I will have to dig out my definition of spirituality and religion. Objectivism and subjectivism are not the key defining differences. And it is...
Again, let me point out that I am not being romanticist (or was that in a different thread where I recently pointed that out), nor am I being...
My argument is that it was the other way around--that it was the in-group out-group that helped shape spirituality into religion,along with a...
Just as in our own dream world. Both of which communicate through metaphor and symbolism. In the case of movies and art, I am referring to this in...
It is because of this theme that I have concluded that the ultimate phenomenological message at the conclusion of the Avenger story line with...
I have to admit, not only do I not have a favorite superhero, the only comic book I avidly read growing up was Mad Magazine.I had a few...
Logosummonism, in case I didn't define it above very well, is a term I coined referring to the process of bringing the nonphysical into the...
Or as Kierkegaard said, there is only one true Christian in all of history, and he died on the cross. LMAO!
To romanticize hunter-gatherers is to commit another form of prejudice, that of the Noble Savage. Though let me add that when we think of war...
I guess I need to clarify a bit---I use a slightly different definition of religion vs. spirituality which is based on my own research and...
When I ask the question that I did in the OP, I am trying to see what Chrisitians actually believe so I usually don't mention that Jesus will be...
I have Muslim friends that would find that funny. They are no more fanatical or zealous than my Christian friends and family who believe that...
Yes, I strongly agree, which is why we really don't have an answer. That is, other than maybe my suggestion that it may be a problem of self...
I agree with you. That is why I wrote this: As you said, we will make mistakes and we will learn from that. And as I said, maybe it is just that...
Or maybe the answer to technology and social media lies in finding the humanity within that simulacra of reality. After all, there is another...
Yes that is right---all religions are dualistic, and are about control. Spirituality on the other hand is multiplistic. There is no need to seek...
So back to the problem of reproduction. Another problem I see, as I mentioned, is that of technology and social media. Social Media, while it has...
I was going to mention that my Osaka accent created a bit of a stigma of its own. When I moved to Tokyo to work for Shearson Lehman, Tokyo people...
It is hard to get a permanent residence unless you get married to a Japanese, then it is automatic. Yes there is a stigma to being gaijin, but at...
Some serious factors I see that are playing a role in this global falling birth rate include what could be the dying stages of capitalism and the...
Separate names with a comma.
