bookshelves: beat-and-gonzo, currently-reading
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Nickolette
added a quote:
"HOBBES:
If you don't get a goodnight kiss you get Kafka dreams." — Bill Watterson
"HOBBES:
If you don't get a goodnight kiss you get Kafka dreams." — Bill Watterson
Nickolette
added a quote:
"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet." — Franz Kafka
"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet." — Franz Kafka
Nickolette
took the never-ending book quiz.
| questions answered: | 189 |
| correct: | 123 (65.1%) |
| skipped: | 44 |
| best streak: | 8 |
| questions added: | 7 |
bookshelves: beat-and-gonzo
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bookshelves: contemporary
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bookshelves: contemporary, non-fiction
I just love religious arguments.
I remember one of my school mates being my guest around Easter, saying “Ha-ha see Jesus hanging on that tree.” My parents were not shocked, but let’s say pretty surprised by that statement and not in a positive way. Even my father who was never even slightly religious was impressed by the unprecedented lack of respect towards Christ and Christianity.
And that actually is one of the key points in Dawkins’ book -the reverence for religion instead of doubting and disputing it.
Later on I had a wonderful philosophy teacher, though extremely strict. No matter what school of philosophy she was dissecting she seemed equally convincing at them all. Each philosophical movement was a closed integral system and any question could be answered in the context of it. And to me religion was and is just another philosophical movement. When I refer to myself as Christian, all I intend to show is my cultural identity, not so much a world view. That understanding never opposed religion’s ability to excite me and inspire me, nor my striving to be more Christlike.
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bookshelves: non-fiction
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