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A forum for discussing matters of moment, from a curmudgeonly perspective. (The ideas posted here do not necessarily represent those of any organization with which I am a part). Rude and insulting remarks will not be published, but civil disagreement is welcome.
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- New book by Phillip Jenkins
- New Book about Francis Schaeffer's Apologetics
- Conference for World Christians at Denver Seminary
- The First Ever: Curmudgeon Cruise
- Kenny G (1.3): An Imprecatory Poem
- A Small Demise: Shredding Thoughts
- Homeless in Boulder in a Cold Winter
- Curmudgeon in "The Door"
- Review of Truth Decay
- Nontasking as a Way of Life
- Death by Stupidity: Postmortem Revenge
- Think
- "Naima"
- Returning, Reflecting
- Lament for a Saxophonist
- The Meaning of Gift Cards
- Under Age (Not a Serious Post)
- Blog recess, holiday, dead zone: A personal note
- Fifty years on this planet
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About Me
- Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.
- I am a Christian, philosopher, teacher. My most recent of my twenty books is Beyond the Wager. My magnum opus is Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (InterVarsity Press, 2011). I have published ten others, including Truth Decay and On Jesus.
8 comments:
My brother owns one of those black-T-shirts-with-white-writing-on-the-front, which says:
THNIK
:)
This sentence is false.
Think what? I 'think' you need to qualify this imperative. Eve 'thought' the forbidden tree was desirable for making one wise. According to Paul, God gave mankind over to a depraved mind. Someone did some major thinking in 'Kritik der reinen Vernunft'. Apple wanted me to 'Think different', a commercial message I happily succumbed to...
Unless this is something you're saying to yourself after returning to your office: "What a mess! ... Just think." I could understand that.
This reminds me of one of Russell's bon mots: "Most people would sooner die than think. In fact, they do."
Yossman's question is worthy of discussion. But we cannot even get the discussion off the ground unless people are willing to think -- and to think to some purpose.
Ponder. Thinking is too easy.
Meditate, perhaps?
Conundrumize.
Thought
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