gsmith@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene Ward Smith) (09/02/86)
In article <180@BMS-AT.UUCP> stuart@BMS-AT.UUCP (Stuart D. Gathman) writes: >A christian does (should?) not accept Humanism because it tries to >improve the human race without God. Trying to run our lives without >consulting the manufacturer or His intructions is how we got >into such a mess in the first place! >An existentialist does (should?) not accept Humanism because he knows >that any supposed 'improvement' is illusory. There are Christian humanists (Maritain) and existentialists (Kirkegaard). You seem to have a idiosyncratic definition of both. It saves wear and tear on the brain to use standard definitions! >When I first heard about the horror of pornography, I went out and >found a copy of Playboy. I avoided the pictures (hoping to have a happy >marriage someday) and read several articles. My conclusion: the articles >were typical of magazines and only occasionally disgusting. People must >buy it for the pictures. I suggest you forget about researching pornography. Buying Playboy in order not to look at the pictures is not the right way to go about this, I am sure. Incidently, I once found a copy of Playboy at my mother's house. She bought it for the Jimmy Carter interview. This makes at least two people who *didn't* buy it for the pictures -- you, and my mother. >(Note, the 'StarWars' series >also contains anti-christian elements, especially in 'The Empire Strikes >Back'. Nevertheless I have found it consistently entertaining and >stimulating.) I think you are confusing 'non-Christian' with 'anti-Christian'. Or what in ESB did you think was *opposed* to Christianity? >Since I watch so few movies, perhaps a list of the ones I have seen >and would see again will attract some flames. >The Black Hole (2 times) An all-time horrible movie! Double-ugh! >The Time Bandits (2 times) I think this is closer to being anti-Christian than ESB. Two times? >LadyHawk (2 times) Black magic by an evil cleric. Hmmm ... ucbvax!brahms!gsmith Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720 "What is algebra exactly? Is it those three-cornered things?"J.M. Barrie