Samuel Dravis
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Dart, I have to ask you, do you actually have a hard time understanding things like that blog implies you do? EGYPTOLOGY. Thing or teach him a two.
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Horus Mighty Bull, Arising in Thebes, He of the Two Ladies, Enduring in kingship like Re in heaven, Horus of Gold Powerful of strength, Sacred of appearance, He of the Sedge and the Bee, Enduring of form is Re, Son of Ra, Thutmose, beautiful of forms, I beseech your vengeance upon those who are.. well, whatever they are they need to quit being so them!
Devon says hated enemies are hated. Let's roll with that!
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Darathy i saw you on the other thread and your commentary was in t e r e
sting
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Hi sam, I appreciate your coming to my rescue earlier in the thread that Darathy attacked my height in. Anyways!
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Continuation of previous botherments! Sorry for the extended wait between.
53 - I agree that the crucifixion was extremely important to the Gospels. However, I think Nietzsche was talking more about the simple fact of martyrdom -- that it doesn't show one thing or another, besides the fact that people are likely to die for something they believe strongly in. I think that Nietzsche's argument is more about martyrs in general (which includes Jesus, although it's not limited to him. I'd suggest reading the source material from The Antichrist).
44 - I think we can agree on this one.
33 - Of course. When I said living like him, I meant following the general idea of his teachings - that's usually what I understand "following in his footsteps" to mean, but I digress. Sorry for the fogginess. I certainly hope that no one is going to go around declaring they're the Christ!
As for the intention, I pasted one about Kierkegaard in the chat - that faith is a passion. Perhaps it would be a sign of their intense belief that they try to throw demons out of people!
Another note is that JP2 wrote an interesting book called "Theology of the body". Now I have not read it in its entirety just yet, but I found it curious that JP2 would advance a subjective account of faith. This strikes of Kierkegaard to me, although his influences are said to be Kant and Scheler. What I am curious about, however, is: why is there no influence of ordinary language philosophy, which had been the VERY dominant philosophical school up until that time (the 70's)? It seems to me, on the face of it, that OL would have been much better than phenomenology in offering an explanation of the subjective experience. Well, I suppose that Humani Generis was well known to JP2 and he didn't want to use a philosophical school that was so new. Still...
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"Everything has a reason, and in the case of religion and patriotism that reason is what I see as a deficiency in character that makes people seek shelter from the big, bad world behind god or the nation. Humans cannot survive by closing their eyes and praying, or singing national anthems and hoping their country will sort stuff out for them. Humans survive by approaching the world with open eyes and open minds, seeing problems that stand in their way and solving them using the tools they have at their disposal. Humans survive through personal achievement, and achievement and the continued existence it brings is the source of pride. Pride is an acknowledgment of life, and it can't be anything but that. When someone says they are proud of anything that is not their own achievement, then it's not pride that they're talking about, but the lack of it. They feel that they should be proud of something (perhaps knowing on some level that pride and life are connected and the lack of one doesn't bode well for the other), but they can't find anything. Patriotism is the fear brought about by a lack of reasons to actually be proud, and as such the lack of an actual life that one has made worth living."
UGH I HATE THEM, DARATHY. More specifically, I hate misunderstandings and faux psychology, like the above. Darth Yuthura, for example, has consistently stuck with the same idea that pride in one's country is equivalent to pride in one's achievements. I don't know, that just seems incomprehensible to me. I tried explaining that they aren't the same thing but of course that got nowhere...
I know you love waving flags around which is why I'm complaining to you.
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they had a slightly modified version of "the very model of a modern major-general" in it
SO GOOD
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Since reading quite a bit of Fear and Trembling, it makes me sad that there is no thread on Abraham's dilemma (between faith and morality and/or rationality). What say you? Yes, I'll try to reply to your latest response tomorrow... but currently I am unable. Don't ask why I'm unable; I just am!
Also you should read it. It's interesting even if you happen not to agree with it. The first part is pretty monstrously slow going though.
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Well it should take a year or two, depending on various factors beyond my control... we'll see how it turns out. I'm slightly jealous that you are able to go there on holiday -- it would be a very expensive holiday for me!
Anyways- well, the uni's stupidity is your gain, I suppose.
Good luck with your job! I will need to look for a new one myself for this actually...
