Moreover, among academics studying contemporary antisemitism there are deep divisions, often more like an ongoing war, over what they regard as antisemitism, largely connected to the question of whether certain kinds of criticism of Israel are antisemitic—what is mostly referred to as whether anti...
Incidentally, there are no entries for “good” or “evil” in Theory of the Novel’s Index. So the landscape in which he situates his characters is morally flat. But our actual landscapes are not flat. We are born with purposes and we enlarge, revise, renounce or reconceive our ...
The walls are bare wood walls, and Brody mimes punching a punching bag even when there is an actual punching bag five feet to his right. It's all flat and absurd. SEE ALSO: Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' cast on the power of human connection But Augie and Stanley and Midge all ...
TheBibleitself has very few references to life after death.Sheol, the bowels of the earth, is portrayed as the place of the dead, but in most instances Sheol seems to be more a metaphor for oblivion than an actual place where the dead “live” and retain consciousness. ...
The actual philosophical concepts aren't as important right now as the dilemma itself. It's supposed to be hard. Either way, you're on a trolley that smooshes someone and that stinks. If there were an easy answer, it wouldn't be a "problem." It would be the Fun Trolley Puzzle! 3...
As the CNN article linked above notes, “there is bipartisan support for shooting the objects down.” I would suggest that this bipartisan agreement should be interpreted as evidence that both sides of mainstream “news,” like DC politics, are largely controlled by a few people with an overarc...
NDEs represent a glimpse into an afterlife or simply a manifestation of the brain’s activity during a moment of crisis is still a matter of debate. However, the fact that so many people report similar experiences suggests that there is something deeply human and universal about the NDE ...
“I am decidedly agnostic when it comes to the idea of an afterlife of any sort. If there is one, great! The adventure continues. If there isn’t, though, then I would spend my last moment of awareness horrified if I felt I hadn’t made the most of this life. This includes the ...
He ordered about 700, 000 workers to build an underground palace for him. It's believed that the terracotta army was meant to guard the tomb and protect Qin,who thought he would continue to control the country in the afterlife(来世). Did the workers use actual soldiers in Qin's army ...
The large black man who was tending to his foot said, “Someone tried to get into my car last night. There were scratch marks on the door. Was that you?” “I’ve been sick for a while.” The black man nodded, seeming to accept this for an answer. But then he added, “I was...