tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post116743708364031118..comments2024-03-25T19:00:40.046-06:00Comments on The Constructive Curmudgeon: The New NihilistsDouglas Groothuis, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-42982138360878784712009-01-02T01:32:00.000-07:002009-01-02T01:32:00.000-07:00The part of God who forgot their true identity, ye...The part of God who forgot their true identity, yes. One God given freedom humans have is the freedom to decide their own destiny- this includes the option of forgetting about their connection to the source, the divine nature of the soul- to declare oneself separate from God and to act accordingly.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I believe in a universe that is balanced, ie everything you do comes back to eventually. So Stalin and Hitler probably have millions of lives of being the bugs hitting your windshield to look forward to before being given any more options about how to choose their destiny- they already decided in their lives as humans.ZÆhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04051424395934869192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-35665354456272836652009-01-01T22:51:00.000-07:002009-01-01T22:51:00.000-07:00Z:If so, Hitler is God, Stalin in God, Satan is Go...Z:<BR/><BR/>If so, Hitler is God, Stalin in God, Satan is God.<BR/><BR/>Do you believe that?Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-13771567170897238172009-01-01T13:16:00.000-07:002009-01-01T13:16:00.000-07:00Everything is God, including neo-nihilists AND the...Everything is God, including neo-nihilists AND their ipods, if anything they deserve more compassion than condemnation, they are just as much a part of you than any other of your thoughts memories and experiences.ZÆhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04051424395934869192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1167981616399965632007-01-05T00:20:00.000-07:002007-01-05T00:20:00.000-07:00"Posing and morphing, dig the digital fix. We crav..."Posing and morphing, dig the digital fix. We crave the unreal whatever the mix."<BR/><BR/>I do not agree with this. I am attacking it. If you have to explain a poem too much, it probably isn't a very good poem--or the reader wasn't giving it a close reading.<BR/><BR/>Yes, we can sin in cyberspace, just as we can sin in our thoughts without a computer. That's why I critique violent and pornographic video games.Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1167932436668510892007-01-04T10:40:00.000-07:002007-01-04T10:40:00.000-07:00"Posing and morphing, dig the digital fix. We crav..."Posing and morphing, dig the digital fix. We crave the unreal whatever the mix."<BR/><BR/>If virtual worlds and renditions of the phenomenal realm are not "real", how can we sin in cyberspace ? I would think even our imaginations share in reality. Certain types of fiction for entertainment can violate God's laws. <BR/><BR/>How can your rant against "Gears Of War" be justified ?<BR/><BR/>I am not a video game player, so these are objective questions.<BR/><BR/>By unreal, do you mean fantasy ?<BR/>All fantasy must in a sense mimic reality at some level in order to be appealing.Mark Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05068033811335325648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1167760569903163002007-01-02T10:56:00.000-07:002007-01-02T10:56:00.000-07:00Yes, 'identifiables' are what I am looking for, fo...Yes, 'identifiables' are what I am looking for, for I have an inkling that you will include so-called "postmodernists" (which would include Heidegger, Derrida, and Foucault) in your overgeneralizations, which I find faulty. I've been trying to get specifics so that they can be addressed; it is hard to address generalizations.Kevin Wintershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14702922698859174212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1167711784987255012007-01-01T21:23:00.000-07:002007-01-01T21:23:00.000-07:00Poetry is not meant to nail things down as neatly ...Poetry is not meant to nail things down as neatly as analytical philosophy. But that doesn't mean it isn't proposition or has no identifiable referents.Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1167687555439205222007-01-01T14:39:00.000-07:002007-01-01T14:39:00.000-07:00Oh, so it is meant as pure poetry, not meant to 'c...Oh, so it is meant as pure poetry, not meant to 'correspond' to any real thinkers, theories, or whatnot? Ok. Fiction it is.Kevin Wintershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14702922698859174212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1167639457385003342007-01-01T01:17:00.000-07:002007-01-01T01:17:00.000-07:00It's a poem, Kevin; let it resonate in your soul.It's a poem, Kevin; let it resonate in your soul.Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1167629273765369902006-12-31T22:27:00.000-07:002006-12-31T22:27:00.000-07:00So...who exactly are these "new nihilists"? Do we ...So...who exactly are these "new nihilists"? Do we have any names and representative quotes? Or is this just another epithet, like "postmodernism," for whom few quotes can actually be mustered (in particular from the major thinkers themselves), but many accusations are given?Kevin Wintershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14702922698859174212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1167478115989664642006-12-30T04:28:00.000-07:002006-12-30T04:28:00.000-07:00How about this:A wishlist is for things that matte...How about this:<BR/><BR/><BR/>A wishlist is for things that matter<BR/><BR/>A shortlist is for people that matter<BR/><BR/>A nihilist is for nothing that mattersYossmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16536162779634467220noreply@blogger.com