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  1. Mustaphile

    Can we learn without love? (thoughts on a lecture I heard today)

    So I was listening to a lecturer on Russian Literature talk about Tolstoy. A theme that pops up on Tolstoy's work is the idea that when we try to teach people and get frustrated, impatient and lack empathy for them, the student doesn't learn This was expressed in Prince Bolkonski trying to...
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    Third day without cigarettes. I've had this good feeling before.

    In 2011, I gave up cigarettes (thirty years of smoking). Five years later, I started smoking a few cigars. 2 years after that, I found myself smoking nearly a packet a day of cigarettes. One year of smoking cigarettes, again, and now I'm three days with no cigarettes. It always surprises me...
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    The 'Culture War'. Is it real?

    I probably spend too much time on Twitter and YouTube, so this might not have any meaning to some people. People talk of a 'Culture War' defined by identity politics and a growing divide between progressive and conservative viewpoints. I get a sense that the radicals have hijacked the debate...
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    What are you reading/listening to/watching right now?

    What books/audiobooks/videos have you been indulging in lately? I purchased an audiobook of The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis. My mother sent me The Book of Secrets by Deepak Chopra. (I'm only in the first chapter at the moment) I think it is interesting how they both emphasize an...
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    Jordan Peterson. Do you love him? Do you hate him? Have you heard of him?

    Jordan Peterson, a clinical psychologist from University of Toronto, has been lecturing about ideas that are building a bridge between science and religion. Lately for reasons totally unrelated to this he has become a YouTube sensation. I've been following his lectures online from the days he...
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    What effect does the rate of technological change have on our institutions?

    I'm 53 now, and I definitely feel like I'm living in a world that is moving very fast. The rapidity of change is so fast, it is hard to envision what the future holds or how to integrate change. This has become an interesting theme for me to ponder. Religious ideas have been maintained...
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    What is the level of activity like on Christian Forums?

    I've been absent for a long time. I was active over 8 years ago. I'm curious what the level of activity is like in comparison to those times or in recent times. What is your perception of the health of Christian Forums as a website?
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    I'm Imagining a different forum.....

    Imagine a place where people could all come together and say what they felt moved to say without fear of banishment or exclusion. What a balanced place that would be. Hmmm..now I think about it, maybe that place already exists. I think they call it, Reddit.com. At least it seems a good...
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    A quick hello and goodbye.

    I've just stumbled upon old registration details for this forum. It's interesting to read the things I was discussing so many years ago. :) A big hello to all those who might remember me, and greetings to those I have never met. :D
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    Brooklyn Prof in Godless Shocker - Article

    Brooklyn Prof in Godless Shocker Something I stumbled across on the internet.... I think the thing that I find disconcerting about this article is that it is such a foreign concept for me to see this type of debate on a persons lack of religion when contemplating their suitability for an...
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    Countdown to my trip to the U.S. :)

    In 27 days I'll be hopping on a plane to visit a lady in Indiana. :thumbsup: I've been waiting for this day for well over 18 months now. We met about 8 years ago online and have met in person here in Australia. Now its time for me to travel over to there. I'm getting excited. :)
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    Has anyone here ever contributed to a wiki?

    I'm curious whether there are any aspiring wiki editors amongst the participants in this Writers Guild forum. Has anyone ever contributed to one of the many wikis online?
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    A New Kind of Old Christian (article)

    A New Kind of Old Christian, by Brian McLaren at Christianity Today Something interesting to read
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    Seebs is a googlism.

    http://www.googlism.com/index.htm :D :thumbsup:
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    Advice on Modernist Christianity at wikipedia (it needs work)

    I've just been browsing over wikipedia and it seems that liberal or progressive christianity is falling under the banner of 'modernist christianity'. The article is deficient in so many ways it's hard to put my finger on it. Anyone got any idea what type of things they would like to see in an...
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    Cool discussions going on in Liberal Theology....

    I've just dragged myself out of the Spong thread in LT. I was going to go to bed, but that thread had me staying up a bit longer reading. :) I like the open theism one too.
  17. Mustaphile

    I am alive to your private world and I want to share it with you.

    What feelings does this statement evoke in you?
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    I've developed an obsession for wikipedia....

    I was mucking around installing new extensions for my firefox browser and came across a wikipedia toolbar. Of course having installed it, I just had to go check out what it does. Then the obsession began....... Suddenly I'm writing and researching my local history...for hours on end...
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    Kierkegaard, a new biography. "That Single Individual".

    http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0509,polt,61584,10.html
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    Throw me a frickin' bone!

    Anyone seen any threads lately in which people are actually talking to each other, rather than talking at each other? I want to read something that's challenging, interesting and edifying. It might just be me. Maybe I'm going into a downcycle emotionally. :)