tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post5524893734148565491..comments2024-01-22T00:22:46.724-08:00Comments on Bishop Dan's Blog: Belief vs Unbelief: Cleaning Up The Playing FieldBishop Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00677552161067636954noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-88752134800560058462012-05-16T07:11:03.448-07:002012-05-16T07:11:03.448-07:00I'd say pantheism is monotheistic but animism ...I'd say pantheism is monotheistic but animism is polytheistic. If if the natural world is unified by a "spirit of the universe" sort of thing, that asserts a single gestalt. Animism leaves room for the bear and the bison to have different agendas.Bishop Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677552161067636954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-60780534595767648302011-01-30T16:24:55.392-08:002011-01-30T16:24:55.392-08:00So, in the view you have articulated, would animis...So, in the view you have articulated, would animism / totemism be considered monotheistic (though most anthropologists do not define it as such)? Though most totemists believe that animals, plants and objects contain spirits, and the spirits do not operate independently but they are united by the planet or world that makes all existence possible. Also pantheism would be considered monotheistic, right?Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16855171851801011788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-7928193648126704882011-01-27T11:52:45.766-08:002011-01-27T11:52:45.766-08:00To Vickie: I have ordered "On Beauty And Bein...To Vickie: I have ordered "On Beauty And Being Just" on Amazon. I plan to tell my young artist friend, Jose Riviera, about it. If you saw Envio De Michoacan II, you know it will be affirming to him in his vocation.Bishop Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677552161067636954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-61665507067257215422011-01-24T10:11:04.270-08:002011-01-24T10:11:04.270-08:00Ah thank you. As soon as I time, in between irregu...Ah thank you. As soon as I time, in between irregular verbs, I want to write something about the soul. A lot of contemporary sceince puporting to disprove the soul is philosophically flawed and more importantly uses a defintion of the soul that is un-Jewish and has not been the Christian concept since the Middle Ages.Bishop Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677552161067636954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-36428397722037138902011-01-24T08:16:46.109-08:002011-01-24T08:16:46.109-08:00Thank you for your provocative and interesting blo...Thank you for your provocative and interesting blog on this subject. I can hardly wait to pass it on to my young friends who consider themselves intellects and atheist.Dolanteachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041186661473308651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-5026193291909162062011-01-23T20:17:36.942-08:002011-01-23T20:17:36.942-08:00No I do not know this book. It sounds extremely im...No I do not know this book. It sounds extremely important. I'll read it soon. Thank you!Bishop Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677552161067636954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941566034196038608.post-81338008781389787192011-01-23T05:48:02.505-08:002011-01-23T05:48:02.505-08:00Thank you, Bishop Dan. Do you know Elaine Scarry&...Thank you, Bishop Dan. Do you know Elaine Scarry's "On Beauty and Being Just"? She is a philosopher of aesthetics at Harvard.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712788067437257829noreply@blogger.com