Is it too early or late to judge the enlightenment?
December 7, 2013 at 10:17 am
(This post was last modified: December 7, 2013 at 10:17 am by I and I.)
(December 7, 2013 at 6:54 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(December 7, 2013 at 6:15 am)theyear12013 Wrote: The Enlightenment has benefited society materially, but spiritually it has not sufficiently fought for its place other than through 'political' and academic discourse and participation (ie citizen before the law etc). "Global citizenship" is a palliative that masks the still supreme position Abrahamic faiths have had since the conversion of Rome. Can the Enlightenment once and for all move humanity past Jerusalem and Rome? Can we forge a new holy place?
Why would we want a "new holy place"?
My beef with the enlightenment is not that it has moved us away from "holy places" but the opposite, my complain is that is not moved us away from "holy places". Modern holy places have replaced old ones and are just as stupid. Instead of looking to old made up stories we look to new trend in fashion, idolize "worship" celebrities spend hours watching them in weekly rituals in front of tv. The churches of sports stadiums and the gods of celebrities and the cult of "the individual" are just as utterly stupid as the old religions and traditions they have replaced.
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(December 7, 2013 at 6:54 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(December 7, 2013 at 6:15 am)theyear12013 Wrote: The Enlightenment has benefited society materially, but spiritually it has not sufficiently fought for its place other than through 'political' and academic discourse and participation (ie citizen before the law etc). "Global citizenship" is a palliative that masks the still supreme position Abrahamic faiths have had since the conversion of Rome. Can the Enlightenment once and for all move humanity past Jerusalem and Rome? Can we forge a new holy place?
Why would we want a "new holy place"?
My beef with the enlightenment is not that it has moved us away from "holy places" but the opposite, my complain is that is not moved us away from "holy places". Modern holy places have replaced old ones and are just as stupid. Instead of looking to old made up stories we look to new trend in fashion, idolize "worship" celebrities spend hours watching them in weekly rituals in front of tv. The churches of sports stadiums and the gods of celebrities and the cult of "the individual" are just as utterly stupid as the old religions and traditions they have replaced.
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