Comments | aparecida: Why I am not a Christian, aparecida version

aparecida

Why I am not a Christian, aparecida version

Sep 09, 2006 11:40

(This is a public clone of my friendslocked post, for lostcosmonaut's linking purposes ( Read more... )

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Coming over from MZA's page... uberdionysus September 12 2006, 20:16:22 UTC

Glad you unlocked this. It was good, but I already agree with you. To me, believers seem like adults who still believe in Santa Clause. Their belief seems alien and doesn't make sense to me on any level.

maria_sputnik September 20 2006, 08:40:14 UTC

I've always found the argument that there are no ethics outside of religion to be bizarre. But I'm curious what you mean about the internal-critique method?

For better or worse, my own ethical decisions are made instinctively rather than with a method, so I'm curious to hear about a more formal Godless process of ethics.

aparecida September 20 2006, 16:57:36 UTC

An external criticism of a belief system is one that is based upon the standards or words of a separate belief system. For example, a Christian criticism of Sartre. Internal criticism, by contrast, applies the standards of a given belief system to critique the same system. For example, Foucault was a misogynist fuck, but I can look at his own writings and say that women are oppressed in precisely the ways he describes. It's a technique that's particularly persuasive and powerful.

I'm not explaining that well, I don't think.

mellivora September 20 2006, 16:49:31 UTC

Hi there. I think I would enjoy your journal. Would you mind adding me? I saw your comment on Mike's (lj user=alchemi) entry about the perky blonde and thought we might have some things in common.

aparecida September 20 2006, 17:15:50 UTC

I've added you. And, yes, reading over your journal, I see so, so much that looks familiar. It's totally appalling the way women are expected to apologize for their own attractiveness and sexuality.

jamie_miller January 30 2007, 02:31:43 UTC

I added you.

jamie_miller January 30 2007, 03:58:54 UTC

jamie_miller January 30 2007, 11:00:22 UTC

Years back? Like around 1989?

If you've looked at my journal already then you've figured out that I'm back teaching at Manual now.

aparecida January 31 2007, 01:35:24 UTC

Later than that. I used to know some Bardstown Road / hardcore type kids, which I think is why your name sounds familiar.

I must congratulate you on joining the very small ranks of younger Manual teachers. I can only think of four from my time there and I know at least two of those have since left.