Quotes & Sayings


We, and creation itself, actualize the possibilities of the God who sustains the world, towards becoming in the world in a fuller, more deeper way. - R.E. Slater

There is urgency in coming to see the world as a web of interrelated processes of which we are integral parts, so that all of our choices and actions have [consequential effects upon] the world around us. - Process Metaphysician Alfred North Whitehead

Kurt Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem says (i) all closed systems are unprovable within themselves and, that (ii) all open systems are rightly understood as incomplete. - R.E. Slater

The most true thing about you is what God has said to you in Christ, "You are My Beloved." - Tripp Fuller

The God among us is the God who refuses to be God without us, so great is God's Love. - Tripp Fuller

According to some Christian outlooks we were made for another world. Perhaps, rather, we were made for this world to recreate, reclaim, redeem, and renew unto God's future aspiration by the power of His Spirit. - R.E. Slater

Our eschatological ethos is to love. To stand with those who are oppressed. To stand against those who are oppressing. It is that simple. Love is our only calling and Christian Hope. - R.E. Slater

Secularization theory has been massively falsified. We don't live in an age of secularity. We live in an age of explosive, pervasive religiosity... an age of religious pluralism. - Peter L. Berger

Exploring the edge of life and faith in a post-everything world. - Todd Littleton

I don't need another reason to believe, your love is all around for me to see. – Anon

Thou art our need; and in giving us more of thyself thou givest us all. - Khalil Gibran, Prayer XXIII

Be careful what you pretend to be. You become what you pretend to be. - Kurt Vonnegut

Religious beliefs, far from being primary, are often shaped and adjusted by our social goals. - Jim Forest

We become who we are by what we believe and can justify. - R.E. Slater

People, even more than things, need to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. – Anon

Certainly, God's love has made fools of us all. - R.E. Slater

An apocalyptic Christian faith doesn't wait for Jesus to come, but for Jesus to become in our midst. - R.E. Slater

Christian belief in God begins with the cross and resurrection of Jesus, not with rational apologetics. - Eberhard Jüngel, Jürgen Moltmann

Our knowledge of God is through the 'I-Thou' encounter, not in finding God at the end of a syllogism or argument. There is a grave danger in any Christian treatment of God as an object. The God of Jesus Christ and Scripture is irreducibly subject and never made as an object, a force, a power, or a principle that can be manipulated. - Emil Brunner

“Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh” means "I will be that who I have yet to become." - God (Ex 3.14) or, conversely, “I AM who I AM Becoming.”

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. - Thomas Merton

The church is God's world-changing social experiment of bringing unlikes and differents to the Eucharist/Communion table to share life with one another as a new kind of family. When this happens, we show to the world what love, justice, peace, reconciliation, and life together is designed by God to be. The church is God's show-and-tell for the world to see how God wants us to live as a blended, global, polypluralistic family united with one will, by one Lord, and baptized by one Spirit. – Anon

The cross that is planted at the heart of the history of the world cannot be uprooted. - Jacques Ellul

The Unity in whose loving presence the universe unfolds is inside each person as a call to welcome the stranger, protect animals and the earth, respect the dignity of each person, think new thoughts, and help bring about ecological civilizations. - John Cobb & Farhan A. Shah

If you board the wrong train it is of no use running along the corridors of the train in the other direction. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

God's justice is restorative rather than punitive; His discipline is merciful rather than punishing; His power is made perfect in weakness; and His grace is sufficient for all. – Anon

Our little [biblical] systems have their day; they have their day and cease to be. They are but broken lights of Thee, and Thou, O God art more than they. - Alfred Lord Tennyson

We can’t control God; God is uncontrollable. God can’t control us; God’s love is uncontrolling! - Thomas Jay Oord

Life in perspective but always in process... as we are relational beings in process to one another, so life events are in process in relation to each event... as God is to Self, is to world, is to us... like Father, like sons and daughters, like events... life in process yet always in perspective. - R.E. Slater

To promote societal transition to sustainable ways of living and a global society founded on a shared ethical framework which includes respect and care for the community of life, ecological integrity, universal human rights, respect for diversity, economic justice, democracy, and a culture of peace. - The Earth Charter Mission Statement

Christian humanism is the belief that human freedom, individual conscience, and unencumbered rational inquiry are compatible with the practice of Christianity or even intrinsic in its doctrine. It represents a philosophical union of Christian faith and classical humanist principles. - Scott Postma

It is never wise to have a self-appointed religious institution determine a nation's moral code. The opportunities for moral compromise and failure are high; the moral codes and creeds assuredly racist, discriminatory, or subjectively and religiously defined; and the pronouncement of inhumanitarian political objectives quite predictable. - R.E. Slater

God's love must both center and define the Christian faith and all religious or human faiths seeking human and ecological balance in worlds of subtraction, harm, tragedy, and evil. - R.E. Slater

In Whitehead’s process ontology, we can think of the experiential ground of reality as an eternal pulse whereby what is objectively public in one moment becomes subjectively prehended in the next, and whereby the subject that emerges from its feelings then perishes into public expression as an object (or “superject”) aiming for novelty. There is a rhythm of Being between object and subject, not an ontological division. This rhythm powers the creative growth of the universe from one occasion of experience to the next. This is the Whiteheadian mantra: “The many become one and are increased by one.” - Matthew Segall

Without Love there is no Truth. And True Truth is always Loving. There is no dichotomy between these terms but only seamless integration. This is the premier centering focus of a Processual Theology of Love. - R.E. Slater

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Note: Generally I do not respond to commentary. I may read the comments but wish to reserve my time to write (or write from the comments I read). Instead, I'd like to see our community help one another and in the helping encourage and exhort each of us towards Christian love in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior. - re slater

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Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Index - A List of Essays: Jan - Sep 2024



Index - A List of Essays:
Jan - Sep 2024

listed by date, chronologically, from newest to oldest

~ Titles Listed but not Linked ~


The Artistry of Processual Prophecy


Part 2/2 - The Difference between Non-Process and Process-based Source Criticism and Interpretation


Part 1/2 - The Difference between Non-Process and Process-based Source Criticism and Interpretation


How People Think of the History of the Bible


When Did Written History Begin and Why Is This Important to Christians?

Becoming Bereans and the Process-based Christian Faith

Is Yahweh ‌a‌ ‌Warrior‌ ‌God ‌or‌ ‌a‌ ‌God‌ ‌of‌ ‌Shalom?


How to Read the Cruel and Violent Acts in the Bible


What Is Divine Love and How Is Love Holy?


Prehistoric Human Civilization Before The Bible (Draft)


Homebrewed Christianity - The God of the Bible


What Is Ex-vangelicalism?


The Last Supper


Part 3 - CHATBOT and I discuss "Neuroscience and Consciousness"


Part 2 - What Is Consciousness?


Part 1 - What Is Neuroscience?


res - private learning lab: matt segall - process thot & science


Matthew Segall - Process Thought & Science


Hillsdale [Christian] College - A Member of PROJECT 2025 Advisory Board


Why Biblical History is Not That Simple Nor Straightforward


ChatGPT 4.0 and I Discuss Whitehead v Kant: References and Discussions


Who Is Alfred North Whitehead?


Process Quotes & Sayings


ChtGPT 4.0 & I Begin A New Discussion: "Holy Disruption."


ChatGPT 4.0 and I Discuss the Church, Part III


ChatGPT 4.0 and I Discuss the Church, Part II


ChatGPT 4.0 and I Discuss the Church, Part I


Cobb Institute - Seasons: Summer Quarterly, 2024


Biography of Alfred North Whitehead


Whitehead's Doctrine of God


ChatGPT 4.0 - Religious Commonalities and Ethics Centered Around Whiteheadian Process Philosophy and Theology


8 Questions About Using AI Responsibly, Answered


What is Consequentialism?


Justifying Our Behavior: Just What is Deontology?


In Case You Missed It... Process Philosopher Whitehead Owns China's AI


ChatGPT & I Discuss Integral Philosophies Over the Centuries


Index - Non-Process Philosophies Which Are Similar to Process in Jargon & Perspective


Can Quantum Physics, Neuroscience Merge as Quantum Consciousness?


WHY PANPSYCHISM IS STARTING TO PUSH OUT NATURALISM


What Is Panpsychism?


Why Quantum Theory Does Not Support Materialism


What is Neurophilosophy?


Can process philosophy rescue naturalism? (Draft)


What is the difference between physicism, naturalism, materialism, and scientific realism?


Consciousness between Science and Philosophy


Whitehead and the Revival (?) of Panpsychism


Whitehead vs. the Philosophy of Vitalism


Whitehead's Process Metaphysics as a New Link Between Science and Metaphysics


Analysis: Critiques of Emergentism, Part 2


Analysis: Critiques of Emergentism, Part 1


Emergentism | Lineage: 5. Integral Theory

Emergentism | Lineage: 4. Process Theology


Emergentism | Lineage: 3. Analytical Psychology


Emergentism | Chapter 2: From Reduction to Emergence


Emergentism | Chapter 1: From Religion to Reduction


Emergentism - Introduction: An Existential Crisis


Who Were the 12 Tribes of Israel and Did They Exist? (Draft)


The Twelve Tribes of Israel (Draft)


A Brief History of the Jewish People (Draft)


Andrew Schwartz: Panentheism, Pluralism, and Ecological Civilization


Keith Giles - Here’s Why Most Christians Are Confused About Biblical Prophecy


Index - White Christian Nationalism & Evangelical Politics


The Myth of White Christian Nationalism


Yale ISPS - Understanding White Christian Nationalism


Part 6 - Final Thoughts: Jay McDaniel - Learning from Process Theology and Open Theism


Part 5 - Jay McDaniel - Open Theism and Process Theology


Back to the Basics, Part 4 - Open Theism v Process Theology


Back to the Basics, Part 3 - Open Theism v Process Theology


Back to the Basics, Part 2 - Classical vs Open vs Process Theology


Back to the Basics, Part 1 - Open Theism v Process Theology


R.E. Slater - Questions I Ask Myself When Nobody is Listening (a poem)


The Evolution of God & Religion - Resources


R.E. Slater - Personal Update, May 2024


Jay McDaniel & Sheri Kling, "The Rapture of Being Alive"


RE Slater - Personal Update


2024 Interview on Sustainability between Pando, John Cobb, and Mary Elizabeth Moore


Recommended Read: Surviving God: Through the Eyes of Sexual Abuse Survivors


Thomas Jay Oord - Barbie and Our Purpose


The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict


The History of Jerusalem since its Destruction


Israel-Palestine conflict: A brief history in maps and charts


Implementing a Process Language of Love and Removing Nationalized Attitudes of World Domination


Index - The History of Ancient Humanity


What is God in Character, Sovereignty, and Rule?


23 maps and charts on language


The Origins of Language by Boeree


The Origin of Language by Weir


EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE


The Church Needs a New Love Language: The Origins of Language


The Evolutionary Origins of Language


Human Language: Info Density Grants Speed But Less Breadth


Process Thought Through Taylor Swift Songs


Has Luther's Sola Scriptura Helped or Hurt Church?


Homo Sapien Origins (Draft)


The Lands, Maps, People and Events of the Bible


The Postmodern John Cobb: Deconstructive and Constructive


Index - Process Theology: What Is It?


Dr. John B. Cobb, Jr. - Ten Ideas for Saving the Planet


Jay McDaniel - The Biography of Dr. John B. Cobb, Jr


Thomas Jay Oord: Reviewing "The Deconstruction of Christianity"


REISSUED: Pete Enns - Podcasts & Videos for Normal People


Archaeology of Israel


The Prehistory of Mesopotamia, Part VI


The History of Mesopotamia, Part V


Prehistory and the Neolithic, Part IV


Where in Time and Place Might Eden Be? Part III


Where in Time and Place Might Eden Be? Part II


Exploring the Spirit Origins of Eden, Part I


Emergent Church Leaders: Who Are Alan Jones vs Tony Jones?


Wikipedia - The Emerging Church


Emerging Church leaders believe that Evangelicals should let go of the Bible and reason as their anchors


[Are You] Still Evangelical, by Mark Labberton, Editor


How Evangelicals Think of the Past Emergent Church, Part 2


How Evangelicals Think of the Past Emergent Church, Part 1


Common Sense Christian Wisdom from my friend Rance - Feb 2023


Index - Evangelical Politics


Index - Evangelicalism's Challenge


Index - Evangelicalism Today + Angst


Index - Emergent Church Era II


Index - Evangelicalism


Index - Emergent Church Era I


An Oral History of the Emerging Church Movement, Qtr 1, 2024


An Anthology of Process Philosopher and Theologian David Ray Griffin


Early human migrations (Draft)


Philosophy of Language


The Study of Language - Linguistics, Morphology, Orthography


Hominid Species Time Line (Draft)


What Does It Mean to Live in Processual Hyperdimensional Worlds?


The Flat Perspectivalism of Creatio Ex Nihilo Worlds...


The Ultimate Reference Guide to Tolkien's Middle-Earth


How To Read Tolkien In Order - Three Lists


The Surrealist Worlds of Sci-Fi Novelist Ursula Le Guin - "Her Many Worlds and Dreams"


John Cobb - A Relational Worldview for the Common Good


Short Shorts... Christian Sloganeering, Inspiration, Revelation, & Universalism


R.E. Slater - A Country Idyll (prose)


Timelines of Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples (Draft)


Ancient Semitic and Egyptian Neolithic Cultures (Draft)


History of the Ancient Levant (Draft)


Part 3 - Criticism of the Bible


Part 2 - Biblical Criticism


R.E. Slater - Some Important Theological Terms Then and Now under Process Theology, Part 1


Process Theology and the "Hiddenness & Revelation of God"


Ilia Delio - "The Not-Yet God" of the Relational Whole


Evolutionary Research Tool - HumanPast.Net


The Psychology of Angels


Bible Verses About Immigration


The Apostle Paul's Refugee Experience


What does the Bible say about refugees and displaced people?


Andrew Schwartz: Panentheism, Pluralism, and Ecological Civilization


Whitehead and the Philosophy of Science


What To Do With the Conversation of the Emergent Church and It's Passing?


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