PERSONAL EVENTS IN MY LIFE
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OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
Friday, September 14, 2007
DID A SUDOKO PUZZLE
IN 5 MINUTES.
IT SAID THAT IF YOU DID IT IN LESS THAN 13 MINUTES
YOU WERE A GENIUS.
DOES THIS MEAN THAT I AM A SUPER GENIUS......
OR DOES IT JUST MEAN
THAT I AM GOOD AT DOING SUDOKO PUZZLES...............
HAVE REGISTERED FOR TWO COURSES
AT CARLETON UNIVERSITY
1. RELIGION - WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR..........
2. GLOBALIZATION, TECHNOLOGY AND TERRORISM......
THESE ARE NONCREDIT COURSES FOR SENIORS.
BUT ANYONE CAN ATTEND THEM REGARDLESS OF AGE.
THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
DOES NOT ALLOW FOR AGE DISCRIMINATION.
I ALREADY HAVE QUITE DEVELOPED IDEAS
ON WHAT RELIGION IS GOOD FOR.
AND AM INTERESTED IN WHAT THE COURSE PROFESSOR
WILL HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT - AND IN EXPRESSING MY
VIEWS IN A CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT.
THESE IDEAS IN A SUMMARIZED FORM ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. IN THE PAST, RELIGION WAS A SOCIAL GLUE FOR SOCIETY.
BACK WHEN SCIENCE WAS NONEXISTENCE, AND
THE STATE WAS A VERY WEAK ENTITY.
2. NOW, THE STATE PROVIDES (IN LARGE PART) THE SOCIAL GLUE THAT SOCIETY NEEDS - THE STATE AND RELIGION ARE IN COMPETITION WITH EACH OTHER IN THIS AREA - AND THE STATE IS WINNING. EXCEPT WHERE RELIGION TAKES OVER THE STATE ie. IRAN
3. IN THE PAST, RELIGION EXPLAINED WHAT THE WORLD AND THE UNIVERSE WHAT IS ALL ABOUT TO SOCIETY.
4. NOW SCIENCE EXPLAINS WHAT THE WORLD AND UNIVERSE IS ALL
ABOUT TO SOCIETY - SCIENCE AND RELIGION ARE IN COMPETITION WITH EACH OTHER IN THIS AREA - AND SCIENCE IS WINNING.
5. THE ONLY AREA THAT RELIGION SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY ANYMORE, IS MORAL VALUES - EVEN THIS IS DEBATABLE.
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THE COURSE DEALS WITH THE SUBJECT - BUT THE COURSE TITLE ~ RELIGION - WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR~~~ PROBABLY IS AN INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION THAT THE COURSE IS GOING TO TAKE.
THE COURSE TITLE IS A TAKE-OFF ON THE SONG:
"WAR - WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR????????
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING"
HOWEVER, IF WAR IS NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHING
---- WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY OF THEM???????
SEEMS LIKE A CONTRADICTION TO ME.......
LISE AND ME ARE ATTENDING A FREE SOCIAL ACTIVISM COURSE
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, FRIDAY EVENING - THAT IS BEING PUT ON BY A ROGUE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA PROFESSOR, AN ANARCHIST, BY THE NAME OF DENNIS RANCOURT. TONITE THERE IS A FILM ON THE "ANARCHO PUNK" (PUNK ROCK) MOVEMENT OF THE EARLY 1980'S.
LAST WEEK IT WAS A FILMED INTERVIEW WITH NOAM CHOMSKY ON HIS ANARCHIST'S VIEWS.
I AM INVOLVED IN MANY THINGS. AND
DOING MANY THINGS
THAT ARE PROBABLY NOT OF INTEREST TO MOST PEOPLE-------
SO I AM TRYING TO KEEP MY BLOG RESTRICTED
TO ITEMS OF WORLD IMPORTANCE, AND
NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
EVERYTHING IS NOTHING
NOTHING IS EVERYTHING
SMART FOR ONE - DUMB FOR ALL
DUMB FOR ONE - SMART FOR ALL
"THE ENLIGHTENED ONE"
WHEN THE ENLIGHTENED ONE SPEAKS
HE HAS SPOKEN, AND
HE SPEAKS NO MORE!!!!!!
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