Tuesday, December 4, 2007
quit usin that reason, dog
Thursday, November 29, 2007
thinking for yourself
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
starting again
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
separation of church and science
Monday, November 5, 2007
that comet thing
Friday, November 2, 2007
faith and science
Monday, October 29, 2007
of montaigne
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
judging other societies
Sunday, October 21, 2007
religious images
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
michelangelo
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
important gita passages
Sunday, October 7, 2007
the gita
Monday, October 1, 2007
and still more socrates
in a way, not having an answer makes socrates seem even more intelligent.
Friday, September 28, 2007
can we write about editing essays?
Monday, September 24, 2007
socrates and his society
Thursday, September 20, 2007
socrates and euthyphro
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
god vs man
today at the end of class we started to discuss how god is supposed to be very different from man, how the distinction between what is human and the characteristics of god are clear. but from what i have read, i think god is very similar to humans. he shares many traits with man and are now considered to be natural human instincts. in genesis god has made mistakes, he is not perfect. after the flood he admits that it was a mistake to wipe out humanity. humans make mistakes, we are fallible. later when faced with the destruction of sodom and gomorrah, god changes his mind. abraham talks to god and reasons with him. This shows that god is open to debate at least in this instance and can be persuaded to think a certain way. Humans are always thinking, changing, and evolving, which is what god does in this passage with Abraham. Later in exodus god says that he is jealous and he decrees that humans should not be jealous. Now at some point in every one’s life they have been jealous of someone or something. This is part of human nature, we have unlimited wants and limited resources to get those wants. However humans usually don’t want to admit they are jealous or have “undesirable” traits. Perhaps this is why god is seen as different from humans. He knows he is jealous and he admits it. Maybe he knows his true self and has reached some sort of higher understanding of the universe because of it.