Interview with Maynard James
Keenan
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Snip:
Were there personal experiences in your life
in which you witnessed first account cases of hypocrisy in Christianity?
"I was raised a Southern Baptist". I witnessed first-hand
the hypocrisy of this particular form of Christianity. But it
was a gradual thing. As I got older, I began to see people claiming
one set of beliefs and acting in ways which directly opposed these
views".
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"Maynard Interview"
A Commentary on Green Day’s American Idiot
Snip: In reference to their recent CD release and performance at The Phoenix,
they played American Idiot almost in entirety from beginning to end. This is a
high energy work that is modeled as a rock opera-a saga, of sorts-which tells
the story of travel, despair, hypocrisy, escapism, but eventually, hope. Not hope
or (a) utopia. But for a more relevant and realistic world-a world of greater
accountability for personal and political actions.
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Debate: Does God Exist?
Snip: And so let me begin with an appeal to everyone here tonight
that we have an obligation to consider why we hold the beliefs
we do. We have an obligation not only to ourselves, but to our
children, friends, relatives, neighbours, and the rest of humanity
to consider why we believe and especially, why we act the way
we do.
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The Philosophical, Literary,
and Religious Influences in "The Matrix"
Snip: "The idea of
prophecy is demonstrated in a hybrid of both biblical and ancient
Greek fashion. The Oracle prophesized that a savior would come.
In ancient Greece, Oracles were considered to possess particular
powers of insight. In ancient Greece, for example, the Oracle
of Delphi stated that none were wiser than Socrates."
READ "...THE MATRIX"
Hominid Comparative Reasoning Skills in the
EEA:
The Cognitive Evolution of Specific Secondary Epigenetic Rules
Snip: "I argue that the idea of secondary epigenetic rules
is essentially correct but we need to consider how they would
have naturally developed given various selective pressures. I
have identified five such rules-three which are axiomatic, and
two which are more developed forms of comparative reasoning."
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