Noble Dust

Yan, Tierry, Guy, Marcel...

How could anyone have anything against the little whos? And Whoville?

Who? Like the guys from The Grinch?

Nah, change away, we're about ready for another Tower of Babel anyways.

Language changes, and I'm an instrumental part of that process.

Yes, mis-identifying bird species is a pretty egregious social fopaw regardless of race or creed. I never told you to follow my lead; the best you can...

"Yup, looks like another heron."

Easy to spot; the less work in the field, the quicker one reaches expert status.

I saw a diseased pigeon eating a rat in the subway last Tuesday eve.

Herons will do that to you.

Thanks for your honesty.

True, but I stopped the hobby when i was about 13, I was a weird kid.

I used to be; I'm rusty. I was a birder back in the day.

All the same, no need to refrain from crane rhymes, mang.

Ah, I Believe you're right, broh.

There's many sorts of storks, but i sorta just sorts em all out, ya know?

Mine's some sort of stork. He's kind of a bro.

I'm honored.

(Y)

Where?

Maybe he had a super trippy NDE? The disciples would probably be dying to hear about it.

What is "calling"?

You're not actually interpreting that literally, right?

(Y)

Yes, I know the scripture. I was making a joke about your literal interpretation.

Agreed. Right, that's a key aspect of rabbinical teaching; asking questions was more important than providing answers. You mean the walking dead, or w...

So meaning that if you committed murder, you would want justice served to yourself, right?

Classic. Which aspect? The "value beyond value", or something else?

Grateful someone agrees. I'm not familiar with a nihilistic "meaningless meaning". What is that?

Haha. I'll take that as a compliment. Philosophy shouldn't be without courage anyway. So it's something within being? Or Being? I'm having trouble par...

As I'm re-reading, though, I do have to say that I thought I made this apparent; maybe not. I appreciate your patience either way.

Yes! I'm usually much more eloquent than this; actually, one of the reasons I started this thread was because I was having such a hard time articulati...

Isn't this a bit like your last thread? :) As I mentioned in the other thread, I think that's pretty much it. The golden rule begins with "the other" ...

I recognize the terms were vague. By self-contained I meant this: So, to "value" life is to use a concept (value) which we apply to things other than ...

Based on; dependent on.

I'm familiar with all of that, but I'm asking why belief is the predicate of salvation.

But a system of value that is self-contained is inherently materialistic, thus nihilistic.

So a metaphysical plain of inquiry is laconic in your view? Yes, I agree and hold that view as well; I'm consciously aware of that in my argument, alt...

Thanks for your reply. The concept of the sanctity of life comes from Christianity, historically. So, the concepts you're working with here have that ...

I think of dogmatism as being unwilling or unable to question ones own positions; the inability to entertain other sources of knowledge than a given s...

Yeah I agree, and I don't think i suggested that. It looks like we're using "dogma" differently.

Self-love has to come first; that's the whole crux of the golden rule. The aphorism "Love your neighbor as you love yourself" would have no meaning ot...

But why would salvation be predicated on belief?

Nihilism seems like less of a set of beliefs held by an individual (other than the occasional 20-something TPF newbie), and more of an ethos in our cu...

If you're talking about the general human condition in general (philosophers and TPF members included), I think some form of dogma tends to be at the ...

Makes sense. I don't know Voegelin, so I'll look into it. Of course, I'm not really a Christian myself, so whether or not gnosticism is heretical is k...

Yeah, it's well known that gnosticism was considered heretical. So you fully agree with that? She's written more on the subject than most anyone else,...

So you edited that post?

Who do you consider heretical? Ok sure; why do you suggest he's more learned? (At this point, this feels pedantic already. My understanding was that s...

Did you not edit this post? https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/132471