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“And this is also what he takes Christian doctrine, in all its complexity, to be centrally about, that is, teaching an attitude rather than a set of propositions. Call it joyous openness to life. What's not relevant about that?” quote by George Pattison — Download Open image

“And this is also what he takes Christian doctrine, in all its complexity, to be centrally about, that is, teaching an attitude rather than a set of propositions. Call it joyous openness to life. What's not relevant about that?”

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I'm not sure if Cupitt himself still uses this term, but it's useful in suggesting that, actually, there are more choices than the choice between nihilism and faith. In fact, the issue may not be faith as such but the fact that for millennia, Christianity has buttressed itself with a particular kind of metaphysics that has now seemingly reached the…

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When I'm on the operating table, I'm happy for the surgeon to treat me as a machine, but the moment I return to consciousness I have other needs and aspirations that should be recognized. We're not here only to survive or extend our individual or species life but to do something seemingly more difficult, for which I've used words and…

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But why should a religious person be interested in a work like Heidegger's that many regard as the epitome of nihilism? For a start,…

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And perhaps this has to do with what I sense is a turning away from the idea of religion as being about conserving a…

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, there's a paradox here! Kierkegaard's own indirect communication proposes that we start with the experience of those who don't believe and meet them on their own ground. His success in doing this is evidenced by the fact that, at least for some periods of the 20th century, aspects of his work became a major focus for radical thinkers…

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I think he [Heidegger] sets the question up in a useful way and, despite appearances, he's not 'against' technology. He just wants us to…

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I still read a lot about teenage angst! Of course, any kind of mourning CAN become pathological and then it 'has to stop', but…

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But my point is that 'the death of God' is not something like the Battle of Waterloo or Magna Charta. It's not a historic…

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Barth's approach tears up any possibility of dialogue between faith and unfaith or between theology and other human sciences. Theology just says what it…

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But, inevitably, as he [Kierkegaard] approaches what we might call his Christocentric climax many readers drop off. Many scholars just leave that part of…

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Essentially I see the new atheism as largely part of the crisis of the left. Having failed to carry through its agenda in relation…

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In brief, I regard love as a more decisive focus of meaning than death. In terms of Heidegger's argument, this is because I think he misdescribes the importance of the deaths of others and focuses exclusively on my relation to my own death. But, in reality, the deaths of others have a more urgent and immediate impact on our lives…

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Success will come when the societal attitude changes and not a single woman in America asks herself the question 'What did I do?'.

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“Good Seeds! Gratitude is the Greatest Attitude that has no Substitute.”

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Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes about being gay and Christian across denominations is at once timely, smart, poignant, disturbing, inspiring, and maddening. It's essential reading for anyone who cares about the rights of the LGBTQ community to be treated as equal citizens at…

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One genuine reason to feel jealous of my parents:-) I will never ever have a kid as awesome as their's...

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I'm optimistic Hong Kong will achieve universal suffrage - no matter the attitude of Beijing.

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My attitude it that you don't give in.

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Transparency pertains to impartial behavior, implies openness, communication, and accountability. Inculcate transparency in attitude and experience a life free of controversy and blame

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