Saturday, September 24, 2011
“The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.”
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_more_the_universe_seems_comprehensible-the/327172.html
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Religious views of founding fathers
- Benjamin Franklin
"This would be the best of all possible worlds if there were
no religion in it!"
- John Adams
"Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man.":
- Thomas Jefferson
알고보면 매우 다른 미국 건국아버지들의 신앙에 미국의 종교적 아이덴터디를 등치시키는 것은 사실 역사적으로는 오류...
Friday, July 29, 2011
이성 vs 믿음
믿음의 영역과 이성의 영역은 구분될 수 있는가.
여기에 대한 나의 natural response는,
믿음과 이성의 생리학적 기제를 이해해야 나올 수 있는 대답이라는 것이라는 생각...
여기에 대해서는 워낙 많은 연구들이 쏟아져 나오고 있기 때문에 지금 쉽사리 정리하지는 못하겠다.
(지금 주문해놓고 기다리고 있는 책: On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not)
(저자의 구글 강연)
어쨌든 나의 기본적 stance는, '믿음'이라는게 있고 (혹은 '믿음의 영역') '이성'의 영역이라는게
따로, 우리 바깥에 원래부터 존재하는 독립적 영역이 아니라,
믿음과 이성적 추론이 서로 다른 생리적, 신경 메커니즘을 통해 머릿속에서 생산된다는 것이다.
이 부분은 현재의 과학에서는 조금도 부정할 수 없는 완벽한 사실..
(한완상씨의 인터뷰를 보다 들은 생각...)
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
술
Proverbs 31:4-7
New King James Version (NKJV)
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to drink wine,
Nor for princes intoxicating drink;
5 Lest they drink and forget the law,
And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
6 Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
And wine to those who are bitter of heart.
7 Let him drink and forget his poverty,
And remember his misery no more.
(사족: 어디서 듣기로는 King James가 첨에
성경을 영어로 번역할때 시인들을 고용해서 작업을 맡겼다고
하는데 느낌이 시 같기도 하다...)
Thursday, May 19, 2011
불교...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
some weird verses in the bible
God hates shrimp
9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
Deuteronomy 14:9-10 says:
9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.