The stuff that I’m learning in my classes is very interesting. It’s making me think outside of class! Imagine that! In “Ideas of God” we’ve been looking at something called “Process Theology” which boiled down to a nutshell could be described as such: The idea of God as what all reality springs forth remains, but [...]
During my Religion & Men class today, one of the points made (by a woman) was that most societies tend to have brutish men. I won’t go into detail regarding the choice of words and inflection, but it showed me that for as much as women are engaging in “Women’s Studies” in colleges and are [...]
Figured I should post the first one I did. ~~ Journal Response #1 Topics: Eclipses, Skepticism and evolution of thought The thought of eclipses made me think of the mathematics of astrology and the inherent order within them. The narrator knew the date for such an eclipse, luckily he was in an area that fell [...]
So in “Ideas of God” today (2/7/08) we discussed the topic of “Theodicy” for John Hick. Theodicy is basically, the justification of the ways of God to man. Especially in the “problem of Evil”. Eg: Why do bad things happen to good people? If God is so good, why does he let bad things happen? [...]
This is my second journal assignment for my astrology class. These might be a bit vague in context since it would take a lot to explain for those who aren’t taking the class, but if there are any questions, let me know. ~~~ Topics: Eliade’s Sacred and Profane, Sproul’s take on myth and Gleiser’s cosmology. [...]
I was watching Enterprise, and it occured to me, that although they’ve explained away the fact that most of the aliens speak english (Universal Translator) they never get to the idea of time. What I mean, is time being an arbitrary decision. An hour is a collection of 60 minutes. A minute is a collection [...]
Things are looking interesting for this upcoming semester. My schedule is Monday and Thursday, from 11:10 pretty much straight through til 5:25 The Sacred Sky: Astrology in World Religions Religion & Men Religious meaning of Love & Sex Ideas of God in the West after World War 2 The last three classes are taught by [...]