Archive for December, 2008
The Prayer of Luther at Diet of Worms
by coramdeo on Dec.16, 2008, under Religion
It has taken me a while to find this, i hope its complete in its entirety, let me know if there are any errors.
Luther at Worms, before the second day at trial: “
Hair Splitters Part 2
by coramdeo on Dec.11, 2008, under Philosophy
In my previous post I made the point that it isn’t necessarily bad when someone challenges your view or someone else’s. In fact most of the time it is good to have our beliefs challenged and others challenged. Many times people use the term: Hair Splitter on anyone who comments in disagreement on an issue that they find trivial. Many times the boils down to name calling, which is not a good way to argue one’s point. The point can also be brought up, that even in small issues sometimes if you miss by an inch you will end up missing by a mile; sometimes the smallest issues are actually very important.
However, in the previous post i never made reference to the fact that there are actually legitimate times to “hair split” and times to not. I do not claim to be an expert on the subject, but i think these are a few good questions to consider when desiring to correct someone else’s ideas or desire to tell someone else who is “hair splitting” to shut up.
Christmas, When to Celebrate
by coramdeo on Dec.05, 2008, under Holidays
So as many of you might be aware, we are in the Christmas season currently. However, doesn’t it seem like its been going on for a while? As a kid i dont remember Christmas stuff starting until December 1st, but this year it sure seems that it’s been going on for a lot longer than 4 days. Whats up with that?
So I have a few questions:
Are Hair Splitters Bad?
by coramdeo on Dec.02, 2008, under Philosophy
There are many people in this world who don’t like other people to argue Theological or Philosophical points. Especially to tell them that they are wrong, but they even bristle at the idea of them telling others that they are wrong too. It seems that they don’t want anyone telling anyone else that they are wrong.
Obviously there are many views in the world and reason would show us they all can’t be right, so some one is right, someone is wrong, or everyone is wrong, but not everyone can be right. I am going to use the example from a Christian prospective, but it works for all in a way.