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Category Archives: PHIL 500
Lyrics to Passage by Vienna Teng
I died in a car crash two days ago Was unrecognizable When they pulled me from the gears No one’s fault, no one’s bottle No one’s teenage pride or throttle Our innocence is all the worse for fears The other … Continue reading
Posted in Death and Immortality, Music, PHIL 500, Religion Blog
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Where’s Howard?
I’m on Twitter. One person I followed very early was Howard Rheingold. He’s an amazing guy. We had just a short email correspondence when I asked if I could use some of his social media tips for my PHIL 525 … Continue reading
Posted in Death and Immortality, Kierkegaard, Religion Blog
Tagged cancer, Howard Rheingold, Kierkegaard, Reed College
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Contemplating Death
From “Charles Spurgeon’s” twitter today: A quote from Charles Spurgeon: The Christian who contemplates death with joy is a living sermon. Who’s Charles Spurgeon?
Posted in Death and Immortality, PHIL 500, Religion Blog, Theologians
Tagged Charles Spurgeon
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Excited about death
Ha! That grabbed your attention. What I’m excited about is how well the PHIL 500 Death, Dying, and Immortality class is going. (Sorry, non-SFSUers, it’s only available for those enrolled.)
Posted in Books, Death and Immortality, PHIL 500
Tagged Death of Ivan Ilych, Tolstoy
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Jesus the invisible babysitter
Here’s another video from “Big Think”. This one features actor Ricky Gervais explaining why he’s an atheist.
Mary Daly dead at 81
I’ll blame it on grading papers for days as this is not breaking news. Daly was a force to be reckoned with. I did hear her speak once. When I was at the Claremont Graduate School she gave a lecture. … Continue reading
Brain freeze of the day
I just came up with that title for certain blog posts. The criterion? If the teaser title or abstract makes me utter, “Whaaaaaaaaat?!” it qualifies as a brain freeze. (By the way, I’m open to other suggestions instead of “brain … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology, Religion Blog, Science
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Where’s the gardener?
Anthony Gottlieb,writing in the online journal More Intelligent Life takes a look back at philosopher John Wisdom’s parable and an examination of the meaningfulness of statements about God. The parable went like this. “Two people return to their long neglected … Continue reading
Asking a doctor for prayer
When do doctors or other medical professionals enter into prayer with their patients? In a study published in a recent issue of the Souther Medical Journal sociologists from Brandeis and Rice Universities examined patient requests for prayer. The researchers conducted … Continue reading
Posted in Death and Immortality, PHIL 500, Prayer, Religion Blog
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