anonymous66

That's why I speak out against New Atheism. If there is no standard of morality, then why make an issue of what religions (or anyone for that matter) ...

Doesn't it seem like most religions operate on the principle that there is some good force greater than ourselves? and that we can learn to understand...

I suspect we both agree that religions have caused and sometimes do cause harm. I'm sure we also agree that virtually everything that man is involved ...

This 13 minute video gives a decent overview of Marcel's philosophy, IMHO.

Thanks for the link! My own experience has been that there is something missing from analytical philosophy. I've been looking for something a little m...

You're very welcome.

Chapter 1: The Nature of Philosophy The Nature of Philosophy. “… philosophy, like art or poetry, rests on a foundation of personal involvement, or to ...

If I can include Frederick Buechner: The Bebb series Godric Telling the Truth: The Gospel As Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale On the Road With the Arch...

Here are some I like... In no particular order. The Mind of God- Paul Davies Reason and Persuasion:Three Dialogues by Plato - John Holbo Ultimate Ques...

It's easier to accept that there is some intelligence or rationality that is the reason for the existence of the universe, and that rational force is ...

I've been reading Max Jammer's (love that name!) Einstein and Religion: Physics and Theology.

I read Viper's Tangle years ago. It's a great book. Mauriac was friends with several French Existentialists, including Gabriel Marcel. Mauriac wrote t...

Thank you for your post! I've been reading Stoic material for a little over a year. I'd recommend Epictetus' Handbook and his Discourses. (<--see link...

Nicely put.

I suspect there is always a way to be virtuous. Traditionally the virtues include honesty. To try and find a way to justify lying kinda misses the poi...

I just ordered Rilke's novel: The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

I haven't heard of Nikolai Berdyaev. I'll have to look him up.

Thanks for those thoughts, John. I've been reading Rilke's (translated by Norton) Letters to a Young Poet. and I just started All Things Are Possible....

Virtue

The future might belong to Christianity. But, I think that whether or not it actually does, is ultimately up to God (I suspect you agree). Can you mak...

Thank you!

I've been told that the Philosophical Review is one of the better/more popular journals.

Thank you, well said. And interesting article.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Ymd-OCucs

I've been listening to 21 Pilots, Lorde and Lukas Graham.

Review of Philosophy and Psychology has some open access articles. https://link.springer.com/search?query=&search-within=Journal&facet-journal-id=1316...

Analysis looks like a good one. https://academic.oup.com/analysis

What you describe sounds like it could be compatible with the way that Aristotle thought about God. Or the Stoics, for that matter.

What I see in this thread is what I think could be called a category error..... You appear to be making an argument using these premises P1. Christian...

If I were a Christian, I'd be scared to death that God would leave us behind and find another path for His will. (Romans 11:17) How long will a good G...

I guess I'm confused. Is there unity among Christians about what the Bible says about sexual morality or isn't there?

Are Christians in agreement about what the Bible says about sexual orientation?

Are attitudes about sexual orientation concerned with moral behavior? What about attitudes towards how to deal with strangers (I'm thinking about immi...

Are there issues in Christianity that are open to interpretation?

Then aren't there some things you ought to be saying to your fellow Christians?

Again... are you applying the same standard (the rules are up for interpretation) to your belief system (in this case Christianity)?

Is the main issue about what people are actually doing? Or is it merely a matter of whether or not there are rules in place?

The ones wherein you mention sex and unity of beliefs in regards to Christianity and Stoicism.

Hmm. What about this? There are some objectively measurable problems with caffeine consumption. So, perhaps we ought to be honest about them... and co...

"If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done." Wittgenstein

“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.” Eric Hoffer. “Compas...

Hmm. Could be.. Have you read Paul Davies' The Mind of God?

I recently read Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama... From the book: It looks to me like the Buddhist view of anger is ve...

I'm afraid, having seen Guardians of the Galaxy II (including the extras during the credits), that I'll have to challenge the basic premise as laid ou...

@bitter crank & others the thought I was conveying is that if there is evidence that making porn is harmful to the people actually involved in the ind...

Wouldn't the world be a better place without the passions? — anonymous66 I got the concept slightly wrong... the idea I meant to convey is that the pa...

I was assuming that the Stoics defined anger in the same way that Aristotle did (as a desire for payback- to return harm for perceived harm). But, Sen...

Let me just point out that consistency/reason/rationality requires that you judge your own belief system (and its followers) by the same standards wit...

Wouldn't the world be a better place without the passions? This reminds me of a conversation wherein my interlocutor said, "I don't care about the exp...

@Noblosh What are you suggesting is the purpose of pornography?