This-essay is a7712281.htm which is available at the web-site www.essayz.com. See more notes at the bottom. Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay By-Months By-Years By-Words Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One ========================================================== %BEGINNING WORDS 771228 To say, "In the beginning was the Word, . . . " as does the Gospel of John---is to set the stage for a verbal perspective of reality. Ontological knowledge is then reduced to verbal knowledge. The nature of being human and the relations between humans tend to be reduced to such nature and relations as can be represented verbally. Such reductionism is not wise. To say, "In the beginning was the Word, "is to suggest as John says," the Word was God." This suggests that ultimate reality is verbal. This sets the stage for scientists with their successful equations to replace the above with, "In the beginning were the Equations, and the equations were with God, and the equations were God." Such reductionism is not wise. Some of the problem is occasioned by the limited power of words to represent that to which the verbally oriented person wishes to point. That to which "Word" is intended to point no doubt transcends verbalizations, but the language does not make that clear. The incarnation makes clear that the essence of the Word is not verbal. The incarnation is clearly a transcendence of verbal legalism. Incarnation makes clear that the way to reconciliation is not exclusively verbal and that God is not essentially verbal in nature. The incarnation makes clear that role modeling as a suffering servant dedicated to openness---is more essential to the nature of the universe, than is any set of expectations and procedures for promoting conformity. The essence of the Word is not verbal. To limit the Word to verbal communication is to muffle it. Neither the incarnation not the life of Love is essentially verbal. The nature of reality transcends not only verbal, but all formal means of communication. Fragmentary technical procedures can not encompass the whole of reality, much less control its processes. Beginning with words and making them central is not the way of life. Life begins with and is fulfilled in Love which opens all channels of communication, and keeps them open whatever happens. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in www.essayz.com Search for Integrity and Honesty (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================
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