Responsibility is at least the acknowledgment of a fractured relation between humanity—specifically each persons human soul—and the rest of creation, a fracture for which human beings have to take the blame. (165) The decision for beliefs is clearly, for Dostoevsky, a matter of deciding for a structure of moral life authoritatively shaped by the central [...]
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the profane
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
I came across this quote by Tony Campolo via’s TaddeLay’s blog. “I have three things I’d like to say today: First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don’t give a shit. What’s worse is that you are more upset with the [...]