Within received Buddhist philosophy, it is usually the case that the ‘four’ categories of Dhamma practitioners are recorded as comprising of ordained ‘monks’ and ‘nuns’,
Marx: Why Historical Necessity is Defined as Historical Materialism
‘Fundamentally, history is just the development of practical activity of man in time. So, Marx argues: “As soon as this active life-process is described, history ceases to be a collection of dead facts as it is with the empiricists (themselves still abstract), or an imagined activity of imagined subjects, as with idealists.” On the premise of this, historical materialism establishes the scientific idea of historical necessity.’
Email: On How Theology uses Logic to Defend Illogicality (13.9.2020)
Dear Gillian Buddhist and Greek philosophy (preferring logic and reason) stems from around 6th to 5th to centuries BCE. Although philosophers attempted to understand the
The Inverted Mindset – Understanding How Marx Criticises Religion
In many post-1991 Communist Parties in the West, due to the low Membership and media demonisation, it is usually the case that anyone can join,
Cobra Kai: Scroll I ‘先生其心’ (Miyagi-D0 Dojo)
As a professonal forensic translator, I was asked about the meaning of one of this Japanese scrolls that occur in the TV Series Cobra Kai
Email: Jesus in (and Out) of the Babylonian Talmud! (3.9.2020)
Jesus Christ is interpreted as being a direct descendent of King David in an unbroken line – who has inherited by his divine status, everything that belongs to the Kingly status of his position in history. Yahweh blesses him with both spiritual and temporal power – with the name ‘Nazorean’ meaning ‘healer’ and not pertaining to any geographical location. (You are probably aware that modern archaeology has revealed that ‘Nazareth’ was a burial area for the Jews for thousands of years, and that it was taboo for anyone to have lived there). According to the Nazoreans, Jesus was born in Judea during the reign of king Alexander Jannaeus r. 103-76 BCE (perhaps a hundred years earlier than commonly thought today).