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by Alex Tsakiris | Dec 23 | Consciousness Science, Spirituality
Theologian and Philosopher Dr. David Bentley Hart has little patience for sloppy thinking atheists. Looks to consciousness and spirituality.
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photo by: André Batista
The wooden pews in the Greek Orthodox church I grew up in were hard and uncomfortable. I think it was by design. The spiritual path of my ancestors was one of sacrifice, suffering… and of course, fear. The pews fit the path, but the path didn’t fit me. Fear kept there for a while, but even that wore off over time. As the years passed, my forced indoctrination was transformed into a genuine curiosity about human consciousness, science and soul. But all along I always wondered what had kept everyone else in those pews. How did they find Gnosis/truth/bliss/God through the ridiculous ritual and ceremony that dominates Orthodox Christianity?
Today’s guest, author, philosopher and theologian, David Bentley Hart may have found a way through. From his scathing and intellectually rigorous dismantling of the physcialism/materialism that mesmerizes secular culture, to his thorough understanding of Eastern and Western religious traditions, Hart’s deep thinking is almost enough to get me back to those pews… well, almost:
David Bentley Hart: If you examine the act of consciousness in which you are engaged when you’re choosing a tie you already find dynamisms that exceed the possibilities of the naturalist picture of reality.
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by Alex Tsakiris | Dec 23 | Consciousness Science, Spirituality
Theologian and Philosopher Dr. David Bentley Hart has little patience for sloppy thinking atheists. Looks to consciousness and spirituality.
http://www.skeptiko.com/wp-content/uploads/skeptiko-297-jurgen-ziewe.jpg
photo by: André Batista
The wooden pews in the Greek Orthodox church I grew up in were hard and uncomfortable. I think it was by design. The spiritual path of my ancestors was one of sacrifice, suffering… and of course, fear. The pews fit the path, but the path didn’t fit me. Fear kept there for a while, but even that wore off over time. As the years passed, my forced indoctrination was transformed into a genuine curiosity about human consciousness, science and soul. But all along I always wondered what had kept everyone else in those pews. How did they find Gnosis/truth/bliss/God through the ridiculous ritual and ceremony that dominates Orthodox Christianity?
Today’s guest, author, philosopher and theologian, David Bentley Hart may have found a way through. From his scathing and intellectually rigorous dismantling of the physcialism/materialism that mesmerizes secular culture, to his thorough understanding of Eastern and Western religious traditions, Hart’s deep thinking is almost enough to get me back to those pews… well, almost:
David Bentley Hart: If you examine the act of consciousness in which you are engaged when you’re choosing a tie you already find dynamisms that exceed the possibilities of the naturalist picture of reality.
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