Sez WhoPreserving Truth Amid PluralismUniversal Value- November 29, 2007 In the previous post, I suggested that modernity has used time as an overriding frame of reference and that the latest ideas, fashions, etc. were usually viewed as the best. But the folly of this modernpostmodern scenario is demonstrated in the American musical Oklahoma where a farm boy returns from the big city, and sings, Everythings up to date in Kansas City. Theyve gone and built a skyscraper seven stories high, and thats about as high as you can go. More to the point was the 20th Centurys..http://jimgeiger.blogspot.com/2007/11/integrating-pluralism-with-universal.html My Journey- November 25, 2007 When I awoke, I was comforted to realize that the jeremiad was just a dream, but then it dawned on me that my dream was a compilation of the actual news stories that I have seen and heard over the last forty years. As I began to reflect on the social changes that had occurred, I realized that a cultural revolution had occurred and that I had witnessed an unprecedented transformation of Western civilization.As a young man, I had been fascinated with politics and even aspired to a career in...http://jimgeiger.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-personal-journey.html The Continuing Nightmare- November 16, 2007 In my continuing nightmare, I saw a society in which violence had become a way of life. Earlier generations had left their doors unlocked, but later generations were obsessed with personal safety. Security had become a major factor in design and construction, and the production of burglar alarms and window bars had become a growth industry.Domestic violence had also become an increasing problem. Instead of settling domestic differences or abiding by court orders, more and more men were guilty...http://jimgeiger.blogspot.com/2007/11/continuing-nightmare.html Violence Goes High Class- November 8, 2007 Say it isn't so...http:youtube.comwatchv=rkuSt2liSpMPreserving Truth Amid Pluralismhttp://jimgeiger.blogspot.com/2007/11/violence-goes-high-class.html The Nightmare- November 7, 2007 Oh woe! Einstein cried out so loud that he awoke himself as well as his wife in the next room. Fearing that he was having a heart attack, she hurried to his side. Whats wrong she whispered.I just had a terrible nightmare, he said, as he wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was the worst dream of my whole life.It must have been bad, she said. You havent said Oh, woe! since they dropped the bomb, and nothing could be that bad.This might be worse than Hiroshima and Nagasaki put together -- it.http://jimgeiger.blogspot.com/2007/11/nightmare.html The Grand Sez Who- November 2, 2007 Yale law professor Arthur Leff found himself caught on the horns of a dilemma when he used the existence or nonexistence of legal standards to present the issue of the "old absolutes" versus the "new relativism." The same issue is presented with the statement that something is either true or not true or right or wrong. To make his point, Leff invoked "the grand sez who" that is identified with both the playgound and the barroom, depending upon the age of the combatants: no matter what one...http://jimgeiger.blogspot.com/2007/11/grand-sez-who.html What Would It Take- November 1, 2007 What would it takeTo change the way people thinkRevisiting the Renaissance,Reviving the Reformation,Reinventing the EnlightenmentPerhaps it's time to considerThe emergence of a new consensusRegarding the meaning of life.Being transformedBy the renewing of the mindIs the purpose of this work, But such things are notFor the faint of heart.Preserving Truth Amid Pluralismhttp://jimgeiger.blogspot.com/2007/11/what-would-it-take.html |