Tag: philosophy
member name: Ian B (in Toronto)
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December 29, 2008 11:59 PM EST --
It's changed over the years and into the decades. When I was young, "religion" had something of a negative association; I was born in the 60s and as I grew up we thought that religion was . . .
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December 17, 2008 09:46 PM EST --
I must admit that I don't keep up with my own posts as much as I do others. And apparently sometimes juicy comments are left with my posts. I usually try to comment on the comments... that seems to . . .
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February 02, 2009 09:16 PM EST --
Have you ever read Fahrenheit 451? It's by Ray Bradbury (born 1920) who is one of the masters of science and speculative fiction in the world: he has been writing for over fifty years. Indeed, this . . .
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December 19, 2008 08:18 PM EST --
I recently read a comment on one of my posts that deserves a longer discussion. It illustrates what I believe is a misunderstanding of the concept of relativity. The comment was:
"The ability . . .
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December 25, 2008 09:52 PM EST --
One of the comments on one of my posts interested me. It said:
"I can understand how Americans and Westerners can simplistically refer to radical Islamics as sub-human, and it is a concern, of course... . . .
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January 03, 2009 08:34 PM EST --
I have a question, that has been stimulated by some of the comments I got on my latest posts. The general question is: does God have a gender? And does it matter? To Him or to you? My thoughts are . . .
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June 06, 2009 01:08 PM EDT --
I "read" (should I say skimmed?) an article this morning that was really nothing but a series of quotes: a video from somewhere else and a series of quotes from the Founding Fathers. The point was to . . .
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January 18, 2009 05:31 PM EST --
A lot of my posts are stimulated... born... inspired... by other things I read on gather. This was one of them. After several weeks away, trying to get ready to teach a class and doing research . . .
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April 30, 2009 11:25 PM EDT --
Someone commented on one of my posts that he believed that it was “okay” to torture. I read the comment and drew a breath; my immediate reaction was rather base. But if one person can leave . . .
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May 02, 2009 03:38 PM EDT --
It must be nice to live in one world while passing legislation in another.
Republican Congresswoman Virginia Foxx was speaking out against the hate crime legislation passed this week, which . . .
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July 04, 2009 01:42 PM EDT --
My first thought when I heard about Governor Palin's resignation was negative, though it had nothing to do with her activities. I don't agree with some of her policies and was glad that she was not . . .
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March 29, 2009 09:59 AM EDT --
Hey guys: I was reading a note written some months ago (I disappear from gather for months at a time and it can take a long time to catch up on email...). This note was pretty short in itself (I have . . .
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April 05, 2009 03:44 PM EDT --
I was just reading a post by Katherine E about a principal who sued MySpace.com for a defamatory website page that was drawn up. It sounds like the law suit is going to be successful, in spite . . .
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March 22, 2009 12:14 PM EDT --
I started writing about the AIG scandal a few days ago: but there were so many opinions floating around that I did not want to add more voices to the confusion. I was not pleased about it: as I can tell . . .
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May 03, 2009 02:18 PM EDT --
I have posted several times on the necessity of being "civil" on gather. I believe it is first of all something I need to do as a follower of my God; and also because of the ethics and morals . . .
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March 01, 2009 03:11 PM EST --
I walked through the Jane-Finch mall during February, which was Black History Month in Canada (and the U.S.) I was pleased to see displays about the contributions of people of African descent. I live . . .
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August 29, 2009 02:44 PM EDT --
A friend of mine on Facebook posted the link below. She actually managed to do a great job of keeping her comments to a minimum. I will admit that I am not quite so... restrained... when it comes to . . .
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