hi welcome! feel free to speak your mind here. it's really interesting to meet new cultures. mohamed sayi <mohamedsayi@...> wrote: Dear friends, I am...
Mohamed, welcome, my friend! I'm glad that you've joined the list and I look forward to hearing from you. This list has not seen a lot of activity in the short...
Greetings to the list. I am glad to finally see some activity. Is anyone planning to attend the one-day conference hosted by the Kierkegaard Society of the...
Mohamed, Welcome to the group and take care. Feel free to start discussions or ask questions. We need some good conversations here. Also be sure to check the...
JG, I'm the founder and owner of this group and casual conversation is definitely approved! It was my goal to create a virtual club where those with similar...
Bob, Thanks for the info. UNfortunately I live in the USA and can't make the trip. I hope you'll report back to the group on your activities there, though. I...
Ron, I have not added it, though it also has a good links section too. I am new to this list. Are there other links you would be willing to send in a ...
Hello to all! although I signed in for the group a little while back this is my first time posting. I hope everyone is well and that whatever you are involved...
Thanks for that, Ron! Your Concordians list sounds interesting and I think I will check it out. I had the pleasure of reading Emerson and Thoreau under Carl...
Dear Glen, I am pleased your last week note this morning. This tells me that there are real people out there responding to messages. Thanks. I am sorry for my...
... there are real people out there responding to messages. Thanks. I am sorry for my belated answer. For the past few days I was very busy in maintaining the...
Hi guys whats up? To those of you that have read it what do guys think of Fear and Trembling. I think that it is a great work of philosophy. This book shows...
[Mark] This book shows what could happen when relegion is taken to the extreme. [Me, Don] Are you saying this is Kierkegaard’s point in Fear and Trembling?...
that is the first kierkegaard book that i read.. anyhow i wont directly answer your questions.. .. when u said that a God that asks you to kill your son... i...
Mark, Of course you have to read the story to the end. God prevented him from actually killing his son and provided an alternate sacrifice. The point is that...
roncriss <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Mark, Of course you have to read the story to the end. God prevented him from actually killing his son and provided...
First of all good post, but I do have a response. You're trying to make the story pretty. It makes it very clear in Fear and Trembling and in the bible that...
I haven't read all of The Sickness Unto Death so I can't give a quote that talks about death yet, but I wil give you an important quote from the book. "The...
I'm going to answer your question as Kierkegaard would. Man has one absolute duty and that is to obey God above all else. Gods chosen is the night of faith and...
Mark, First of all Kierkegaard understands this story (Abraham) to be about Abraham's faith much more than it is about the nature of God (which no one really...
Hello Mohamed Sayi and Mark Kierkegaard's belief is the classic Christian one; that physical death is not the end for a person. Life is eternal. The Sickness...
Don are you saying that in Fear and Trembling Kierkegaard doesn't use the name "the knight of faith"? Don Anderson <donand@...> wrote:Mark, First of...
No, I'm not saying that. He *does* talk about "the knight of faith," What I am saying and this may be an over-simplification, is that for Kierkegaard "the...
Dear Don Anderson, Thanks for your response concerning death. What you told me about death is what the Ibrahimic religions, (Christianity,Judaism and Islam)...
Hi Dear Mark, I think the point between Abraham and God was that God wanted to test the faith of Abraham, and also God wanted to leave us an example of a great...
Mark and others, What I failed to say is that I am putting this forward as an idea. I don't mean this to be the last word by any stretch. I want to hear from...
Today I deceided that I would join this group, since I've a renewed interest in the work and philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard. I have always found his works and...
