1. HUMAN NATURE A PHILISOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE…

2. PHILOSOPHY FROM THE GREEK: FROM THE GREEK: Philosophia Philosophia MEANING: “ LOVE OF WISDOM” THE SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE THE SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE AN EXPLORATION OF THE “BEING” OF ALL THINGS…AN EXPLORATION OF THE “BEING” OF ALL THINGS… A DELVING INTO THE NATURE OF ALL THINGS…A DELVING INTO THE NATURE OF ALL THINGS…

3. HUMAN NATURE GENESIS 2:18: “AND GOD SAID IT’S NOT GOOD FOR MAN TO BE ALONE…” AS HUMAN BEINGS WE ARE: SOCIAL BY NATURE

4. MANKIND IS NOT INTENDED TO EXIST IN A SOLITARY STATE (ALONE). MANKIND IS NOT INTENDED TO EXIST IN A SOLITARY STATE (ALONE). WE NEED OTHERS TO BE OURSELVES… WE NEED OTHERS TO BE OURSELVES… WITHOUT OTHERS I WOULD NOT BE WHO I AM… WITHOUT OTHERS I WOULD NOT BE WHO I AM… WITHOUT OTHERS I WOULD NOT EXIST AS I DO PRESENTLY… WITHOUT OTHERS I WOULD NOT EXIST AS I DO PRESENTLY… WE CONTINUOUSLY FORM ONE ANOTHER INTO WHO WE ARE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT IN TIME! WE CONTINUOUSLY FORM ONE ANOTHER INTO WHO WE ARE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT IN TIME!

5. SOCIAL NATURE & CHRISTIAN FAITH FAITH DOES NOT SIMPLY MEAN TRUST OR BELIEFFAITH DOES NOT SIMPLY MEAN TRUST OR BELIEF FAITH = A RELATIONSHIP (SOCIAL) BETWEEN: FAITH = A RELATIONSHIP (SOCIAL) BETWEEN: (1) THE SELF, (2) THE OTHER & (3) THE DIVINE.

6. THE RELATIONSHIP OF FAITH NATURE OF FAITH: ( 1 ) RECOGNIZE THE PRESENCE OF GOD (THE DIVINE) WITHIN US, ( 2 ) RECOGNIZE THE GIFTS AND TALENTS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM GOD & ( 3 ) USE THESE GIFTS FOR THE GOOD OF OURSELVES AND OTHERS. ( 1 ) RECOGNIZE THE PRESENCE OF GOD (THE DIVINE) WITHIN US, ( 2 ) RECOGNIZE THE GIFTS AND TALENTS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM GOD & ( 3 ) USE THESE GIFTS FOR THE GOOD OF OURSELVES AND OTHERS. GOD  SELF  OTHER

7. SOCIAL NATURE/FAITH/& SCRIPTURE AS WE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND OUR HUMAN NATURE AS SOCIAL, RELATED TO THE DIVINE AND OTHERS WE BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE MORE CLEARLY THE COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF RIGHT AND WRONG HUMANITY SHARES AND THE NECESSITY TO DEVELOP THIS UNDERSTANDING INTO A CONSISTENT APPROACH TO LIFE (ETHIC) WHICH AIMS AT DOING “THE GOOD”. AS WE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND OUR HUMAN NATURE AS SOCIAL, RELATED TO THE DIVINE AND OTHERS WE BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE MORE CLEARLY THE COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF RIGHT AND WRONG HUMANITY SHARES AND THE NECESSITY TO DEVELOP THIS UNDERSTANDING INTO A CONSISTENT APPROACH TO LIFE (ETHIC) WHICH AIMS AT DOING “THE GOOD”.