Feuerbach wasn’t entirely wrong. Projection is a real thing. Anthropomorphism is well known: that we can project human characteristics onto animals. When it comes to Feuerbach and God, I think he just throws out the baby (that humans can know anything of God) with the bathwater (humans are prone to projection). For him, projection is a reason… Continue reading knowledge of self – knowledge of the other
Tag: self
against the flow
another ‘free will’ post came to mind. Whether or not you believe that ‘free will’ is illusory or not, there seems to be an agreed spectrum from, say, rock to Raymond, when it comes to apparent capacity for self-determination: to determine one’s own action. Rocks are utterly a slave to physical forces or agents other than… Continue reading against the flow
love of self & others
More and more, I’m convinced that love of self and neighbour/others are meant to go together. Love of self without love of others is – literally – selfish, and love of others without love of self is not only unsustainable but false. Leaving aside the question of justification for love of self (when we all… Continue reading love of self & others
beings that have – or havers that are had
(The excellent documentary that got my brain going down this – excellent or not so excellent – train of thought is ‘Consumed: Inside the Belly of the Beast‘) ((And no, I’m not going to pretend I didn’t notice the parallel language to John the Seer in chapters 17-18 of his Apocalypse!)) Erich Fromm is known… Continue reading beings that have – or havers that are had
the (w)hole in our confession
Love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind & strength Love your neighbour as you… Love your self. Love of God, neighbour and self are all interwoven. I’ve been thinking lately about confession, which – like love – occurs in relationship. Protestants often are quick to give reasons why they don’t confess to a… Continue reading the (w)hole in our confession
sex & identity
The ‘proper’ basis for the personal identity of any given human is a hard thing to derive… if you’re limited to the tools of, say, science. Science wonderfully (and tragically in the case of murder, hate, discrimination, etc.) describes what humans ‘do’ (human doings), but not what/who humans ‘are’ (human beings). I’d want to affirm… Continue reading sex & identity