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Avatar – Double Entendres
Avatar – Double Entendres
The movie has many double entendres. For example, the destruction of “home tree” shows a couple of the multiple trunks toppling. It brings to mind the falling of the twin towers. Combined with the Colonel’s comment just before the final battle about fighting terror with terror could be a comment on the GWOT, Global War on Terror.
Do you get the sense that there’s something of a reflection of the War in Iraq as you see the military, hired mercenaries, trying to take the valuable asset (read “Oil”) from the natives (read “innocent Iraqis”)? Continue reading “Avatar – Double Entendres”
Stanley Jaki’s Thought
Science Was Born of Christianity
“Exact Science” vs “More or Less” Philosophy – Jaki
Jaki (click link below for Jaki book, The Savior of Science) was a relentless student of the history of science, and he analyzed just about every culture in history that has attempted science. His unique contribution to the history of science is his detailed explanation as to why “modern science” developed in Western, Christian Europe as opposed to anywhere else. No matter the genius of their scientists, every other culture’s scientific development was “stillborn.” And Jaki discovered a religio-cultural explanation for that historical fact. (Click link below for Jaki book.)
