Do we even know what religion is? “This difference between a term that refers despite error and one that refers to nothing is the difference between a bad map of a real country and a map of Atlantis. Only the… Read More »The word ‘religion’ resists definition but remains necessary
This also goes for people today. E.g. terrorist. They believe the shit they talk about. “What I think this show has fallen into is the assumption – almost always made by someone outside a society looking in – that the… Read More »New Acquisitions: How It Wasn’t: Game of Thrones and the Middle Ages, Part II – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Loved the book, didn’t know it was written in a hurry. It is all the better for it. “the Kingdom of Heaven is nothing other than an unrealized possibility: we are merely a realization away from Paradise.” https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/the-light-of-the-brothers-karamazov
Religion did not work like you think it did. “over time, these customs won’t seem so strange anymore. Humans have a tendency to assume that whatever the customs – for instance, for diplomacy – are in our time, that this… Read More »Practical Polytheism, Part I: Knowledge
Yes, he does. But it is quite often still entertaining and insightful “Peterson is someone who believes “a woman is a woman” but will also insist that dragons are every bit as valid as lions.” Is Jordan Peterson Just Making… Read More »Is Jordan Peterson Just Making It Up as He Goes?
The issue with the Bible (and other sacred books) is, that it was written down. Religions tend to evolve with the times, the stories adjusted to the environment and shifts. Once it was written down (and proclaimed as final truth)… Read More »The Issue with the Bible
“mantrou mojej mamy bola veta, že odplatou za hriechy je smrť. A akýkoľvek pôžitok je hriech. Čiže aj hranie sa s hračkami, skladanie lega, pozeranie filmu, čítanie knihy, čokoľvek, čo dieťa teší a čo iní považujú za normálne. Hriechom bolo všetko okrem modlenia… Read More »Odporúčané čítanie: Sektárski rodičia ho mlátili, nesmel čítať knihy, počúvať hudbu ani sa hrať
Ako bývalý predseda a člen OZ ETHOS som bol pozvaný na diskusiu strany SaS na tému Vatikánske zmluvy. Nižšie si môžete pozrieť jej záznam. Diskutovali
Tiež som už pár krát na trhoch stretol moslima. Prvý krát na strednej škole. Bol to spolužiak z Abcházska (to je taká krajinka/nekrajinka, ktorú Rusko odtrhlo od Gruzínska, ale to nie je podstatné). Bol som pár mesiacov v Nemecku, po… Read More »Moslimovia na trhoch
Keď sa na Slovensku vedie debata o manželstve, väčšinou sa vedie v kontexte kresťanského manželstva. Dôležité je uvedomiť si, že manželstvo je univerzálny koncept, ktorý sa objavuje v takmer všetkých kultúrach, a že v každej kultúre a náboženstve má rôzne… Read More »Manželstvo a náboženstvo