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Dystopic Tale With a Glimmer of Hope

Revisado: 07-17-17

Bradbury was never one to shy away from evil, but in this Tale he holds out a faint glimmer of hope for a human race that seems bent on self annialation

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short and to the point

Revisado: 04-29-17

well read, quite concise, not too many details, but question was simple, did 1066 matter. made an argument that it did

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Food for thought

Revisado: 03-28-17

some informative dialogue about the divisions in Islam, and the need to confront some of the more extreme elements. it is interesting to see though how the former "radical" seems to have grown greatly in his journey and is now ready to look at his religion while the poor "new atheist" is still stuck in his insisting that theists have to stick to their scriptures and not have a living evolving relationship with their God. Oh well, I guess the more important question is what God thinks of him. that has consequences. His opinion of God in the end does not matter much

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in Context interesting

Revisado: 03-23-17

should be read remembering that it was written at a time when Reformation and country Reformation were Curren not historical events. Not all theologians today would endorse all the theology, with The reasons why Vergil was not in heaven being one that many would questions. Also the realities of heaven, purgatory and hell would not fit the more modern idea of them being more states than places, but other themes, like the critique of civil and church leaders abusing their offices for personal gain sadly sound very contemporary. The main message that heaven is obtainable but not inevitable is a reminder there could be consequences if we presume God will overlook our sins. Dante would disagree

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interesting, but slow at times

Revisado: 03-10-17

there is a lot of detail here, some of which is a little more than I would have liked. while they obviously were an important part of the story for the author I was less enthralled with Williams and Barfield, and am not tempted to find out more about them

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Thought Provoking

Revisado: 02-14-17

This book is an interesting take on a urgent question. many today realize that we are doing irreparable damage to the environment. The author invited us to see the world through a different lens, the lens of native spirituality. the concept of a tree being a member of a older society than humanity, a society that might have wisdom to teach us, seems foreign to Western philosophy and spirituality, but restates the problem in a way that says that pollution is a genocide that keeps us from receiving the gifts the earth has for us. Naming conspicuous consumption Windigo puts us in touch with the horror it really is. The book will challenge how you eat your next meal, and hopefully challenge you to really appreciate it for the gift it is

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some good info,a little preschy

Revisado: 01-05-17

this book had some fascinating facts about introverts. I in was particularly fascinated by the brain functions. I was a little disappointed that the focus seemed to be so much on how impossible it seemed for poor introverts to survive in a world of extroverts. probably since the author is a therapist. there are some of us introverts who never needed therapy, something hinted at from time to time. helpful strategies would be good for an off the wall right brain introverts I guess, especially if the were sliding into the autism spectrum

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better title might be the ghost of infinity

Revisado: 12-31-16

starts with the premise that the enlightenment is a pivotal moment in history, because now we can see that there is no certainty, just a continual time of revising out ideas, that is the infinity.

basic assumption misses the fact there has always been the idea that there is more. very limited view of infinity as it is limited to his view of enlightenment being the start. some good stuff, but much tripe

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A Civil Rights Movement Many Do No Know of

Revisado: 12-06-16

The book walks through the discovery of Autism, something that Silverman points out has been there all along, but because of its idiocentric nature it has been seen as as anything from eccentricity to pathological. he makes a strong case for people accepting persons with and without Autism, realizing that they just see the world differently. A unique insight came from his reporting that autistic people want be called that, not people with autism, just as musical people do not want to be told the are people who have musicality. we encourage musicians to use their gift, why not do the same for the autistic. A haunting thought also is that if autism had been cured years ago we would have not had many great folks, like Einstein who probably was Autistic.

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A good attempt at introducing Eastern Mysticism

Revisado: 09-01-16

This book was an attempt to deal with the age old struggle of what does one do with the struggle of hope in the eternal in the midst of a world that is so garage an filled with pain. it was a personal struggle for Hesse, heightened by the devastation of WW II. he found hope in Eastern Mysticism and in Carl Jung, and he brought these hopes in the story. his multi struggles with dying to self come to a head when suicide is finally seen as an ultimate illusion and in the end the integration of sin and spirit is the answer. they are not judged, just seen as part of the whole.

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