Tag: religion
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The tale of Jesus and Judas
One Islamic version of the resurrection reminds me of one of my favourite books – A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Spoiler alert: In the book, the hero looks very similar to a man sentenced to the guillotine and takes his place at the end. The Islamic version of the resurrection I’m referring…
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Dance, God
“I would believe only in a God who could dance.” — F. Nietzsche, “Thus Spake Zarathustra”, 1883 Note: Found under Quote investigator check for “Those Who Dance Are Considered Insane by Those Who Can’t Hear the Music”
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Cake is the answer to life the universe and everything
Science and religion are glorified cooking. Speaking to a friend of mine, who is following the teachings of a Lama, he described to me how one one of the fundamental principles of Buddhism is repeatability. In many of the Buddhist teachings such as searching for the ego that they say isn’t there, the point is…
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Solved problem?
Responsibility + Joy can pretty much guarantee you a life worth living. But is that it? Solved problem? Responsibility comes from Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s search for meaning” (one of the final chapters titled ‘Meaning of Life’). Joy comes from “The Book of Joy” from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama. Between the three authors…
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Scientific observers, shepherds and messiahs
There’s a thread running through these all. A messiah is a shepherd A programming language shepherds you in a direction People become very religious about programming languages Shepherds observe their sheep, they observe them objectively Teachers observe their pupils Maria Montessori spoke that teachers should be scientific observers There’s something here, some connection. Teachers aren’t…
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Jesus for atheists
I guess this is not much more than a review of Leo Tolstoy’s book ‘A Confession’ and his other books on religion. I’ve been an atheist as long as I felt that the words in the Lord’s Prayer were ridiculous. I believe the Bible is a work of fiction like any other book that talks…
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What if the trees were the real angels?
“What if the trees were the real angels?” — Me, Lier, 2021 This is what I sat to think looking at this war memorial angel statue in Lier. Turns out there is a name for this – Pantheism. My interpretation is roughly that Nature and God are the same thing. This makes sense to me…
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Fumblings about compassion
“One with compassion is kind even when angry one without compassion will kill as he smiles.” Shabkar – Tibetan poet I went to Krakow, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II – Birkenau. It was surprising how un-horrifying it was. Birkenau was certainly bleak but its very hard to picture in my my mind the terror of…
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Philosophy for the love of it
I’m going to post my thoughts here. “Shitty philosophy” seems like the best description of what I do. I’m an amateur philosopher, in the sense that I do it for the love of it. I search for the border between religion and science. I also swear lots, so might as well get you prepared for…
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