A looking glass is commonly referred to as the mirror in the days of old. The term is no longer used this modern age. Anyhow, the most distinguishing mark of a mirror is its ability to reflect an image. Anybody looking through it can view the image it reflected.
There was a book authored by Lewis Carroll entitled “Alice through the Looking Glass”, a sequel to the first, “Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland.” This sequel, like the first one narrates the events that took place inside the dreams of the main character, however the story begins while Alice was sitting on a chair inside their house staring at that looking glass house while playing his pet cat. The story unfolds when suddenly Alice steps into that looking glass house. On the opposite side of the mirror, everything turns topsy-turvy.
Without the God of the Bible, reality would be so confusing and topsy-turvy. Like Alice’s view inside the looking glass, the worldview of anyone if they first look at things perceivable to them would only end up in chaos.
What separates a true “Bible believing Christian” (emphasis intended) from the rest is that their worldview starts and ends with God. The Bible’s opening statement, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” is so potent to dispel any confusion and chaos that any philosophical ideas are creating. It is potent enough to declare that everything around has a beginning, even time itself, and moves linearly from one point to another. Everything happens not in a vicious cycle where there is neither beginning nor end. Moreover, everything existed because there is somebody who intellectually created and sovereignly sustained everything.
In contrast, the history of the development of the philosophical quest for ultimate reality from ancient Greek civilization up to this date, end up in cyclical stages heightening in a dilemma or skepticism. From Thales, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, up to the modern day philosophers, all their works were progressively refuting one from another always building up confusion and chaos. They are looking at their present state and working back the time when everything begins.
Now, this is where I am coming from. I am a confessed Bible believing Christian who will try to give regard to the contents of the Bible from its first verse to the last. My worldview and opinions, as best as I could should always be in conjunction with what it says.
P.S.: I urge everyone who read this initial blog of the several blogs onwards to comment. With this we can exchange ideas and that I may have some clue as to what would be my next entry be. Thanks for the visit.
Malloy Cabahug 