Thursday, March 14, 2013

Christianity:

the religion derived from Jesus Christ, based on the Bible as sacred scripture, and professed by Eastern, Roman Catholic, and Protestant bodies

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Jeff believes in Christianity.
Christianity has always been a hot topic.
Christianity is more than a religion.

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History of Christianity

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Alot of people claim to be a Christian, which usually means they believe in Christianity. I think the term is usually used negatively now a days in our society because of a decent number of people that don't legitimently follow the teachings and lessons of the Bible, and end up just being judgmental and have a false sense of "higherbeing". This isnt how it should be, or how I believe God/Jesus intended it to be..This would end up being a very long report instead of a paragraph if i continued, so i will leave it at dont judge the term Christianity based on the poor examples that claim to be so, but base it on the idea and the concept that real Christ-Followers portray.

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Monism

Monism:

is a philosophical position which argues that the variety of existing things can be explained in terms of a single reality or substance.

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Monism is opposed to Dualism or Pluralism
monism is often a crucial part of pantheism and panentheism
Monism is the school of thought that all existence is universally one thing

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Monism Vs. Dualism

Monism In a Nutshell

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Technically the concept of all things really being one thing could be applied to many religions. Some denominations of Christianity believe God exists in someway everywhere and is found in all things, so this would be Monism to some extent. Also this plays a role in Pantheism as well, since in Pantheists believe all things are god, which would mean all things are ultimately the same.

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Atheism

Atheism:

a disbelief in the existence of deitys or the supernatural phenomenon

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Johnny is an Atheist
“Your petitioners are atheists and they define their beliefs as follows."
The exact meaning of 'atheist' varies between thinkers..

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Legitimate Atheism

Define Atheism

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Alot of people claim to be Atheist to use the title to fight against Christianity, and vice versa..However a defined Atheist is someone who doesn't believe in the supernatural, which includes elves, ghosts, apparitions, etc. So if you are an Atheist this means you just see whats physically there and thats it to what you decide is real or not.

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Humanism

Humanism:

is a group of philosophies and ethical perspectives which emphasize the value and agency of human beings

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The term humanism can be ambiguously diverse
the term Humanism often used as a byword for non-theistic beliefs about ideas such as meaning and purpose
The term "humanism" is ambiguous

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Thoughts on Humanism

Humanism Debate

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Humanism is an approach to life based on reason and our common humanity. The idea of distinguishing how we can better improve ourselves, and differ what things are controlled by us or by higher figures, both godly and worldly. What extent can we improve our living, social, physical, emotion characteristics or that of our society as well.

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Machiavelli

Machiavelli:

was a political philosopher in Renaissance Italy

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Relatively little is known for certain about Machiavelli's early life
Machiavelli was born 3 May 1469 in Florence and at a young age became a pupil of a renowned Latin teacher
Machiavelli's enforced retirement led him to other literary activities

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Machiavelli Biography

Machiavelli Quotes

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Machiavelli was the man that came up with the idea behind the saying, "..use any means necessary..". He was a war adviser, and good at attaining and controling power through various means. He believed power was earned not granted because of a birthright or your place in society.

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Skepticism

Skepticism:

an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object

Sample Sentences:

Everyone is just another skeptic.
Skeptics and Optimists clash very easily.
Although there's some truth in skepticism its usually negative.

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Atheism and Skepticism?

Healthy Skepticism

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I use skepticism at times but only to be sarcastic. There are however people that use skepticism far more than for a joke, complete seriousness against a subject. Whether that be religion, meaning of life, or any other various life problem or ethical issue, theres always gonna be one of those guys that disagrees.

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Nietzsche

Nietzsche:

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a German philosopher of the late 19th century who challenged the foundations of Christianity and traditional morality.

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Nietzsche lived from 1844–1900
In 1879, Friedrich Nietzsche began to suffer increasingly from health problems and was forced to give up his teaching position.
Friedrich Nietzsche was born in Saxony in 1844 to Lutheran parents.

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Nietzsche Quotes

Nietzsche Biography

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Something weird that happened is Nietzsche started to become ill. In 1889, Friedrich Nietzsche was found in the streets of Turin, Italy, weeping and embracing an old horse. It has been suggested that the cause of his mental and physical decline was a case of syphilis, and Nietzsche spent the remaining years of his life in peaceful obscurity under the care of his sister.

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Materialism

Materialism:

a belief or way of life that the only or the highest values or objectives lie in material well-being and in the furtherance of material progress

Sample Sentences:

Betty over there is very materialistic.
The Dragon in Grendel was materialistic about treasure.
Materialism is extreme value in earthly possesions.

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Cultural Materialism

Consumerism Vs. Materialism

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The idea of materialism is that worth or value you find in life is derived through the amount of physical things you've obtained. The more stuff you have, the more expensive the stuff is, the better you are is basically what materialism teaches.

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Existentialism

Existentialism:

A philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regards human existence as unexplainable, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one's acts.

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Most existentialists believe in free will and human freedom and that we create our own reality
Existentialism is more subjectively oriented than objectively oriented.
Existentialism can be enthusiasts

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Main Ideas of Existentialism

Existentialism Questions

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Existentialists examine what it means to exist as a human being in the world, and existentialists believe that understanding who we are as human beings is the key to understanding the world. The term existentialism is a broad one; the diverse forms it takes generally have some common themes:

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Solipsism

Solipsism:

is the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist

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Solipsists believe their own experiences define what happens around them.
Solipsism is purely internal thought about the external.
Solipsism is very interesting to think about.

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Solipsism Basics

Test Your Solipsist Skills

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Solipsism is the basic idea that only one thinking person exists and everything else doesnt exist unless we are directly in contact with it, and even still its only like a "mental projection". Similar to the matrix and how that thought process is perceived to the people in the matrix.

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Albert Camus

Albert Camus:

Albert Camus was a representative of non-metropolitan French literature.

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In 1949 Camus had a relapse of his tuberculosis, and he locked himself in seclusion to write.
Albert Camus was born in Mondovi, Algeria in 1913.
Albert died in 1960

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Camus Biography

Camus Quotes

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Camus was a very influential, strong and outspoken writer. His views often matched with that of the people he was in society with at the time. Originally from Algeria, he briefly lived in Paris before the start of WWII, but then left and went to North Africa to flee the invasion.

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David Hume

David Hume:

Better known for his treatments of philosophy, history, and politics, the Scottish philosopher David Hume also made several essential contributions to economic thought against British Merchantilism

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Hume fought again Britsih merchantilism.
Hume showed that the increase in domestic prices due to the gold inflow would discourage exports and encourage imports.
David Hume knew what he was talking about when it came to economy.

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Hume Biography

Hume Quotes

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Like i said before Hume was known for his treatments of philosophy, history, and politics, the Scottish philosopher David Hume also made several essential contributions to economic thought against British Merchantilism. That's a big deal since he was living during the height of that economy during the early 1700s. He was able to see the deception England was intertwining throughout the economy at the time that the average colonist didn't realize and would then share his knowledge to help prevent a swindle.

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Jean-Pierre Sartre

Jean-Pierre Sartre:

He stressed the importance of focusing on the positive qualities in people and how that especially effected the business world.

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Sartre believed in existentialism
Jean-Pierre actually won a Noble Peace Prize in Literature
Sartre died sorta recently, the 15th of April 1980

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Sartre Quotes

Sartre Biography

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Jean-Pierre Sartre was mainly known as was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. Like Maslow, he was a busy guy.

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Abraham Maslow

Abraham Maslow:

He stressed the importance of focusing on the positive qualities in people and how that especially effected the business world.

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Maslow is famous for his "Maslow Triangle".
Maslow's Triangle is better known as the hierarchy of needs.
Abraham Maslow was born in New York in 1908 and died in 1970

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Maslow's Biography

Hierarchy of Needs

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Abraham Maslow developed the Hierarchy of Needs model in 1940-50s USA, and the Hierarchy of Needs theory remains valid today for understanding human motivation, management training, and personal development. Indeed, Maslow's ideas surrounding the Hierarchy of Needs concerning the responsibility of employers to provide a workplace environment that encourages and enables employees to fulfil their own unique potential

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

A famous German poet and politician in the late 17th century

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe died in 1832.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe produced many works of literature.

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Goethe Quotes

Goethe's Biography

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a very busy guy. Was said to be a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theater director, critic, and amateur artist, considered the greatest German literary figure of the modern era.

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Samuel Beckett

Beckett:

was an Irish playwright, poet and novelist best known for his play Waiting for Godot.

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Samuel Beckett died in 1989.
Samuel Beckett wrote Waiting for Godot.
Samuel Beckett reminds me of the name David Beckham.

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Who is Beckett?

Philosophy in Poems

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Beckett studied for his Bachelor's degree in French and Italian at Trinity College, Dublin, in the years 1923-27. For a short time, Beckett taught Romance languages. Something really interesting I found out was one time on his way home with some friends one night in 1938, Beckett was stabbed by a pimp in the street. The blade just missed his heart, but one of his lungs was punctured and he was rushed to hospital. He did survive. When WWII came around he joined the resistance against the Nazis and worked in an intelligence network codenamed "Gloria".

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Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal:

Mathematician, philosopher of the 17th century

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Blaise Pascal made the discovery of whats now the Pascal Triangle.
A very smart man lived in the 1700s and his name was Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal was born on 19 June 1623 in the town of Clermont in Auvergne, France. .

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Who is Blaise?

What Did He Do?

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Blaise Pascal was a mathematician, philosopher, and physicist in 17th century France. He made significant contributions to the mathematical and scientific world from a very young age before turning his attentions to religion and philosophy after a dramatic conversion at the age of 31. Pascal gave his name to several important mathematical and scientific concepts, and his religious works are considered masterpieces of the French language.