Understanding our Purpose as Humans | The GDP Ep. 37 Ft. Kate Wagner

In this podcast we have WCC alumni Kate Wagner on the show to discuss a variety of topics related to the meaning of our existence as human beings. We really look forward to sharing this conversation with you and we hope that you share with someone you know.  Outline: Jake and Kate: 12:15: Living without a phone Kate: 15:00: Living in the moment without the phone Jake: 17:00 Using your mind in conversation Kate: 19:00 Experiencing the WCC community Kate: 22:75 Euclidean geometry  Tom: 24:00 Mind-body connection Kate: 26:00 Embodied reason vs rational animal Kate: 28:00 Breakdown of Descartes philosophy  Kate: 30:00 Hopkins’ answer to Descartes  30:45 The beauty of the world is the external manifestation of the interior reality of the thing Kate: 36:00 Story of the inspiration of Kate’s thesis topic Kate: 39:00 We all have a mind that we don’t need school to teach us how to use Kate: 41:00 Why do atheists care about doing social work? Tom: 43:00 Applying knowledge Kate: 46:00 Junior author project Kate: 46:30 Logos and logos Kate: 48:00 Work is the quintessential way to learn and know the truth Kate: 49:00 Imposing order – what God asked us to do Kate: 51:00 Ordering the tomato plants, sheep, and horses Kate: 54:30 Wisdom comes from work Kate: 55:00 Unbalanced people Tom: 57:00 The hero story present in work–the challenge Kate: 1:01:00 Hopkins - Christ in the faces of men Kate: 1:02:00 The work of Adam and Eve – their roles with each other and building relationships with work Tom: 1:06:00 The mission that God gives us Jake: 1:09:00 Hot take on Marx and how he took Descartes philosophy to another level of insanity-irrational ideas that do not work in the real world Kate: 1:11:00 What roles men and women have in the work–what the other can’t do, but it shows us where our place is Tom : 1:12:00 The reflection of responsibility that is present in trans and LGBT people Kate: 1:14:00 These people are living in a different world – Descartes type of reality  Jake: 1:16:30 Someone they don’t like about themselves that they want to cover up Jake: 1:17:30 A self-made existence that only has themselves in it Kate: 1:18:00 The apparentness of reality that they cannot see that is present in the animal kingdom Tom: Breakdown on seeing and understanding reality Kate: 1:26:00 GK Chesterton the Doctor of Common Sense – book recommendation Kate: 1:26:30 Quote