I believe sin is more than a Godly creation; it is a human invention that was created to keep the human species in line previous to modern law. ... If the punishment is directly decided by the sin then all these are perfect because they have to do with not be...
Niebuhr raises the question of whether or not it is possible to achieve perfect justice. He also questions why anyone should strive for perfect justice if it is unachievable. ... Rationalists believe perfect justice is achievable through reason. ... Niebuhr states that over time, modern society grew and became a lot more hierarchical, which created less equality. ... There is an exception but these organizations are rare and still cannot achieve perfect justice. ...
While most modern religions tend to be a little of both, those that encourage natural gender roles tend to be more fundamental in belief while those that seek to control these natural tendencies tend to be more modern (or "western"). ... Although this type of ritual may seem primitive to the modern western world, it is very advantageous to reproduction and favors evolution. ... While this religion may seem to be a little more modern than that of the Tiwi Aborigines, it is still very fundamental in form. ... Either they must adjust their policy (and therefore their religion) to be able to cont...
Ellen Weis, San Francisco's Museum of Modern Mythology Consumerism fuels the capitalist fire. ... For women, the smoker typically has long blonde hair, a beautiful smile, and perfect, white teeth. ... While they themselves seem less than perfect, they can always look to this image of kindness and project onto it their fears of their race being a total abomination of God and be reassured by it. ... The perfect marriage between consumerism and religion can be found in the myth of Santa Claus. ...
Ellen Weis, San Francisco's Museum of Modern Mythology Consumerism fuels the capitalist fire. ... For women, the smoker typically has long blonde hair, a beautiful smile, and perfect, white teeth. ... While they themselves seem less than perfect, they can always look to this image of kindness and project onto it their fears of their race being a total abomination of God and be reassured by it. ... The perfect marriage between consumerism and religion can be found in the myth of Santa Claus. ...
Still, today philosophers are uncovering new theories about modern society. ... Free will is really not a perfect idea when considering what could happen in the long run of things, of course being told "no" is never easy to hear to any person, but everyone should keep in mind that whoever said "no" has thought through the long-term consequences, and has your interest at heart. ... Two things, modern society and how my parents raised me, and mostly Epicureanism would influence most of my thoughts on philosophy. ... Early Roman philosophy is still used in modern society, and ...
Hinduism is an ancient religion of people looking for explanations for the things that are beyond human power. Hinduism has many gods/goddess, scriptures that they hold to be true, rules they live by, belief in an afterlife, and rituals they perform whenever the time is right. Hindus follow the re...
Given that there must be some population size that can be regarded as the "perfect" size, it is clear that Utility will ban new births above a certain amount, while below a certain population size, Utility will prescribe reproduction. ... It must be remembered that the raising of a child in a modern developed country has a very large cost in financial terms, which is highly significant. ...
Hope for the future A Critique of Chapter 11 in Neil Postman's Technopoly In chapter 11 ("The Loving Resistance Fighter") of the book Technopoly, published in 1992, Neil Postman focuses on a solution to the problems created by Technopoly. A "Technopoly" (a word postman capitalizes throughout the...
