It didn't take me long to figure out what exactly I was going to write about. Within the first few pages Locke gets into (what I believe to be) the true heart of using reason, and why we should do it.
Locke jumps right in and claims that "it will be an unpardonable, as well as childish peevishness, if we undervalue the advantages of our knowledge, and neglect to improve it to the ends for which it was given us" (469). This claim seems to imply that we should use our knowledge to its fullest extent and by doing this, we please God, who created us to utilize the soul and mind he gave us. I believe this hold some truth to it. Locke understands the reason we should use our minds, and that reason ties hand in hand with glorifying the creator which we serve. Should we ignore the mind as a whole and live our lives floating through space as most people do, serving no purpose, it would be right to believe that it offends the creator of the mind we carry. Imagine making someone the most amazing and intricate thing in the world that would make their lives so much better if they simply put in the effort to use it, but they leave it on a shelf to rot away simply because they are too lazy to improve their existence by taking the 5 minutes to learn the machine. This is similar to what God has done for us and how most of society treats God's incredible gift.
This comes back to the very center of Honors as well. If we don't "sapere aude" then how will we ever come to understand the extent that God has given us to understand? Beyond that, how will we know that He is all knowing unless we understand that we are not, and only by His grace we can extend our knowledge to incredible lengths.
So, I challenge you to think. Extend that mind of yours to fully comprehend all that you can to glorify the Lord who made it.
This has been my TED Talk.
P.S. I commented on Osten and Stephen Davis' posts.
Locke jumps right in and claims that "it will be an unpardonable, as well as childish peevishness, if we undervalue the advantages of our knowledge, and neglect to improve it to the ends for which it was given us" (469). This claim seems to imply that we should use our knowledge to its fullest extent and by doing this, we please God, who created us to utilize the soul and mind he gave us. I believe this hold some truth to it. Locke understands the reason we should use our minds, and that reason ties hand in hand with glorifying the creator which we serve. Should we ignore the mind as a whole and live our lives floating through space as most people do, serving no purpose, it would be right to believe that it offends the creator of the mind we carry. Imagine making someone the most amazing and intricate thing in the world that would make their lives so much better if they simply put in the effort to use it, but they leave it on a shelf to rot away simply because they are too lazy to improve their existence by taking the 5 minutes to learn the machine. This is similar to what God has done for us and how most of society treats God's incredible gift.
This comes back to the very center of Honors as well. If we don't "sapere aude" then how will we ever come to understand the extent that God has given us to understand? Beyond that, how will we know that He is all knowing unless we understand that we are not, and only by His grace we can extend our knowledge to incredible lengths.
So, I challenge you to think. Extend that mind of yours to fully comprehend all that you can to glorify the Lord who made it.
This has been my TED Talk.
P.S. I commented on Osten and Stephen Davis' posts.
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