scitor [to seek to know , inquire, ask]
scientia [knowing , knowledge, acquaintance, skill].Refers to the gap between those things about which we actually seek to know and inquire; and how much there is to inquire about, or about which to be skillfully knowledgeable.
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My name is Cathi-Lyn. I grew up a self-directed homeschooler. I’m a music composer, visual artist, published writer and freelance editor. (Also, a sailor. Yes, we can pretend to be pirates.)
What This Blog is About
I write on the consequences and implications of how we apply morality, spirituality, knowledge and imagination to everyday life.
This blog is a content development engine, where we test out applied knowledge and refine it through co-operative interaction. Sometimes, we even come away changed by it.
If that’s in your interests, you’ve stepped off the highway and into the right byway. This is not a flame zone or even a debate forum; it’s a quiet cup of relaxation and a friendly chat about how ideas work in the real world. (However, you may interject a piratey “Arrrr, matey” at occasional intervals, as you feel led.)
Why We Do It
Philosopher Erik von Kuenhelt-Leddihn described the scita as that which is known or sought out, and the scienda as that which needs to be known in order to form a rational decision. He described the gap between the two as an ever-widening chasm in the late twentieth century. I doubt the ongoing rise of the information age has slowed the effect.
Let’s see what we can do to swashbuckle our way out of the chasm.
From scita to scienda. You’ve just been shanghai’d, friend. Let’s go.
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I’m glad to have visited here and I can honestly that I would like to visit again. I don’t often wander too far from ShoutLife, I occasionally visit a link, but never feel that I would want to revisit, but here it is different.
I like it here.
Hey, Cathi-Lyn, the RGR Overlords thank you for the link!
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Cool blog!
Hey!
I think I’ll put you on my Google Reader. Nice blog, thanks for stopping by mine.
This is the spirit of the Bereans…. although I am wondering if it is too rare to be found in the female kingdom. I have met a couple, and got addicted to the type of woman who can engage mentally to the work I do. But I too have been tainted by independence of home-schooling, and find that the thinkers often hail from that realm. I do not think discernment should be limited to the male species, just leadership. Some men can use helpers who have a level of discernment that would balance their other aspects. But these ladies are not found on match.com etc etc… trust me I have looked. Sadly sometimes I agree with Solomon…
Ecclesiastes 7:28
Which my soul still seeks but I cannot find: One man among a thousand I have found, But a woman among all these I have not found.
Yet I remember one I did find… till they married someone else. So the species does exist, but how rare is it, what rock do I need to turn over, they aren’t at the churches I have attended, so where are they?
Women tend to invest their discernment into personal relationships, rather than engaging in the more measurable pursuits that tend to consume men’s time and energy. You may never see the best of us, because we’re busy building people, not universities and churches.
“where are they?”
Engaged mentally to [sic] their own work, not someone else’s.
“More measurable”?! Interesting how you view men.
If women are “helps suitable for” men why do you think they need to “be doing there OWN thing” and not “someone else’s”?
The best women I have met were helpers of other people, including men. Women who help their male counterparts are fulfilling GOD’S role for them. If this angers you, then you should question one thing… who are you angry at, me for telling you what God intended women to do, or God for intended for women not to be independent like men.
WOW! No wonder you don’t have a wife! I do , back off. She’s mine. Anyway, now that I’ve gotten that out of my system, she (Cathi) is MY help, and quite good at it, thank you. I never wanted a Blond Baptist Bimbo without her own thoughts. If God had intended for women to ‘not’ have independent thought and action, he would have made them without the capability for such things. I had the opportunity to watch many as I grew up. I wanted a woman that could think and act independently of me and yet chose to assist me. That is what I have.
As for “why are you angry?”, she’s not. You’ve not seen her angry, and may never. She’s not like that. There are many instances in scripture where women acted fully independently from men and were blessed of God for it. Jael, Abigail, Anna, Mary Magdalene, Timothy’s Mother and Grandmother, and many others. You are free to your own beliefs and can treat your own future wife however you please, but not my very present and existing one. Also, she never acts fully independently of me as she always checks with me if there is anything out of the ordinary. And that is out of love and respect for me as God intended it, not for my position.
HAMMER-
As we are each unique, so the type of help we get is different for each one, and I am glad you have found yours.
BUT the issue is “independent thought”, but rather independence ie self-reliance apart from male guidance.
My discussion was about finding women who ARE ABLE TO THINK. You reacted emotionally…
I am looking for a thinking woman, and realized that the author WAS MARRIED, but was asking were women who DID THINK would be found in this society. BUT THINKING is not the same as a woman “doing their own work, not someone else’s.” This says that woman should not help others… specifically males. If you read this response to your query would you have a different understanding?
Dude said what?!
Look. Phoenix. As community moderators, our job is to keep this a safe-for-girls-from-unwanted-stranger-attention place. We have a zero-tolerance policy on anything that could make the thinky girls feel weird, including the most well-intentioned partner-seeking.You need to address yourself to a Christian men’s forum or someplace appropriate.
Thinking women, married or unmarried, want to hang out and have fun exchanging ideas without having to look over their shoulder. It’s mildly creepy to be approached online by some random guy trying to find a spouse, no matter where his eyes are turned.
If you’d taken the time to get to know us and our community, you’d understand the only emotion in Dave’s comment is a sturdy dose of humour. He understands how women do and do not want to be approached, as do the other men who participate here as guests.
Best wishes as you look elsewhere for a place for your question.
Proverbs 31 gives us a great picture of ‘the wife of noble character.’ She is a companion and help-meet, but she’s no wallflower, no shadow who exists only to support her husband’s important work. She is a manager of the household with her own talents, mission, duties, perks, passions, mind. While her husband is working at the gate, she is seemingly everywhere, up before the dawn, at the home, out in the market, working with the poor, making things, mending things, instructing her children, and generally making the most of her own time, talents, and treasure. She’s got her own ministry, her own work, which is vital and valuable and God-ordained.
The idea of a thinking woman who exists only for her man’s work is quaint at best and insulting at worst.
(btw, I’m a Christian who’s been married 24.5 years, and knows a bit about finding and nurturing and serving my own Godly helpmeet, just as Christ served his church.)
“she’s no wallflower”
Johne, I have been trying to acquire that Quiet and Unassuming Wallflower moniker for how long now, and here you go denying it to me again.
Some of the best Prov. 31 commentary I’ve ever heard from a guy. Thanks, man.
And if I could add an encouraging thought for the ladies around here:
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Hmm…I recall that all of God’s adopted children–women and men–are commanded to help others. Why exempt men?
A very tired, migraine-y day. Someone please tell me that I’ve misread the gist of some of the comments, or else this independent-thinking, single woman might skip her nap in order to make use of her God-given critical thinking skills…
This conversation was awhile ago…your brother emailed me a brief and brusque (but of course, hilarious) reaction at the time.
‘Tis a good point you make, and one that Dr. MacArthur emphasizes in his complementarian teachings.
I vote nap (because I’m the Cat, and that’s what we vote for). Sounds like you’ve been through the wringer today. In the meantime, I will pray about your migraine situation.