Deus dixit ergo sum

Swag with a Gospel Significance

For the naturalist, thinking is the source of being. For Christians, our thoughts do not create reality because God alone is the source of our being (Gen 1:26; Isa 45:5). Start a conversation with the powerful declaration Deus dixit ergo sum, which means God spoke, therefore I am.

Inspiration

Most everyone is familiar with René Descartes’ declaration, “Cogito Ergo Sum” which translates to, “I think therefore I am.” What many don’t realize is that Descartes’ idea wasn’t just a way of discovering truth but a declaration about the ultimate reality of who we are as humans. Consider these two quotes:

“Nothing which is such that I can doubt whether it exists, actually exists.
Every body is such that I can doubt whether it exists.
Therefore no body actually exists.”
–René Descartes, Meditations on the First Philosophy

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From that I knew that I was a substance the whole essence or nature of which is to think, and that for its existence there is no need of any place, nor does it depend on any material thing…”
–René Descartes, Discourse

Descartes’ ideas have shaped our concept of identity in ways he didn’t imagine. Descartes’ dualism ends in dehumanization because he divided our identity from our physical bodies.

We see the wreckage of Descartes’ idea “Cogito Ergo Sum” in the broken lives of the people around us.

This design offers a biblical alternative that grounds our very being in God’s declaration recorded in Genesis 1, “And God said, let us make man in our image…” Get some swag today and challenge the dehumanizing narrative that our thoughts determine our identity, and proclaim with confidence Deus dixit ergo sum… God spoke, therefore I am.