Month: June 2025

THE GODLY, FINANCIALLY FREE WHEELING AMERICAN WAY IS NOT THE ENVY OF THE WORLD – HOW WE KNOW THAT, AND WHY THE USA IS SO BAD AT TRANSFORMING WEALTH INTO SOCIETAL AND ACTUAL HEALTH

(HINT — PARTLY BECAUSE THE SLAUGHTER OF TENS OF BILLIONS OF KIDS MEANS THERE CANNOT BE A WISE AND LOVING CREATOR) TO BEGIN WITH We are hearing it all the time these days. That the American economy is now the envy of the world. Wages are higher in the poorest state and very red, Mississippi, THE GODLY, FINANCIALLY FREE WHEELING AMERICAN WAY IS NOT THE ENVY OF THE WORLD – HOW WE KNOW THAT, AND WHY THE USA IS SO BAD AT TRANSFORMING WEALTH INTO SOCIETAL AND ACTUAL HEALTH

(Part 9) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

“Concept/conceive/understand” are etymologically related to the hand/grasping in either (sort of) Greek or Latin etymology, e.g., “I was able to grasp his meaning.” The words “concept,” “conceive,” and “understand” have etymological connections to the idea of “grasping” or “seizing” in Latin, though not directly tied to the hand in Greek. Here’s a breakdown: The phrase (Part 9) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

The Total Death Toll of Human Violence Over History – Who is to Blame for Most of It (Hint, it’s Not the Atheists)

Large scale war and mass atrocities have been afficting humanity since the advent of civilization. So who is most to blame for these disasters? According to the religion industry if most or all folks would just be good and obedient sheep and behave themselves by following the dictates of whatever deity a particular brand of The Total Death Toll of Human Violence Over History – Who is to Blame for Most of It (Hint, it’s Not the Atheists)

(Part 8) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

We looked at the idea last time of the understanding relationship we have with the world, and so for example this is manifest in the encounter with beings founded on an understanding of their Being, which is conspicuous in allegory like Plato’s allegory – sense image of the cave in the Republic.  And so, for (Part 8) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

(Part 6) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

“Faith has no place in thought” (Heidegger, Anaximander’s Saying [1946, pg 280]) “Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not, nor of what sort they may be …” (Protagoras, On the Gods) Protagoras was a proponent of either agnosticism or, as Tim Whitmarsh claims, atheism, on the grounds that (Part 6) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

(Part 5) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

We have an inauthentic disposition toward death: living “as though” the next moment won’t be denied us, though it certainly might get denied. How we decide about this inevitability transforms our life. Heidegger comments: Death, as the extremity of the “there,” is at the same time what is innermost to a possible complete transformation of (Part 5) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”