Leandro Salgado

[Dr. Scott M. Sullivan @DrScotMSullivan]

For centuries, philosophers have offered different “ways” to reason toward the existence of God. I have been developing what I think of as a modern philosophical “Five Ways”:

1. The Ontological Argument: God as Necessary Being
2. The Cosmological Argument: God as First Cause
3. The Teleological Argument: God as Supreme Intelligence and Designer
4. The Deontological (Moral) Argument: God as the Foundation of Objective Moral Obligation
5. The Veritological Argument: God as the Ground of Necessary Truth and Rational Intelligibility

Each argument begins from a different feature of reality itself:

Being.
Causality.
Order.
Morality.
Truth.

The progression is important. The arguments ascend from existence itself to mind itself.

Is the existence of God rationally self-evident?
Why is there causality and contingency?
Why is the universe rationally ordered?
Why do objective moral obligations exist?
Why do necessary and immutable truths exist at all?

The final argument especially interests me: the argument from necessary truth.

Eternal truths seem difficult to explain within a purely material and contingent universe. Necessary truth appears to point beyond matter toward eternal mind.

In many ways, this is deeply Augustinian:
Truth itself becomes a road to God.

[Path of Men @PathOfMen_]

Porn = loneliness sold as sex
Alcohol = escape sold as fun
Drugs = numbness sold as peace
Scrolling = distraction sold as rest
Fast food = poison sold as pleasure
Luxury = emptiness sold as purpose
Smoking = addiction sold as relaxation
Notifications = control sold as importance
Social media = validation sold as friendship

don’t feed the best parts of being human with artificial fuel.

[Modern History @modernhistory]

Is this really true?

[Em Reforma ✞ @EmReforma_]

Os louvores humanos são a fornalha onde cotidianamente somos postos à prova.

— Agostinho, Confissões

[soli @solisolsoli]

The Sleeping Lady in Alaska by Jean-Michel Bihorel

[Monk Mindset @monkmindsets]

Monks are master decision-makers.

They’ve spent centuries crafting the art of discernment.
Not with spreadsheets, but with silence, prayer, and purpose.

Here are 5 powerful tips from monks on how to make wiser decisions in everyday life 🧵👇

[The Art Curator @SeekAfterBeauty]

Death and the Soldier (1917), by Hans Larwin

[Michael Horton @MichaelHorton_]

Why are so many drawn to mysticism and esoteric spirituality today? Because they promise meaning without community, transcendence without fidelity, redemption without a redeemer.

[Adaubam Pires @adaubam]

“Dizem que viver é o que importa, mas eu prefiro ler.”

—Logan Pearsall Smith

[Leandro Salgado @SalgadoLeandro]

And yet in our world, everyone thinks of changing humanity, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy

[Paul Washer @paulwasher]

Why must Christ die? Because God is holy and righteous. Why did Christ die? Because God is love! Both questions find their answer in the character of God.

[Leandro Salgado @SalgadoLeandro]

Assista “Roger Scruton: “Why Beauty Matters?” (Por que a beleza importa? - Legendado)” no #Vimeo https://t.co/WM0mZz1nIJ

[Bernardo Strobel Guimarães @BernardoStrobel]

As pessoas não querem fatos, as pessoas querem sentimentos. A realidade é áspera; a ilusão macia.

[João Calvino Brasil @joaocalvinobr]

“A graça não se opõe ao esforço, mas sim ao merecimento.”

—Dallas Willard