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Category Archives: Religion Blog
Franklin, Aristotle, and immortality
A reminder about the connection between notions of immortality, obituaries and Aristotle’s view about assessing a whole life. Franklin’s view offers us shades (pun intended) of Plato, too. When Socrates says that philosophers especially should be in training for death … Continue reading
Posted in Death and Immortality, Religion Blog
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Beat the Jew game?
“Appalling“? That’s an understatement.
Posted in Holocaust, Judaism, Religion Blog, Violence
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My drug of choice
Always nice to have one’s vices lauded.
A unified study of suicide
From the Chronicle of Higher Education, a review on a new about the myths relating to suicide by Thomas Joiner: As its title announces, Myths About Suicide also seeks to debunk the myriad ways that suicide is stigmatized by ignorance, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Death and Immortality, PHIL 500, Religion Blog, Suicide
Tagged Myths About Suicide, Thomas Joiner
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Painting for the survivors
Painting for the survivors with no questions asked. Here in the Sinaloan capital of Culiacan, Espinoza also specializes in painting religious imagery on the opulent mausoleums that serve as the final resting places for hundreds of traffickers slain in Mexico’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Death and Immortality, Funerals, PHIL 500, Religion Blog
Tagged drug cartel, Jose Espinoza, Mexico, mural, painting
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Covert courting
I had high hopes that President Obama would do more outreach among US Muslims. There are only 24 hours in a day. I get that. But I was hoping that we’d see a more overt form of engagement. Perhaps the … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Politics, Religion Blog, Religious Belief
Tagged Muslims, Obama, outreach
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South Park censorship
I have to thank my baby Gators for introducing me to South Park some time ago. I have to confess that I only look at it when it’s involved in some newsworthy event. And, boy, this one sure counts. I … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Islam, Protests, Religion Blog, Religious Belief
Tagged censorship, Muhammad, South Park, Theo Van Gogh
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Who says there can’t be postmortem activism?
Kinda creepy. But right in line with our discussions of experiencing postmortem good or harm. Through an unusual bequest in her will, the late Bea Arthur will remain an animal activist in her death. Don’t laugh. I wouldn’t want to … Continue reading
Posted in Death and Immortality, PHIL 500, Postmortem state, Religion Blog
Tagged Bea Arthur, PETA, postmortem
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A mystic awaits execution
Shades of the charges against Socrates from Plato’s Apology: The indictment says that Socrates is a doer of evil, who corrupts the youth; and who does not believe in the gods of the state, but has other new divinities of … Continue reading
The ripple effects of death
The Lake Shore Limited, a novel by Sue Miller, is about the ripple effects of a death on 9/11. Kukatani of the NY Times writes: The result is her most nuanced and unsentimental novel to date. This is a book that … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Death and Immortality, PHIL 500, Religion Blog
Tagged Sue Miller, The Lake Shore Limited
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