What.. the whole of "Everything is Spiritual"?? He comes out with some complexity must = design which I hate but otherwise yeah he's really good. Glad you liked it His nooma stuff and his books are pretty amazing too.

If everything is "Spiritual", doesn't that mean it has no opposite? Doesn't that mean it loses all it's contrast? Why...everything?

...Isn't that also just another way of saying nothing is Spiritual?

This is why it's my least favourite word. "Spiritual" can be taken to mean fucking anything. It's the vaguest bastard word ever :S

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(September 14, 2009 at 3:47 am)fr0d0 Wrote: He comes out with some complexity must = design

Well now I'll just ignore him. I mean, come on.

(September 14, 2009 at 5:07 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: If everything is "Spiritual", doesn't that mean it has no opposite? Doesn't that mean it loses all it's contrast? Why...everything?

Well if you watched it you'd know. He says, for instance, that in the time of Jesus there was nothing 'but' spiritual. He's big on 'spiritual' generally.

Adrian Wrote:Well now I'll just ignore him. I mean, come on.

Well I don't agree either but he's incredible on the other stuff.

It's just his presentation style that I quite like. Very engaging.

Kidnapped BORING?! How in the worst hell imaginable do you find Kidnapped BORING?! Of course it is "predictable"... it is written in a similar style to Tolken, who was absolute GENIUS.

And a tale of two cities is one of Dickens' best... I'd put "A Christmas Carol" as number one... but A Tale of Two Cities ties in second with a few others...

Talk about sacrilege :o(

(September 14, 2009 at 12:59 pm)Retorth Wrote: It's just his presentation style that I quite like. Very engaging.

Yea I like that too. In his books he has a lot of spaces and pauses which sorta reflects his oratory style.