Information overload (TMI – too much information!) is a growing area of concern. Quality of decisions are lessened. The ability to process all the information creates great stress and anxiety.
And that is before our heart feels the stabs of rejection, loss of loved ones and the wearing down of courage in the light of overwhelming waves of opposition.
I’m working on a philosophy of revelation. Revelation, in my approach, is the distillation of situations that are made clear in a manner that can admit wide bands of research while providing a clarity that cuts through the fog of myriad opinions. The revelation can also come at the initial beginning of the process, before additional information is added.
The revelation is the final conclusion. Revelation allows for the dismissal of all kinds of riff raff, argy bargy, and many other colloquial terms. With revelation comes content-fullness. A sense that any further exploration of the topic will only renew the original conclusion found through revelation.
In an evidence based world, revelation clearly fulfils the evidence (in one sense trumps the evidence). This is not just algorithms and AI projecting. While perhaps coming to the same conclusion as algorithms and AI, the revelation is a connection that goes beyond ciphers and interpretations. A true revelation is true.
Allowing for revelation is at odds with our current world system. And just to be clear – makes a Christian system anathema to a system that is being expounded by many today.
Which begs the questions – How do you know revelation is true? Does revelation depend on a faithful witness over time?
Questions for another day.