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O. Jason Osai
Institute of Foundation Studies (IFS) Rivers State University of Science and Technology PMB 5080, Port Harcourt
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Psalm 23: A Contemporary Reading of a God-Human Covenant Osai, O. Jason
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 29 No. 1 (2013)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (144.088 KB) | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v29i1.263.23-41

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The scriptures of all the world religions are written with hidden meanings; this is to ensure that only the initiated, the adept and the ardent seeker of knowledge can understand the deeper meanings of the text and this is done through the utilization of proverbs, metaphors, anecdotes and parables, which the literature of Judeo-Christian theology refers to a “dark sayings.” This paper subjects the God-human covenant, which is metaphorically captured in Psalm 23, to critical analysis within the context of the essence of the relationship between God and human and how that covenants human attitudinally and behaviorally in his or her  interpersonal relationship in the human community including his sensitivity to the earth environment and other non-human occupants of the earth. The paper argues that it is this attitudinal and behavioral disposition of the individual to his relationship with his fellow human beings, his lower neighbors in the animal kingdom and the earth environment that determines the degree to which he lives in harmony with the Creator and, consequently, his transcendence and, therefore, ascent on the eternal journey towards oneness with God, the Good Shepherd. This, the paper emphasizes, has nothing whatsoever to do with the color, creed, station or location of the individual; it is purely a one-on-one relationship between God and every human being in creation.
Human Genetics as Neo-Genesis Exploring the Pathway to the God in Man Osai, O. Jason
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 25 No. 3 (2009)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (850.335 KB) | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v25i3.918.367-383

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The article embarks on a critique of man’s advancement in human genetic engineering within the context of the creation process from the perspectives of the creation myths as contained in the literatures of Judeo-Christian and Islamic theologies. The author ventures into the perceptions of Hume and Plato on God and the Igbo (Nigeria) cosmogony. He argues that, through the exploits of the painstaking process of genetic engineering, man has commenced exploring the creation course of action, albeit at the rudimentary stages. The creation of man involved not the magic-wand oversimplification contained in the allegories of Genesis; rather, it took the arduous process of scientific experimentation, embryo culturing and other advanced processes that are beyond man’s contemporary level of technological and scientific know-how. This hypothesis is derived from a contemplative scrutiny of the allegories in the Biblical creation myth and the comparatively more explicit Qur’anic account vis-à-vis man’s exploits in human genetic engineering.The article concludes that man has commenced exploring the pathway to the God in him and will, somewhere along the line in the endlessness of eternity, create in his image and likeness.
IN HIS IMAGE AND LIKENESS: PONDERINGS OVER CREATION AND THE DIVINEESSENCE Osai, O. Jason
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 22 No. 2 (2006)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (145.117 KB) | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v22i2.1003.635-653

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Artikel ini mengambil inspirasi dari teologi berbagai agama, beragam kosmogoni dan bermacam mitos. Berdasarkan itu ia mengajukan suatu tesis bahwa manusia pada dasarnya mempunyai potensi yang sama dengan Penciptanya, yang tidaklah sama dengan Tuhan yang immortal, omniscient, omnipotent dan omnipresent . Kemampuan manusia sejajardengan Penciptanya dalam hal “Kapasitas Mental Kolektif ”nya (CMC), namun berbeda dan lebih rendah dalam hal “Abilitas Mental Kolektif ”nya (CMA). Perbedaan itu analog dengan perbedaan antara seorang professor dan seorang anak sekolah yang inteligensinya secara potensial sama tinggi dengannya. Perbedaan terletak pada pendidikan dan pengalaman yang dimiliki sang professor. Lebih lanjut artikel ini mengajukan gagasan bahwa terdapat dua dunia yang parallel dunia etereal dan dunia korporeal. Yang etereal adalah realitas super-consciousness Roh Ilahi, yang juga mengontrol segala kehidupan di dunia korporeal. Tahapan evolusi dan penciptaan di dunia korporeal berjalan dibawah bimbingan dunia etereal. Artikel ini lantas menyimpulkan bahwa manusia diciptakan oleh entitas yang juga mortal, namun dibawah bimbingan Tuhan yang immortal, menuju proses penciptaan yang makin menyerupai Dia.
Psalm 23: A Contemporary Reading of a God-Human Covenant Osai, O. Jason
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 29 No. 1 (2013)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v29i1.263.23-41

Abstract

The scriptures of all the world religions are written with hidden meanings; this is to ensure that only the initiated, the adept and the ardent seeker of knowledge can understand the deeper meanings of the text and this is done through the utilization of proverbs, metaphors, anecdotes and parables, which the literature of Judeo-Christian theology refers to a “dark sayings.” This paper subjects the God-human covenant, which is metaphorically captured in Psalm 23, to critical analysis within the context of the essence of the relationship between God and human and how that covenants human attitudinally and behaviorally in his or her  interpersonal relationship in the human community including his sensitivity to the earth environment and other non-human occupants of the earth. The paper argues that it is this attitudinal and behavioral disposition of the individual to his relationship with his fellow human beings, his lower neighbors in the animal kingdom and the earth environment that determines the degree to which he lives in harmony with the Creator and, consequently, his transcendence and, therefore, ascent on the eternal journey towards oneness with God, the Good Shepherd. This, the paper emphasizes, has nothing whatsoever to do with the color, creed, station or location of the individual; it is purely a one-on-one relationship between God and every human being in creation.
Human Genetics as Neo-Genesis Exploring the Pathway to the God in Man Osai, O. Jason
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 25 No. 3 (2009)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v25i3.918.367-383

Abstract

The article embarks on a critique of man’s advancement in human genetic engineering within the context of the creation process from the perspectives of the creation myths as contained in the literatures of Judeo-Christian and Islamic theologies. The author ventures into the perceptions of Hume and Plato on God and the Igbo (Nigeria) cosmogony. He argues that, through the exploits of the painstaking process of genetic engineering, man has commenced exploring the creation course of action, albeit at the rudimentary stages. The creation of man involved not the magic-wand oversimplification contained in the allegories of Genesis; rather, it took the arduous process of scientific experimentation, embryo culturing and other advanced processes that are beyond man’s contemporary level of technological and scientific know-how. This hypothesis is derived from a contemplative scrutiny of the allegories in the Biblical creation myth and the comparatively more explicit Qur’anic account vis-à-vis man’s exploits in human genetic engineering.The article concludes that man has commenced exploring the pathway to the God in him and will, somewhere along the line in the endlessness of eternity, create in his image and likeness.
IN HIS IMAGE AND LIKENESS: PONDERINGS OVER CREATION AND THE DIVINEESSENCE Osai, O. Jason
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 22 No. 2 (2006)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v22i2.1003.635-653

Abstract

Artikel ini mengambil inspirasi dari teologi berbagai agama, beragam kosmogoni dan bermacam mitos. Berdasarkan itu ia mengajukan suatu tesis bahwa manusia pada dasarnya mempunyai potensi yang sama dengan Penciptanya, yang tidaklah sama dengan Tuhan yang immortal, omniscient, omnipotent dan omnipresent . Kemampuan manusia sejajardengan Penciptanya dalam hal “Kapasitas Mental Kolektif ”nya (CMC), namun berbeda dan lebih rendah dalam hal “Abilitas Mental Kolektif ”nya (CMA). Perbedaan itu analog dengan perbedaan antara seorang professor dan seorang anak sekolah yang inteligensinya secara potensial sama tinggi dengannya. Perbedaan terletak pada pendidikan dan pengalaman yang dimiliki sang professor. Lebih lanjut artikel ini mengajukan gagasan bahwa terdapat dua dunia yang parallel dunia etereal dan dunia korporeal. Yang etereal adalah realitas super-consciousness Roh Ilahi, yang juga mengontrol segala kehidupan di dunia korporeal. Tahapan evolusi dan penciptaan di dunia korporeal berjalan dibawah bimbingan dunia etereal. Artikel ini lantas menyimpulkan bahwa manusia diciptakan oleh entitas yang juga mortal, namun dibawah bimbingan Tuhan yang immortal, menuju proses penciptaan yang makin menyerupai Dia.
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