Category Archives: Life

Living Philosophy (or “How to get Fired”)

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series (False) Inclu­siv­ity

When describ­ing the philo­soph­i­cal approach of the Upan­ishads, Michael Nagler states, “…meta­physics and ethics are one.“1 I respect this con­cept in many ways, and I’ve often won­dered if my ethics (mean­ing my actions) will line up with my phi­los­o­phy or not. I recently had a chance to find out…I acted accord­ing to my phi­los­o­phy. I’ve …

August 23, 2011 – 5:20 pm | By Matt | Posted in Christianity, Life, Philosophy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

On (False) Inclusivity

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series (False) Inclu­siv­ity

Lately there has been an abun­dance of con­ver­sa­tions about how one should respond to those that reject LGBT peo­ple or the equal­ity of LGBT peo­ple. The major­ity of those con­ver­sa­tions come to the con­clu­sion that, in order to cre­ate a safe space for LGBT, we must exclude those who would seek to exclude oth­ers. A …

July 23, 2011 – 9:48 pm | By Matt | Posted in Life, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (12)