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Food For Thought: December 2014
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Monday, December 22, 2014. A Christmas thought from the Old Testament. I think a lot of us inadvertently put our friends and acquaintances in "lions' dens." We hurt each other. Do we, like Darius, then rush to provide support? Or are we like Nebuchadnezzar and his fiery furnace a few chapters earlier- i.e. do we allow ourselves to get provoked into anger and justification for [physical or spiritual or emotional] violence towards others? If we're the ones who created those burdens- like Darius. I am passi...
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Food For Thought: April 2013
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Thursday, April 4, 2013. On therapy, empathy, and The Road. Let's talk about Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. This is one of the most emotionally gripping stories I’ve ever read. It is about a man and his son who are trying desperately to survive as they travel across post-apocalyptic North America. They scavenge for food and supplies; they avoid other survivors (who are almost always barbaric and dangerous); and, perhaps most importantly, they struggle to maintain their sanity. 8221; asks the boy after one p...
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Food For Thought: With 24 hours to live.
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Saturday, January 22, 2011. With 24 hours to live. I just figured out why I'm still awake at 4 AM tonight. Sure, I've got that adrenaline rush that naturally comes when I stay up too late and my body forgets that I'm tired. but in the back of my mind, the real reason is that I'm sort of nervous about dreaming. See, I had one of the most terrifying dreams of my life. Last night. And I'm about to tell you all about it, because I think it taught me some important things. No matter which of the two emotions ...
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Food For Thought: All kids need art.
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Thursday, March 12, 2015. All kids need art. Art is a vital part of every educational system. It's as essential as Math, Science, English, and History. All kids need it. Side note: for the purposes of this post, I am defining "art" a bit broadly. When I say that all kids need art, I mean that all kids need to be exposed to music, film, theater, and. Various kinds of visual arts.). We could cite experts. We could talk about music and how it may increase IQ. We could talk about how the arts promote a speci...
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Food For Thought: Why pray?
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Saturday, May 21, 2011. As you probably know, there was a huge tsunami in Japan a couple months ago, and almost 25,000 people. Are dead or missing because of it. A good friend of mine (whom I'd call a "devout" atheist) posted the following status as his reaction on Facebook: "Everyone that's praying to their god(s) for Japan. You do realize they're Shintoists, right? The first question is called "the soteriological problem of evil," and I discussed it briefly in the beginning of an older post (which you ...
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Food For Thought: Why I didn't say "amen" in church this week.
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Friday, March 16, 2012. Why I didn't say "amen" in church this week. So, this past Sunday was Stake Conference. I'm bad with big numbers. Anyway. It's large.). In my opinion, because Stake Conference is so large, it's extra. Important that the speakers preach true and good things from the pulpit. Maybe that's the consequentialist. Person is listening to you, every time you speak in the name of God you had better be speaking as He would speak). Did anyone watch the 84th Academy Awards show that recently a...
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Food For Thought: January 2013
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Thursday, January 31, 2013. What makes a good martial arts film? What makes a really good martial arts film? If you're familiar with this blog, you may be puzzled by the question. "But Chris," you're saying, "haven't you said before that empathy is the key to virtue. And that war is a psychologically and morally damaging disease. And even that football is modern-day gladiatorism. Many who have never practiced martial arts probably look at something like Bruce Lee's The Big Boss (aka Fists of Fury). Marti...
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Food For Thought: Pain, faith, and a bird.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011. Pain, faith, and a bird. So, I saw something sort of extraordinary a few days ago. A few days ago, we had a bird in the kitchen. It was trying to get away, and in the process it flew violently into a few windows and got pretty hurt. That bird is going to die," my boss said, matter-of-factly. Probably true. I thought. It can't handle the shock. You can tell by looking at it. I knew it was going to die. Then, suddenly, the bird seemed to spring to life. With new strength, it imm...
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Food For Thought: Existential isolation.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011. The following blog post is intensely personal. I did not realize how personal it would be until I wrote it all out. But perhaps I will post it anyway. At any rate, you have been warned. Let me tell you a little bit about what psychologists call the existential fear of isolation. You are fundamentally alone. There is an unbridgeable gap between you and the rest of the world. In other words, the space between you and other human beings - you and everything else. The isolation I...
