Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 11:39:14 GMT -5
We all have them...random opinions and thoughts.
In my case, it's usually something I'm trying to learn or understand. Which goes back to me learning things as I go since I have a high school education and most of the academic stuff of the world lives elsewhere other than where I've lived my life. Which is all good. I rather enjoy meandering along in my own time and space, trying to figure out what other people are talking about .
Which brings me to this thread. If you happen to be in a time and place where you want to share your own thoughts on anything, it's great. If you happen to be a time and place where you happen to have something you want to add or say to my learning process or opinions, it's also great. If you want to spend your time doing other things, that's also great. Whatever works for you.
So....today I'm thinking about part of a Dr. Ed sermon I was watching on tv Sunday before we left to go to our own church. Dr. Ed is the pastor of Second Baptist here in Houston. It's a megachurch with well over 60,000 members. There are a lot of megachurches here. Lakewood is another.
Back to Dr. Ed though. Only heard the beginning but he was talking about how the Age of Enlightenment changed how the world thought of morality. Up until then, there were some disagreements over minor things but people believed that morality was handed down from God. Then came the philosophers. One who said, I have a brain, I have reason, I can figure out what is moral and what isn't. Then came the philosopher who said, morality comes from the heart. If my heart tells me it's right, then it's right. Then he started talking about Friedrich Nietzsche ..who I always hear people mention but I have no clue about him.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche
Hubby said he didn't entirely agree with Ed's interpretation of Nietzche and that he was often taken out of context so I'll go with the wiki here and add in that he added in perspectivism and will to power. Dr. Ed was concentrating on the will to power part....if you will it and are powerful enough to make it happen, then it must be moral.
While hubby and I were talking about it, he brought up a case where a couple really got into reading Nietzsche and committed a murder because they embraced what they believed his philosophy to be. An example he gave of how people have used his writings in their own personal ways.
Back to Dr. Ed. His point was that, as a culture, we have evolved from seeing morality as coming from God to a combination of ..how did he put it...mind, heart and will.
Whether you think that's a good or a bad thing...or somewhere in between in many various shades and instances will always be a personal thing.
I just found it interesting that the debate about the decline in moral values isn't being spoken of, by Dr. Ed and 63,000 members plus a tv audience of 4 million plus in the short term but rather as long term societal changes. That it is indeed, a philosophical discussion that is taking place.
Anyone else have any thoughts on Nietzsche? He's pretty much a blank slate for me.
In my case, it's usually something I'm trying to learn or understand. Which goes back to me learning things as I go since I have a high school education and most of the academic stuff of the world lives elsewhere other than where I've lived my life. Which is all good. I rather enjoy meandering along in my own time and space, trying to figure out what other people are talking about .
Which brings me to this thread. If you happen to be in a time and place where you want to share your own thoughts on anything, it's great. If you happen to be a time and place where you happen to have something you want to add or say to my learning process or opinions, it's also great. If you want to spend your time doing other things, that's also great. Whatever works for you.
So....today I'm thinking about part of a Dr. Ed sermon I was watching on tv Sunday before we left to go to our own church. Dr. Ed is the pastor of Second Baptist here in Houston. It's a megachurch with well over 60,000 members. There are a lot of megachurches here. Lakewood is another.
Back to Dr. Ed though. Only heard the beginning but he was talking about how the Age of Enlightenment changed how the world thought of morality. Up until then, there were some disagreements over minor things but people believed that morality was handed down from God. Then came the philosophers. One who said, I have a brain, I have reason, I can figure out what is moral and what isn't. Then came the philosopher who said, morality comes from the heart. If my heart tells me it's right, then it's right. Then he started talking about Friedrich Nietzsche ..who I always hear people mention but I have no clue about him.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche
Hubby said he didn't entirely agree with Ed's interpretation of Nietzche and that he was often taken out of context so I'll go with the wiki here and add in that he added in perspectivism and will to power. Dr. Ed was concentrating on the will to power part....if you will it and are powerful enough to make it happen, then it must be moral.
While hubby and I were talking about it, he brought up a case where a couple really got into reading Nietzsche and committed a murder because they embraced what they believed his philosophy to be. An example he gave of how people have used his writings in their own personal ways.
Back to Dr. Ed. His point was that, as a culture, we have evolved from seeing morality as coming from God to a combination of ..how did he put it...mind, heart and will.
Whether you think that's a good or a bad thing...or somewhere in between in many various shades and instances will always be a personal thing.
I just found it interesting that the debate about the decline in moral values isn't being spoken of, by Dr. Ed and 63,000 members plus a tv audience of 4 million plus in the short term but rather as long term societal changes. That it is indeed, a philosophical discussion that is taking place.
Anyone else have any thoughts on Nietzsche? He's pretty much a blank slate for me.
