Welcome to the Paradoxical Point web site: (Overcoming our Evolution to find Meaning)
My name is Jim Jantzen and i am a pediatrician and amateur philosopher from Washington State. As i am an MD rather than a PhD, this is not a scholarly discourse, but rather an attempt to distill the writings of various authors and philosophers and relate them to my own thoughts and beliefs. I have tried to be very concise. This synthesis is an expression of my opinion, but i anticipate that these ideas will ring true to many of you, the readers. I hope they will inspire you to formulate your own living philosophy. (Jump to In a Nutshell) or..........
A Brief Outline and Description of Sites: (the site is organized in increasing detail: 1-brief outline, 2-A brief summary,3outline with keywords, 4-pages) (each page can almost stand on its own, but it makes more sense if done in sequence)
1)PP I: Evolution Overcome Ignoring the Abyss-- deals with the fallout of Prozac (neuropharmacology) and deconstructionism: a loss of meaning and a questioning of all previous presumptions
Evolution: the driving force Reproduce!
& Man, memes, and society
-- deal with a broad definition of evolution and how it determines human behavior, thought, and culture (I was influenced alot by Dawkins & Dennett here) There is no chance--deals with the complexity and interrelatedness of things, and the improbability that things have arisen out of chance events/random processes
Loving Beyond
& The Point-- relates all of this to radical Christianity which defies evolutionary determinism in the "will to love," which is the essence of Christianity
( see also the Main Outline which is detailed a bit further with keywords, or....the two paragraph summary: "In a Nutshell" )
PP II: Christianity Reborn Evolution & Christ-- the history of the Christian church as political power is the product of evolution...an alternative proposed
Faith of Self-- escaping evolutionary determinism through faith, a state of being
Faith of Community--expanding the self in the community of faith, the command toward inclusiveness
The Uses of the Word--the Bible can be used to justify anything, making it's usage as the source of an ethic problematic Jesus and the Law--Jesus strongly rebelled against the Levitical laws of his time; the Golden Rule is radical and subversive
Christian Sexuality
Please feel free to join me on the steps of the Parthenon. . .
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