If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar.

All of salvation is to make us look good! We who are dirty, worn, broken, and sinful are to be the showcase of heaven.

When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God.

It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.

The detached observer's view is one window on the world.

Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective.

The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window.