I thought I would check it out here, not a lot of activity I see. I would be interested in knowing who the contemporary heirs of S.K. are; are such heirs...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Apr 5, 2009 7:39 pm
Good to hear from you -- could you give us a preferred name so I could address you directly? Anyway, in my opinion, the issues you address (consciousness...
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jimstuart46
Apr 6, 2009 7:29 pm
Either what Jim Rovira writes in his post or what I write here. Kierkegaard died in 1855, Darwin's "The Origin of Species" was published in 1959. Darwin's idea...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Apr 6, 2009 8:00 pm
Jim S -- Good to see you here again, Jim. I'm not sure Darwin was necessary to conceive of a world without God. Obviously: Kierkegaard wrote about atheism in...
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ms.woody956
Apr 6, 2009 10:14 pm
... Regardless, it seems to me at least, that the real question is not whether we can believe in a god, subjective or otherwise, but whether we can in the God...
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jimstuart46
Apr 6, 2009 10:44 pm
Ms Woody, What do you mean by the "modern or post-modern consciousness"? Are these two distinct types of consciousness? If so, how would you characterize each...
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ms.woody956
Apr 7, 2009 12:02 am
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Apr 7, 2009 12:21 am
Not sure if I fully understand you, Ms. Woody (your name?), but let me guess -- are you talking about those who accept science as mythology and have only a...
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jimstuart46
Apr 7, 2009 5:39 am
Ms Woody, It may be the very air you breath in, but are you happy breathing this air? Does it refresh and invigorate or choke and hurt? Do you have a need for...
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Donald Anderson
nancyanddonray
Apr 7, 2009 8:01 am
Hi Jim, Good to see you again. I see a very big difference between modernism and postmodernism, as big a difference as I see between Hegel and Kierkegaard....
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Apr 7, 2009 11:51 am
Yep, I didn't want to touch the modern/postmodern part of this discussion becomes it becomes increasingly difficult to avoid speaking in clichés. These terms...
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jimstuart46
Apr 7, 2009 12:42 pm
Ms Woody, Another thought occurred on re-reading your post: Your last sentence seems to imply that you think that perhaps we have no choice but to view the...
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Mark Woodworth
ms.woody956
Apr 7, 2009 5:04 pm
Jim: Â Â Â Â Â Let me be perfectly honest, I mean as honest as I dare to be. I am trying to extricate myself from the consciousness of which I wrote before,...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Apr 7, 2009 5:17 pm
Thanks for this post, Mark. I know you were responding to the other Jim (Jim S), but I wanted to say this. Jim R...
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Teresa Riley
selahhhhhhh
Apr 7, 2009 5:34 pm
Mark, I'm also just sticking my nose in here where it doesnt' belong. Feel free to ignore my comments or take them as rhetorical, ok? Have you ever tried...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Apr 7, 2009 5:48 pm
Teresa -- we have had long and drawn out discussions about K's relationship to Christianity/Christendom on this forum. I think K distinguishes between...
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Mark Woodworth
ms.woody956
Apr 7, 2009 6:20 pm
Teresa:   First of all let me say that in my view you absolutely do belong .    Yes, I have read both WOL and PUHITWOT.     What about the...
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jimstuart46
Apr 8, 2009 11:42 am
Mark, Good for you! Thinking is not easy for any of us. I am sure you are as well equipped as the next person. Both Kierkegaard and Nietzsche think and write...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Apr 8, 2009 2:24 pm
Mark: In my opinion, Jim S is about 99% right. But that one percent that he seems to miss -- mind you, only seems to in my opinion, I could be wrong -- is...
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Mark Woodworth
ms.woody956
Apr 8, 2009 3:05 pm
Jim: Â Â Â Â I'll take that as a vote of confidence even knowing that the "next person" might very well be a pretentious moron. ...
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Teresa Riley
selahhhhhhh
Apr 8, 2009 3:11 pm
HI Mark - Thanks for your kind welcome. I hesitate to contribute because I don't have the time to do so extremely well. It's been almost 2 years since I've...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Apr 8, 2009 3:41 pm
General reminder: First sign of sock puppets or direct personal attacks and I will start moderating posts. Jim R...
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jimstuart46
Apr 8, 2009 4:57 pm
Teresa, You write: "… we don't set aside intellect to be in relationship with our creator. Rather, we love him with all our mind by wrestling through the...
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Mark Woodworth
ms.woody956
Apr 8, 2009 5:20 pm
Jim:   I'm not sure what you mean by sock puppets, but I would hope there is enough of a sense of humor here to accommodate a little sarcasm. If it was my...
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Teresa Riley
selahhhhhhh
Apr 8, 2009 6:01 pm
Hi Jim, I'm not meaning to suggest that using our intellect means K believes we arrive at all the answers. I worded that loosely. Kierkegaard if anyone loved...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Apr 8, 2009 6:08 pm
You're alright Mark. I'm responding to the history of the group and not to you personally, even though your post did prompt the reminder. I apologize for not...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Apr 8, 2009 6:30 pm
Teresa -- In my reading of K, and what I think K (well, Climacus) was getting at in the text Jim S. quoted, is that the key here is our response to the ...
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Teresa Riley
selahhhhhhh
Apr 8, 2009 7:06 pm
Yep, I agree with everything you said, Jim R. My point to Mark (if I had one) was to tell Mark that even according to K. its not a contradiction to use your...
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Mark Woodworth
ms.woody956
Apr 10, 2009 8:03 pm
  >As a Catholic I will confess that during Lent I have failed to go to confession , something which is more or less mandatory to the penitent...
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James Rovira
jamesrovira
Apr 11, 2009 1:43 am
Interesting post. I'm fasting self-control for Lent and let me tell you...it is Exhausting. Jim R...
