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Daily Archives: July 13, 2008
The Unbearable Oddness of Being: A Curious Image Juxtaposed with Some Lines from a 1974 Margaret Atwood Poem
Shall I tell you the secret and if I do, will you get me out of this bird suit? I don’t enjoy it here squatting on this island looking picturesque and mythical –Margaret Atwood (from “Siren … Continue reading
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Tagged 1974, anthropomorphism, art, being, irony, life, love, Margaret Atwood, nature, photography, poetry, Santi Tafarella
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Miracle, Mystery, and Authority?: Reinhold Niebuhr, Cognitive Dissonance, and The Problem of Evil
Reinhold Niebuhr is a profound and subtle Christian theologian and philosopher, but I notice that he is often too satisfied, whenever he reaches a logical impasse, such as in confronting the thorny problem of why there is evil in the … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, Christianity, Jesus, John Macarthur, literature, philosophy, Reinhold Niebuhr, Santi Tafarella, theology
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Mesopotamia’s Hillary Clinton: Bold and Cunning Ninsun, Gilgamesh’s Strong-Willed Mother, Argued with Her God, Manipulated Enkidu, Protected Her Son in His Going to War, and Got What She Wanted
How did ancient Mesopotamian women deal with their boys going off to war? Part 2 of the Gilgamesh Epic may give us some clues. Here we are introduced to Ninsun, Gilgamesh’s strong-willed mother. Ninsun systematically, and with a great deal of … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, Gilgamesh, Iraq, literature, patriotism, poetry, Santi Tafarella, travel, war, women's rights, writing
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