Not speaking for/from the op, but:

Proverbs 3:5-6 (the verses you referenced) in context seem to be broadly an appeal to humility*, to know that you do not know, like Socrates.

But also an appeal to the true source of wisdom: a genuinely external force, source, or really, entity, that is YHWH.

If this entity is not real or cannot be communed with, then this is obvious absurdity.

BUT… if He is real, and we CAN know Him… then hypothetically, nothing could be better, and no greater state of humility exist than submitting oneself directly to He who is above all things.

*(this seems to be exactly what the aforementioned “trust the science” crowd, and bad-science in general, is lacking: you cannot search for what you think you already have)

Read what I wrote again & then read what you just said.

It sounds like you identify with your high time preference thoughts & attribute low time preference desires to God.

Read what I wrote again & then read what you just said.

It sounds like you identify with your high time preference thoughts & attribute low time preference desires to God.

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I agree with the article in a general sense. But this sentence...

"Do not rely on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge the Lord."

I think the effort to separate understanding as something different from our ability to observe & experience reality is kinda the same problem that the "believe the science" crowd suffers from. I don't think God wants us to renounce the use of our God given faculties & resort to some sort of blind acceptance & I don't think there's any sort of natural struggle between acknowledgement of God & understanding. The word "acknowledge" actually undermines the implied separation. To acknowledge is to incorporate a thing into your own understanding.

The goal is to eliminate the internal division & align all parts of ourselves. There are no sacrifices, only things we want & costs to get there. There are also costs for choosing indulgence over higher aims. A healthy person makes decisions based on all of their best knowledge. The internal struggle is an imaginary form of self deception we use to pat ourselves on the back for doing the thing we really wanted anyway, & then often to justify indulgence as a periodic "reward" for all of our imaginary struggle. It's idiotic & self destructive.

Too often religious people choose to identify with their whims & attribute what they know is the better idea to some outside force. Thoughts are like the weather. You don't have to feel guilty about or identify with the dumb ones. Your understanding that they are dumb & wrong allows them to be easily dismissed for better ideas. People who pour energy into "why did I dare to have that thought," & beat themselves up about it, are actually only asking for more. We get more of what we focus on.

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How is that different than what people said they were doing before now?

Push back.

When God freed the Israelis from slavery in Egypt He could have given them any kind of government He wanted to, a democracy even. Instead, He gave them the best form of government possible, anarchy, i.e., no earthly rulers, with Himself as king. But they didn't realize how good they had it; they wanted a human king like all of the other nations around them, and voluntarily subjected themselves to taxation and slavery again...

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How are you gonna do that, exactly?

His defense attorney said his client didn't intend to kill the victim....what? I'd get a new defense lawyer. If I fire a gun at someone, its because I know its kill or be killed so yes I would intend to kill someone that I think is intending on killing me.

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