HONEST MAN’S PHILOSOPHY
HOW TO ANALYZE, CRITICIZE AND MODERNIZE PHILOSOPHY WITH HONEST CLEAR THINKING
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HERE IS WHAT THE AUTHOR SAID ABOUT HIS STRUGGLE AS HE DEVELOPED HIS HONEST MAN’S PHILOSOPHY. Looking back, my whole religious life has been based on trying not to do to others what I would not wish done to me and on trying to do what seemed to be right, just and honest. Sometimes, sad to say, I slipped, but I always returned to the right path. I was a Methodist and accepted God’s salvation. I learned the Catechism and believed in and pledged myself to Jesus. The minister baptized me by sprinkling. My soul was well. My faith was strong. I was seven. At eleven years old WWII began. We moved to Chickasaw, Alabama so daddy could help build Liberty ships. We had to attend a little Baptist church because we had no transportation to get to Mobile and the Methodist church. When we joined, the minister told me I had not been properly saved because I was not baptized under water. Figuring the Bible held the answer, I read about baptism and decided they were right. I also satisfied myself that I was saved. So I was properly baptized. At least I did not have to memorize a catechism because the Baptist church didn’t have one. Once again there was peace and satisfaction that all was well between God and me. Oh, yes. I was beginning to think about girls, so once in a while there was a mental conflict over just how close one could hold a girl without sinning. The war ended. I was fifteen and we moved to the North Georgia Mountains. My Uncle Ed (who was a very pious and pretentious man) insisted we attend his church way out in the North Georgia woods. The church had about two hundred members. The preaching was all damnation, sin, hell fire and brimstone. The preaching lasted until 12:30 or one o’clock. But the singing was very good. Best of all, the preacher had a pretty daughter. She was a senior in high school and several years older than I was. I was tall, self-confident and had lived in another state close to the Gulf of Mexico. So in these woods, I was special. We began to cast eyes at each other. She told me her daddy would not let us sit together unless I was a member of his church. That was a small thing, so I joined. According to this preacher, I had never been truly saved or baptized with the correct magic formula. I had only been sorry and ducked under water. To be saved I had to confess my sins (to her daddy no less). It seemed to me the preacher was wrong. I knew I was saved, but his daughter was a very pretty girl. I made up some soft sins and confessed in his office. That was not enough. I had to be sorry enough to cry. Working up a tear or two, I was pronounced, “saved” (again). Now that salvation was confirmed, I had to be baptized using her daddy’s magic formula. The baptism was in a cold, little muddy creek where a terrible Civil War battle had been fought. The magic formula was, “In the name of Jesus Christ the Son Of God, our Lord and Savior.” Now we sat together and held hands during the prayers. This was great because the prayers went on and on. Anyone could stand and pray at any time - and they did. Soon I was sixteen and was invited on a fall hayride with several other young people. They instructed me not to bring a tent or anything because all that would be furnished. It was. I was supposed to share a tent with the daughter. It was all arranged by her daddy (the preacher). I later found out the plan was to catch us in some close embrace and a wedding would shortly follow. I spent the night in the hay truck even though she and her daddy pleaded with me to go to the tent.
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If you are trying to decide whether to read this book or not, let me acquaint you with the HONEST MAN''S PHILOSOPHY. I have taken great pains to make each sentence readable and understandable. This is a new concept when writing about detailed problems of philosophy, theology, or religion. It is easy to read and easy to understand. You can become your own real philosopher! Not only will you be able to understand what is written here, you will be amazed, delighted, and challenged by this philosophy. Philosophy is certainly the most important aspect of life and living. One’s philosophy is what determines his happiness (or lack there of). One’s philosophy determines what food he eats, how he votes, whom he marries, what friends he selects, what work he engages in and above all, how he thinks and evaluates people and the events of life. In other words, nothing is more important in the life of the individual (or the life of a nation) than the philosophy chosen to guide one’s thinking and activity. There are three qualifications you need before you buy or read this book. You must be “Curious,” “Willing to think” and “Willing to be honest with yourself.” If you believe you know all of the questions and all of the answers, this book may not be for you. To these three, add a forth, “Courage.” This book is not intended for the dishonest, or for moral cowards. The HONEST MAN''S PHILOSOPHY is a clear, concise, and complete statement of this philosophy and what it can do for you. It is not new. In fact, it is the oldest, most moral philosophy known to mankind. Every time in the past history of mankind, when this philosophy has been the guiding principle of any group, wonderful things have happened. Among other things, this philosophy is responsible for the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the founding of this nation as a Free Republic.
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His mother claims he spoke his first words at eight months old when he pointed out the window and asked, “What is that?” Since that time he never stopped asking “What? Why? How? And When?” When asked if he were an expert on philosophy, his answer was, “No, I am only an expert on wanting to know.”
When Blaylock wrote about leaving the church he said, “I am glad I saved a portion of my life for myself. I also saved some of me for you.” When you read the Honest Man’s Philosophy, you will bless the day this book came your way.
If you like hard to the point questions about philosophy, morality and religion and if you like to find answers to the major issues of life, you will read and reread the HONEST MAN’S PHILOSOPHY. Few writers have made philosophy as interesting, lucid and challenging, as has Blaylock.