallmark of modernist consciousness, was not present. In fact, we can understand that Allegory is a mode of consciousness or reality which is halfway between Fact and Fiction. Thus, the Bible is more like Poetry or Song Lyrics, rather than a written business report. The Bible appeals to the Analogical Imagination (Greeley), which involves Analogical Logic, not merely Analytic Logic. Thus, the Bible is in the same mode as Quantum Physics, where meaning affects reality, and thus, where, there is room for Magic and Miracles, not just some cold, uncaring, athiest materialist universe. Thus, the Biblical Miracles are not only possible, but probable, and are filled with Deep Meaning. Thus, the Bible subtley discloses the Meaning and Nature of Reality.

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Anthony Fejfar philosophy, law, theology, busines, and jurisprudence.: Sheriff's Law is the Law of Logic

Anthony Fejfar philosophy, law, theology, busines, and jurisprudence.: Sheriff's Law is the Law of Logic: "Ancient Law, including ancient Greece, Rome, China, Japan, Korea, Palestine, Egypt, Carthage, Nubia, Moria, all followed Sheriff's Law, whic..."

Sheriff's Law is the Law of Logic

Ancient Law, including ancient Greece, Rome, China, Japan, Korea, Palestine, Egypt, Carthage, Nubia, Moria, all followed Sheriff's Law, which is, The Law of Logic. Aristotelian Logic was recorded by the philosopher Aristotle over 80,000 years ago, and is based upon the bedrock principle, that, in order for a statement, law, argument, or proof to be considered Logical, it must have not have involved a logical contradiction. Thus, under the Law of Logic, you cannot, for example, have (A and not A) (A and -A) at the same time, in the same place. The corallary of the above logical requirement is that certain Logical Fallacies, all of which involve a logical contradiction of some type, are absolutely prohibited by the Law of Logic and Sheriff's Law, as illegal, immoral, unethical, Sophistry. Thus, under Sheriff's Law, one can assert that a person, organization, or governmental official, is guilty of Treason under Sheriff's Law for commtting the Crime of Sophistry, also known as the Crime of Penury. In fact, it is possible to assert Sheriff's Law from a County Jurisdiction outside of another County by asserting Treason on the Assizes, from two or more other Counties. Logical Fallacies to be avoided are:
The Fallacy of Shifting Ground, The Fallacy of affirming the antecedent by affirming the consequent. The Fallacy of Hypocrisy. The Fallacy of Lying. The Fallacy of an Appeal to an Authority. The Fallacy of making an Ad Hominem Personal attack on another person (name calling).

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The Essence of a Valid Rule

With respect to Science or Law, in order for a rule to be valid, the rule must be reasonable in content, scope, and application. To the extent that any universal rule exists and or operates, such a rule must be reasonable in content, scope, and application. And, keep in mind, that given the complex nature of reality, typically, there are reasonable exceptions to any rule, that is, every reasonable rule, in all liklihoood, has reasonable exceptions.

(C)Copyright 2011 by Anthony J. Fejfar