Chapter 8 1. What is the function of a definition? The function of a definition is to provide a reference to what one is talking about. 2. What issues are at...
The concise answers to the questions, I much appreciate. They leave very little room for misunderstanding. With regard to the following (and Balu's book) ... ...
Folks, You may be aware that Rajiv Malhotra of the Infinity Foundation and Dr. Vijay Prashad of Trinity college have initiated an online debate, one side...
... of ... That ... terms ... Interestingly, English has two semantic forces--desiderative(will, not mental) and expectative(mental). In fact, English ad hoc...
to vnr" vnr1995@... so what........??? say more Yahoo! India Mobile: Ringtones, Wallpapers, Picture Messages and more.Download now. [Non-text portions of...
I guess, you are a bit annoyed by my post. I just shared with the group, so that it may help anybody studying the influence of religion on language....
Sorry if my letter made you feel that you are not making any point just by drawing one’s attention to some ‘rarely talked about feature of the English...
Sorry if my letter made you feel that you are not making any point just by drawing one’s attention to some ‘rarely talked about feature of the English...
Chapter 9 1. What is the characterization of religion? Religion is an explanatorily intelligible account of both Cosmos and itself. This means that the two...
"Friendship and encouragement" are Christian virtues it seems, and not among pagan virtues! http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/21/national/21RELI.html? RELIGION...
... figure, ... Heathens were waiting for messaiah in order to be saved from the clutches of Devil before the arrival of Jesus Christ. In this way, Christian...
It would be interesting to answer the question of whether or not LOTR is a religious story by testing against the definition 'religion is an explanatorily...
... the ... That is a good thought. Here's my first-time take on it. I have seen only the first two parts...so my conclusions can be skewed due to it. As I see...
It is like asking to show the relationship between "liberty" and EIA. Instead we should ask how Lord of Rings influenced by Religion. Such verbiage as chaos...
Asking wether LOTR is a religous story is, in my opinion, not a fruitful question. Firstly, there is a certain ambiguity. Are we trying to establish wether...
... I agree with what you say. That was my initial reaction too. However, on second thoughts...what is the USE of a theory in the real-world terms - predicting...
Satya asks: "It would be interesting to answer the question of whether or not LOTR is a religious story by testing against the definition 'religion is an ...
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Feb 26, 2004 10:02 am
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Hi, In regard with configurations of learning, could one describe a cultural phenomenon like LOTR as a "didactical device" that both represents and –by doing...
Part of the narration of the story of Rama within Tulasidaasa Ramayana is S= hiva narrating the story to Parvati. And there is a chain of narration, also g=...
It seems to me that the characters in LOTR act like religious people who are unaware of God! Their own accounts of the chain of events in Middle Earth often...
... in ... religous ... Dear Jochem, The Matrix would have to be said to resemble an EIA in that the plot of the Matrix narrates an account that fuses both ...
A movie is not a religion, nevertheless it is an artifact simply in a different technology from a book, but not substantially different from it. A book or...
How can we interpret Salman Rushdie and his "Satanic Verses" in the light of 'The Heathen and His Blindness?' I read in an article of Dr. Vermeulen that the...
patriciagheysens
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... Losing faith does not make one heathen. Heathens are indifferent to others' ways, but Rushdies, modern atheists and seculars are not. The latter group is...
Regarding History, Balu wrote on sulekha as follows: [Quote] 1. What is history? In the first place, it is the subject matter of historiography, which is what...
Pinched off the web, (http://www.sulekha.com/expressions/columncomments.asp? pg=7&cid=305916) --A teaser: Is Secularism a religion??? "Is secularism a...
I came by the book by Ralph Woods, "The Gospel According to Tolkein : Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-Earth", in the new books' shelf at the library. No...
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