It’s an interesting thing, hope. It isn’t really an emotion. It certainly isn’t a strategy. (That’s a motto in my job: hope is not a strategy!) An attitude? I actually think it is something more, something deeper, than a mere attitude.
Hope is a belief, in the possibility of a better future. More fundamental than a [...]
Entries from December 2008
Hope
December 27th, 2008 · 12 Comments
Categories: Worldviews
Tags: Happiness · Hope · Karl Marx
Language Barriers and World Peace!
December 16th, 2008 · 12 Comments
Europe typically seems quite open-minded and accepting of diverse cultures. There are so many reasons why this may be, from the second world war, to the philosophers they’ve had, to the worldly experience of being colonialists (and possibly learning the problems with it and suffering reverse colonisation). But I’m no historian, so I will refrain [...]
Categories: Culture
Tags: Communication · Language
Blue Man Group on Global Warming
December 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments
I long wondered what the Blue Man Group was. Those blue-head posters… the name of the group… just the kind of thing to pique my curiosity. Possibly first heard them back in April, from a friend’s ipod or CD or something, can’t remember for sure though.
And then, earlier this week, I came across this, “Earth [...]
Categories: Religion and Science
Tags: Blue Man Group · Global Warming
Commenting Policy version 0.8
December 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments
In the previous post, I mentioned I prefer sanity to be found within the context of relationship, rather than by rules. In particular, I would like this to be the case for this site: I would have loved to have no rules or guidelines. But this isn’t a closed community, and while anyone on the [...]
Categories: Humanity & Community
Tags: Comments · Community
Anarchy, Libertarianism, Capitalism, Socialism
December 6th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Within certain contexts, I’m quite a fan of anarchy. I believe relationships should be driven out of values and mutual respect, and hence not need rules. The point at which humanity moved away from anarchy, required a government, was when our social groups became too big to be supported by social relationships. (Ponder, Dunbar’s number?)
Depending [...]
Categories: Culture
Tags: Anarchy · Capitalism · Free Market · Libertarianism · Socialism
So you think you want to try Christianity? – by RLP
December 1st, 2008 · 58 Comments
The next post I’m writing will quite possibly turn into a series. I need to let some of the words and ideas mature in my head, maybe rewrite it once or twice. So I’m leaving you with this for the time being.
Real Live Preacher wrote a post a couple of weeks ago, titled So you [...]
Categories: Religion and Science
Tags: Christianity · Prayer · Ritual · RLP


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