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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Trip to Stanford University
Yesterday was a busy day. First back to SFSU, then to Peets (saw former student working as a barista – Hi Hunter!), then to Stanford, then home, then physical therapy (I’m doing much better, thanks!). A calypso band was playing. … Continue reading
Sermon by Fr. Winance
I took several classes from Fr. Winance while I was studying at Claremont Graduate University. He was a fascinating man. There’s a six degrees story that I’ll post later. But I want to get these You Tube videos up now.
Evil clown generator
OK. I had to click on it. Gross, but in a sweet kind of way.
Posted in Religion Blog
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Ministers losing faith
I wonder how large a phenomenon this is? Ministers giving up the ministry and perhaps their faith. And no, the reason I’m not in church is not because seminary, or rather the academic study of religion, somehow “took my Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in Religion Blog, Religious Belief
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Pulling strings
From Scientific American: Souls, spirits, ghosts, gods, demons, angels, aliens, intelligent designers, government conspirators, and all manner of invisible agents with power and intention are believed to haunt our world and control our lives. Why?
Posted in PHIL 500, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Religious Belief
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New theme
How did I miss this WordPress theme? It was already an option on my site. Cool. Need to tweak it a bit. But love that coffee aroma!
Posted in Coffee, Religion Blog
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When leaving and staying is hard
I just finished watching this on the NY Times. The travails of leaving a religious community. I’m still kind of speechless. Bravery writ large. At 21, the age at which she was expected to marry, Ms. Karasik left the Lubavitch … Continue reading
Posted in PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Theorists
Tagged Judaism, Lubavitch
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Happiness is something bigger
On Twitter: (quoting *the* Daniel Dennett) “The secret of happiness: find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.” Dan Dennett
Black atheists
A new category for “out of the closet”.
Posted in Atheism, PHIL 500, Religion Blog, Religious Belief
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Subjectivity and evil
I was thinking that Kierkegaard’s objectivity/subjectivity distinction could help me articulate my views about evil and the “problem of evil”. I gave a first try in class on Thursday. I think one inescapable difficulty is the “public” nature of evil … Continue reading
Posted in Evil, Kierkegaard, PHIL 500, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Theorists
Tagged Evil, Kierkegaard
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