Reimaging Xianity in the wake of Modernism's passing
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The Atheist’s Comfort
Feb 17th
“And so love, personal intimacy, a household: these seemed saving graces—for Claire and me, if for no one else. When the sun swelled and drowned the inner planets, or when our fragile world with all its weapons went under in its own fires, there would at least have been our simple joys for a little [...]
Blindly
Feb 16th
“Njeri knew her motives weren’t pure. She wanted to save the man, yes, but not for his sake. She wanted to save him to make up for all the times she’d cut people open blindly.”[1]
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Thinking Out Loud
Jan 17th
Religion and Science are just as compatible with one another as Philosophy and Science #
The category "Indigenous religions" describes those religions which have suffered under the yoke of Colonialism. #
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Thinking Out Loud
Jan 13th
Aristotle, on the origins of Philosophy :: http://bit.ly/6lcePA #
You ever listen to "Enterprising Young Men" while you are trying to get work done? #
Russell defines philosophy as "the space between science and religion" and his work suffers for it. It undergirds and converses with both. #
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Foundationalism
Dec 8th
A few days ago, I posted a picture which I thought demonstrated the relationship between Modernism, Foundationalism, Fundamentalism, and Christianity. I’d like to clarify what I am talking about there, here. And critique it:
A rough approximation of how Modernism, Foundationalists, Fundamentalists, and Christianity relate to one another.
By Modernism, I mean the paradigm(s) of [...]
Textbooks, Revolution, Patches and Paradigms
Dec 4th
Tonight, as I was watching Reed as he woke up in the middle of the night (full happy awake – he has gas), I pulled The Structure of Scientific Revolutions off the shelf and began re-reading it. I came across this insightful quote:
Textbooks being pedagogic vehicles for the perpetuation of normal science, have to [...]
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