tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427479692989285926.post1365261672995323175..comments2024-03-17T11:54:10.124+11:00Comments on Journeyman Philosopher: God with no egoPaul P. Mealinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14573615711151742992noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427479692989285926.post-68297251159113850952011-05-20T15:38:36.457+10:002011-05-20T15:38:36.457+10:00That was a superb talk TAM – refreshing and insigh...That was a superb talk TAM – refreshing and insightful. One of the best deconstructions of the Genesis myth I’ve heard.<br /><br />I totally agree with his distinction between tragedy and evil – a point I’ve made myself. What we do is evil because we rationalise it and that’s the fundamental difference between us and other species.<br /><br />I disagree with him, in that economic inequality does play a role, because it is often a catalyst for evil – creates resentment, whether real or perceived.<br /><br />The point about identity is one I’ve raised as well. Identity is what people are willing to die for, which means they are willing to kill for. Evil on the scale of genocide is always rationalised with the argument that a specific ‘group’ of people are responsible for the perceived ills of a society. Relates very well to the Cain and Abel story in fact.<br /><br />One interesting point concerning our ‘self-consciousness’, is the universal dream that everyone has (in the West) of appearing naked in public. I’ve always believed this dream is a metaphor for our insecurities. If you can have that dream without being self-conscious it probably says something about your sense of self-integrity. You can expose your soul, so to speak, without fear of judgement.<br /><br />Interesting that he argues that it is women who reject, which I wrote a post on myself not so long ago.<br /><br />Excellent stuff.<br /><br />Thanks, Paul.Paul P. Mealinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573615711151742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427479692989285926.post-27064559760221154562011-05-15T11:31:37.478+10:002011-05-15T11:31:37.478+10:00Thanks TAM,
I'll certainly check it out.
Jus...Thanks TAM,<br /><br />I'll certainly check it out.<br /><br />Just spent a week in hospital so I've been out of touch. Nothing drastic, just old age catching up with me (polymyalgia rhuematica). And a month ago I was still running.<br /><br />Currently working on a post on cosmology based on John D. Barrow's book, <i>The Book of Universes</i>. It's brilliant. I hope to post it today.<br /><br />Best regards, Paul.Paul P. Mealinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573615711151742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427479692989285926.post-36460229169238667912011-05-15T11:11:40.456+10:002011-05-15T11:11:40.456+10:00Sorry, I left that last comment #3 using my daught...Sorry, I left that last comment #3 using my daughter's profile by accident. Best, TAM.The Atheist Missionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191035196328725888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427479692989285926.post-66328186660424252632011-05-15T11:09:43.766+10:002011-05-15T11:09:43.766+10:00Paul, sorry to be off topic, but here's a gem ...Paul, sorry to be off topic, but here's a gem for you: U. of T. Psychology Professor Jordan Peterson's brilliant lecture on the nature of evil and its distinction from tragedy. The video of the lecture is available here: http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid?24640854001 but I think it is more powerful in audio form. It’s available for free as a podcast on iTunes, just search TVO Big Ideas Jordan Peterson on the nature of evil. Great stuff.FAK and FNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07228737233348470668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427479692989285926.post-37695381749744262652011-05-14T12:35:05.780+10:002011-05-14T12:35:05.780+10:00Hi David,
Don Cupitt expressed a view in his book...Hi David,<br /><br />Don Cupitt expressed a view in his book, <i>Above Us Only Sky</i>, that there is effectively no 'meaning' and no 'truth' without language.<br /><br />I don't entirely agree with him, but you can read my interpretation of his views, and where I differ, in a post I wrote that discusses his book <a href="http://journeymanphilosopher.blogspot.com/2009/09/existential-god.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />Regards, Paul.Paul P. Mealinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573615711151742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3427479692989285926.post-67212802963286310472011-05-10T15:01:11.679+10:002011-05-10T15:01:11.679+10:00Everything is a projection of psyche if you take t...Everything is a projection of psyche if you take that all language, symbolization, math etc, is simply an expressive narrative only. We have a rather interesting agreement within science and religion that argue for conceptual neurological independence from different angles. A bird performs Science, it separates fact from fiction and eats the stick bug. A philosopher muses poetically about descriptiveness.:D A relgious person speaks of a detached engineer designer. So until we get to the level Primate speaking instead of An abstractive intelligent being that evolved from primate, I suppose we will sort of muddle along, but that's evolution step by step.david thurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08006530053102852110noreply@blogger.com