Class Discussion Notes:
10.13.2005
Ritual
Nature
Industrialization/Technology
Fear of
Disconnection
Identity
- (Megan) “People through
industrialization have hence ruined one true sign and symbol of God in
this world”- Why do industrialization and technology ruin God in the world?
Can industrialization, technology and God coexist?
- (Susan) By destroying nature, we
destroy part of the mystery
- With technology, there’s less of a
need for miracles
- Relationships
- There’s no focus on building
relationships—constantly move people around in contrast with education
systems in Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc.
- (Mitha) have to find some way to fit
into a group
- Who is doing this? Government? Society?
- (Ben)American dream=”you have to do it
on your own”
- (Anush) ethic that man could
essentially take from nature—givers and takers
- (Brian) “name” is to know or be
familiar with
- Sense of God
- (Thomas) Is it that we don’t feel God
anymore or we’re replacing an older concept of God with a newer concept
of God?
- Evolution of Thought
- Where is God? (18th Century-
people who wrote the Constitution)
- We must find God here again
(Romantics)
- Where is God? How can he be in charge of this
cruelty? (Darwin)
- Where’d God go? Did he disappear?
- God is dead (Nietzche)
- Cities destroyed God
- London is the first big city
- People tend to idealize the Middle
Ages
- (May) Just because we’re in an urban
environment, it doesn’t mean we will lose God. We just need to change a bit to provide
for unity instead of always feeling “so sorry”. It’s the way people have dealt with
urbanization. Who really wants to
go back to the Middle Ages?
- Attempts to Solve the Problems of
Relationships and Sense of Nature and God
- (Mitha) Just trying to make us feel
better by bringing back nature artificially
- (Thomas) Facebook makes me you feel
like you have more friends