Here it is: a photo of one of my wife's sculptures. It is not my style, but perhaps it is yours.
It's not for sale, by the way.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Untitled No. 1
Here it is: a photo of one of my wife's sculptures. It is not my style, but perhaps it is yours.
It's not for sale, by the way.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
New Blog Ideas
I am considering starting a new blog, one that is more focused. Less about my random thoughts, or my book comments, more about the news and research on a specific topic. I , of course, will still post the latter on this blog, but it would isolate the specific from the non-specific.
Perhaps I will watch a company and look at the products it develops or the law suits its involved in. Perhaps I will research spiders and report all that I can find about them (including Spiderman). Perhaps I will study an author, reading all that I can from that author and post about their lives and books.
I am open to any ideas, but I will quickly shoot them down if I don't like them.
Ready? Comment.
Perhaps I will watch a company and look at the products it develops or the law suits its involved in. Perhaps I will research spiders and report all that I can find about them (including Spiderman). Perhaps I will study an author, reading all that I can from that author and post about their lives and books.
I am open to any ideas, but I will quickly shoot them down if I don't like them.
Ready? Comment.
How Now Shall We Live part 2
The authors take time to discuss major views of Redemption that are competing in our society. One of these is Marxism. They write:
"...Marxism, though largely discrediteed as a political ideology, is still very much alive and well in Western intellectual life. Reborn as multiculturalism and political correctness, it remains one of the most widespread and influential forms of counterfeit salvation. Government-mandated group rights and other outgrowths of multiculturalism are even being read into the U.S. Constitution, so that though original Marxism never took over our nation, this reborn Marxism may yet do so."
I never thought of multiculturalism as a form of Marxism. But it makes sense.
"...Marxism, though largely discrediteed as a political ideology, is still very much alive and well in Western intellectual life. Reborn as multiculturalism and political correctness, it remains one of the most widespread and influential forms of counterfeit salvation. Government-mandated group rights and other outgrowths of multiculturalism are even being read into the U.S. Constitution, so that though original Marxism never took over our nation, this reborn Marxism may yet do so."
I never thought of multiculturalism as a form of Marxism. But it makes sense.
Saturday, March 04, 2006
How Now Shall We Live part 1
I am currently reading the Chuck Colson/Nancy Pearcey(not to be confused with Palose) book on the Christian Worldview and how it relates to culture. Here is a quick summary as to why we shall never reach utopia in our sinful state of being:
"Of course, nowhere has this vision of scientific utopinanism become a reality. And the reason it continually fails is lodged in the logic of the scientific method itself. If we turn human beings into objects for scientific study, we implicitly assume that they are objects to be manipulated and controlled, like scientific variables. That means we have to deny things like the soul, conscience, moral reasoning, and moral responsibility. And when we apply these assumptions to real social problems, we inevitably dehumanize and demoralize people, placing them at the mercy of social scientists in the employ of the technocratic state. The end result is not utopia but another form of despotism."
"Of course, nowhere has this vision of scientific utopinanism become a reality. And the reason it continually fails is lodged in the logic of the scientific method itself. If we turn human beings into objects for scientific study, we implicitly assume that they are objects to be manipulated and controlled, like scientific variables. That means we have to deny things like the soul, conscience, moral reasoning, and moral responsibility. And when we apply these assumptions to real social problems, we inevitably dehumanize and demoralize people, placing them at the mercy of social scientists in the employ of the technocratic state. The end result is not utopia but another form of despotism."
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