I can't relate to the fascination some people have with Bergman. I actually think his films are nothing special. But of course, I'm speaking from the ...
We shouldn't, insofar as we don't belong to the socio-economic class in whose domain classical Western art is nowadays, ie. the elite. You cannot just...
I think art is in the discourse about certain media products. Art has to do with being social in a very specific way (of the "you know it when you see...
Lady Gaga said that her aim has been to become a star. She consciously chose the genre of pop music to achieve this aim. She is fluent in several genr...
What is now called "classical music" (or in German: ernste Musik, 'serious music') used to be popular music back at the time when it was first compose...
That's because your opinion of him is too humanistic. It's rather strange that as a lawyer, you don't see life as a struggle for survival/the upper ha...
How do you, or Dreyfus, explain why Nazism is so evil? If you want to set yourselves up as judges over Heidegger's enlightenment status, then surely y...
Because when someone calls you "braindead" and such, the most rational thing to do is to bow to that person and become their devotee. Riiight. Religio...
Strange. I copy-pasted “Ontology of truth: How many answers are ‘correct’ in the sight of God?” and googled it, and nothing. I'm interested in how to ...
I'm not sure we're on the same page here. Can you say why "Is this person a genuine teacher or is he a charlatan?" is the wrong question? (Aww, look a...
For many practical intents and purposes, it's safe. Usually, this is as good as life gets anyway. Well, there is the striving for being excellent in o...
The irony is, of course, that anything can be described with these words. Nonsense. Taoist literature should be read the same way as Machiavelli's The...
Millennia of religion down the drain ... Of course religions change over time (and place). But that never stopped their adherents from believing that ...
Have you ever tried this, and have been successful with your intervention? Because from what I've seen, people act like this -- In other words, what I...
His actual offence seems to be that now some people feel pressured by him or because of him to say some really undemocratic or otherwise unsavory thin...
*sigh* Do try to keep up with Scotty. Australia is refuelling the Cold War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AUKUS If he had entered Australia as a blind...
It's already happening. Mediocrity as the highest goal, the highest perfection. The tallest poppy gets its head cut, therefore, it's the mediocre popp...
Oh, come on. At his level of professional athletic performance, every little detail matters. Anything that can endanger it in any way must be shunned....
(I'm reminded of a scene from Wuthering Heights where a young woman, infatuated with Heathcliff, giggles as he tortures her dog. Heathcliff later crit...
I don't know what the solution would be. But for starters, better boundaries, holding back, less communication, fewer attempts at communication, more ...
But realistically, how much say do we have in such situations? When you're actually on a board or a committe that discusses ethical issues, I imagine ...
I want you to acknowledge the following point: I agree with your take, and I believe in the supremacy of the emic. I think other people's religion is ...
No, it's crucial to the topic at hand. E.g. Banno's take on it: If arguments or words alone could settle things on their own somehow, people would be ...
The popular idea seems to be just that: that we can correctly see others "as they truly are". It's why a formulation in the form of "You are x" isn't ...
Both of your points apply. On the one hand, there are the Protestants and the Born-Again Christians, for example, who, basically espouse a DIY view of...
The currency of religion is trust. Learning things like mentioned before (from aggressive proselytizing strategies to priestly abuse of minors) underm...
As a translator for the local language, I once witnessed a regional organizational meeting of missionaries at the local LDS church. "Get their trust! ...
Excommunication can be the consequence for adultery in the LDS church, though. Bear in mind that in an LDS setting, excommunication can mean that the ...
No. It's that people so often approach the matter of enlightenment in an externalizing manner. They refuse to look at their own intentions, their own ...
Like I said, it's about making a point of using a group term for oneself. It's about using a group term for oneself for the purpose of obtaining speci...
I'm under the impression the OP is thinking about this in more general, even "metaphysical" terms. Ie. when one's survival depends on things one doesn...
Add to this the problem that we're dealing with events that are potentially rare statistically. Realistically, how often does a person know an adulter...
Sure, but the point is that there is a whole culture of people refusing to play by the rules. We cannot just ignore them, nor their success. Then you ...
A person stops being an individual the moment they use a group term for themselves. If someone wants to be treated as an individual, then they shouldn...
I have no glib. I read the book, a lengthy academic theological edition with ample footnotes and commentary. I prefer the simple and the literal readi...
Who is writing your posts? Who is saying the things that come out of your mouth? Someone other than you? Are you just opening your mouth when objectiv...
We already know what that looks like. Right wing political options tend to affiliate themselves with Christianity. You know what that looks like in yo...
People are being judged for their beliefs every day, and punished. In job interviews; in relationships with family, friends, acquaintances; in courts....
Or perhaps he doesn't see it as "molestation" at all. Maybe he read a lot about ancient Greek culture where paedophilia is regarded as a good and norm...
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