bread_pirate_naan
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« Reply #300 on: April 27, 2009, 07:32:37 PM » |
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Culture is NOT the same as religion. Religion is NOT the same as culture. Religion is, however, present in all aspects of culture, to varying degrees, largely because religion has been foundational in the construction of the dominant worldviews of a given culture.
Let's add proof by assertion and non-supported explanation to the logical exercises to work on. Slap on a lesson or two in causality while you're at it. Oh, come now. There's no need for snarky condescension. Besides, your criticisms are lightweight compared to the kind of crap being lobbed around by the scholars who are battling this stuff out in some weird Religious Studies Armageddon. Actually they are spot on because argumentation in every discipline is more or less subject to these standards. Wiping away all the boring philosophy/logic yawns, See above. the idea that religion exists in, and/or influences, every aspect of culture only works if you define religion by what it does, rather than by what it is. If you do the <yawn> logic stuff that seems so uncool in comparison to your fancy studies discipline, you will realize you have framed your question in terms of causality.
Modified to add. Rosicrucian libraries and related topics in the sordid underbelly of intellectual life might take a trip to the Random Thoughts thread. Cheers. |
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« Reply #301 on: April 27, 2009, 09:39:56 PM » |
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Modified to add.
Rosicrucian libraries and related topics in the sordid underbelly of intellectual life might take a trip to the Random Thoughts thread.
Cheers.
Oh, I dunno. Culture, religion, Hegel, Rosicrucians, Voodoo, they are all an improvement on where this thread started out. No need to jump ship. We have improved the ship. And now we have Armageddon, snarky condescension, eschatology and the sordid underbelly of intellectual life. I love it. See, OP, Jaber, I hope you found something to reflect on here. Once you get past worrying about other people's sexual practices, you get a PhD and talk about stuff like this. This is heaven. |
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« Reply #302 on: April 28, 2009, 12:06:50 AM » |
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Of course, in that case, religion can be any damn thing you or I want it to be. It's all up for grabs. Which serves the purpose really well, don't you think? In another thread we've learned that Religious Studies is being transformed into the Department of Waterology. - DvF |
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« Reply #303 on: April 28, 2009, 12:15:32 AM » |
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Of course, in that case, religion can be any damn thing you or I want it to be. It's all up for grabs. Which serves the purpose really well, don't you think? In another thread we've learned that Religious Studies is being transformed into the Department of Waterology. - DvF Well, that just stinks. I'm an historian of religions, but my work is almost exclusively about land. Rats. |
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« Reply #304 on: April 28, 2009, 08:25:47 AM » |
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Of course, in that case, religion can be any damn thing you or I want it to be. It's all up for grabs. Which serves the purpose really well, don't you think? In another thread we've learned that Religious Studies is being transformed into the Department of Waterology. - DvF Well, that just stinks. I'm an historian of religions, but my work is almost exclusively about land. Rats. I've already started to redefine my specialization. It's all about spin. |
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« Reply #305 on: April 28, 2009, 08:39:12 AM » |
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Of course, in that case, religion can be any damn thing you or I want it to be. It's all up for grabs. Which serves the purpose really well, don't you think? In another thread we've learned that Religious Studies is being transformed into the Department of Waterology. - DvF Well, that just stinks. I'm an historian of religions, but my work is almost exclusively about land. Rats. I've already started to redefine my specialization. It's all about spin. Don't need to. Let's just go back to Earth, Air, Fire and Water Studies. Everyone fits in there somewhere. |
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« Reply #306 on: April 30, 2009, 07:58:43 AM » |
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Of course, in that case, religion can be any damn thing you or I want it to be. It's all up for grabs. Which serves the purpose really well, don't you think? In another thread we've learned that Religious Studies is being transformed into the Department of Waterology. - DvF Well, that just stinks. I'm an historian of religions, but my work is almost exclusively about land. Rats. I've already started to redefine my specialization. It's all about spin. Don't need to. Let's just go back to Earth, Air, Fire and Water Studies. Everyone fits in there somewhere. Um, what about the fifth element? Some of us fit better in the ether or void. |
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If you haven't got either the anatomical or metaphorical balls to post your own question on a pseudonymous internet forum, then academia is the wrong job for you.
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« Reply #307 on: April 30, 2009, 08:46:02 PM » |
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Um, what about the fifth element? Some of us fit better in the ether or void. Only works if you really, really like the color orange. - DvF |
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