Category Archives: Trends

Intellectuals and Politics – NYTimes.com

Posted on December 24, 2011 by J. W. Kraft

Intellectuals and Politics – NYTimes.com.

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Pseudo-Polite Conversation

Posted on June 20, 2008 by J. W. Kraft

“Never mention politics or religion, in polite conversation.”  It’s a common phrase and you heard it many times.  It is also one of the most destructive ideas of Western civilization.  Think about it for a minute, is there anything more … Continue reading →

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Spare the Philosophy tag, Please!

Posted on June 7, 2008 by J. W. Kraft

This is a public service announcement.  For the love of the blogosphere, please do not tag your blog post “philosophy” unless it’s about philosophy.  Philosophy does not mean undefined, general, random, opinionated, or whatever!  Believe it or not, there are … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Bentham, The Philosophers of LOST, Part 1

Posted on June 6, 2008 by J. W. Kraft

ABC’s hit sci-fi mystery series LOST, has many characters who are named after famous philosophers and intellectuals of the past. There has been a lot of speculation about the meaning of the characters names and their relationships to their namesakes. … Continue reading →

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Dragon Naturally Speaking and an Upcoming Book

Posted on June 3, 2008 by J. W. Kraft

I recently got Dragon NaturallySpeaking transcription software. I’ve been using it for the last couple days, and I am blown away! I’m using it to write this post right now, I also used it to write the last couple posts … Continue reading →

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Translations of the Bible, and Why We Should All Learn Greek

Posted on June 3, 2008 by J. W. Kraft

Another debate that has been going for some time along similar lines, is what is the best English translation of the Bible. I have no sympathy of opinion with the King James only camp. This is a ludicrous and logically … Continue reading →

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Languages of the Bible

Posted on June 3, 2008 by J. W. Kraft

A debate has raged for centuries in the halls of seminaries and theology departments around the world.  This debate centers on what language the New Testament was written in.  It is generally well accepted that the language of the Old … Continue reading →

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Titles for Christians, Humanists, christians, and humanists…

Posted on April 19, 2008 by J. W. Kraft

    “While some humanists embrace calling themselves secular humanists, others prefer the term Humanist, capitalized and without any qualifying adjective. The terms secular humanism and Humanism overlap, but have different connotations. The term secular humanism emphasizes a non-religious focus, whereas … Continue reading →

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Blinking Your Way Through Life

Posted on January 28, 2008 by J. W. Kraft

I recently heard an episode of “Culture Shock” on the BBC in which they were interviewing a Professor Gerd Gigerenzer (I’m not making that up) about his ideas on so called, intuition. His latest book Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of … Continue reading →

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