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e enemy s line of communication what we want is not more little books about christianity but more little books by christians on other subjects with their christianity latent i an evaluation of the existential level demonstrates that is a highly effective means of communicating ideas whereas many individuals will never pick up a work by augustine thomas aquinas or alvin plantinga nearly everyone reads novels goes to the movies or listens to some type of music on the other hand if one uses the existential level alone he is bound to fall into error the danger of isolating the existential level from the other levels of philosophy is that it leads to subjectivism the idea that truth is whatever you believe it to be the existential level must be grounded upon the analytical level to prevent this slide into subjectivism level three prescriptive level the third and final level of philosophy that we will deal with is the prescriptive level of philosophy this level deals with the applicative nature of a certain philosophical system this is the level that says how does this affect my life this level deals with how we should live it takes the information of the previous two levels and translates into reality it is demonstrated in the parent instructing the child on what he should or should not do or in the minister who sets forth moral standards for his congregation we are constantly engaged in the prescriptive level day in conversations on the sidewalk or in our own living rooms concerning the far reaching moral and ethical issues that we encounter each and every day this level of philosophy is important because any idea is meaningless if it can t be applied to reality it is on this level that the seemingly abstract arguments of the first level and the personal expression of the second level touch reality again there are dangers in using this level alone as well if the child comes to her father and says dad we were taught in school today that there are no moral absolutes what do you think about that if the father is not careful he will simply jump straight to the prescriptive level and began spouting scriptural proof texts against the error the problem however is that the teacher does not believe the bible and the classroom milieu does not regard it as authoritative in essence the child is not asking her father what he believes about the issue but why he believes what he does about the issue if you forego the first two levels then you are only left with application which is very subjective and weak without a foundation it is important that we learn to operate on every level if we really want to communicate our worldview christian apologist ravi zacharias has wonderfully set forth the meaning and function of these levels of philosophy in this portion of his article living an apologetic life level one concerns logic level two is based on feeling and level three is where all is applied to reality to put it another way level one states why we believe what we believe level two indicates why we live the way we live and level three states why we legislate for others the way we do for every life that is lived at a reasonable level these three questions must be answered first can i defend what i believe in keeping with the laws of logic that is is it tenable second if everyone gave himself or herself the prerogatives of my philosophy could there be harmony in existence that is is it livable third do i have a right to make moral judgments in the matters of daily living that is is it transferable ii an important principle to keep in mind concerning these three levels is that we argue on level one analytical we illustrate on level two existential and we apply on level three prescriptive i lewis c s god in the dock grand rapids william b eerdmans publishing company 1970 taken from chapter 10 christian apologetics pg 93 ii zacharias ravi living an apologetic life just thinking fall 2003 p 8 june 3 2008 top ten posts for may 2008 posted by josh under art christianity culture humor literature philosophy theology leave a comment very little was posted this month the team has been busy but here are the top ten most visited posts for the month of may the battle for the mind german and british propaganda in the first world war a post examing the beginnings of modern war propaganda and how it is used to direct the populace doormat christianity how much personal offense should a christian put up with the nature of truth a two part essay that examines the meaning of truth and its underlying principles part 1 part 2 what is christian art is there such a thing as christian art and how does one recognize it eschatology poll update and fun with christian kitsch a post that examines the results of our eschatology poll while having some fun with kitschy christian art faith and reason a two part essay dealing with a proper definition of faith as well as its relationship to reason part 1 part 2 much ado about nothing nihilism and modernist literature a four part essay that examines nihilistic themes in the works of three modernist authors part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 is fantasy escapism is fantasy literature lotr narnia etc an attempt to escape reality or does it communicate reality better than any other genre monty python s parody of knighthood part 1 how monty python and the holy grail humorously skewers the ideals of arthurian chivalry the ethical quagmire of designer babies a post that investigates the murky waters of bioethics may 6 2008 welcome to the village number 6 aka the big brother pizza shop posted by persifler under america culture identity materialism modernism money news people pop culture thought life tags 1984 brave new world databases dream police orwellian shadow government the prisoner the village leave a comment this is almost humerous but it rings true what with all the databases out there that have your information the grocery store has those little vip store cards that if you use will allow you to save a percentage on you bill at the cost of your purchase being added to their database about your buying habits not to mention credit card purchases credit reports bank statements hmo records dentist records hospital records military records police records and the lists go on infinitely everyday a new list a new way to catalogue you and your habits as you read this say hello to the guys and gals in foggy bottom vodpod videos no longer available from www youtube com posted with vodpod it is ironic that the very ones who pried open the lid of our judicial system are the very ones who are now trying to nail it back on the natural response to anarchy is totalitarian rule so it is easy to see how we have gotten to this point from say the sixties and seventies now it s hard to see how we can claim to be a democratic republic given we can only choose from only two parties which are running politicians whose image is more important than their character and substance there are no more statesmen who hold the best interest of the nation above their own political ambitions so in order for the politicos to retain their power they have to have a victimized society which they can care for and pander to this is the enevitable result reporting live frome the village i m number 6 we re run by the pentagon we re run by madison avenue we re run by television and as long as we accept those things and don t revolt we ll have to go along with the stream to the eventual avalanche as long as we go out and buy stuff we re at their mercy we re at the mercy of the advertiser and of course there are certain things that we need but a lot of the stuff that is bought is not needed w e all live in a little village your village may be different from other people s villages but we are all prisoners cult tv uk an interview with patrick mcgoohan conducted by warner troyer march 1977 from the prisoner where am i in the village what do you want information whose side are you on that would be telling we want information information information you won t get it by hook or by crook we will who are you the new number two who is number one you are number six i am not a number i am a free man http en wikipedia org wiki the_prisoner april 30 2008 the top ten posts for april 2008 posted by josh under art blogwatch christianity culture ethics literature philosophy wwi leave a comment here are the top ten april posts on quadrivium faith and reason a two part essay dealing with a proper definition of faith as well as its relationship to reason part 1 part 2 an evaluation of the bundle theory of substance an analysis of a popular theory of substance advocated by the famous skeptic empiricist david hume the ethical quagmire of designer babies a post that investigates the murky waters of bioethics an evaluation of descartes claim that the mind is more easily known than the body a post that examines the contents of its formidable title note this is not an argument against substance dualism just an evalution of one of descartes arguments for it the battle for the mind german and british propaganda in the first world war a post examing the beginnings of modern war propaganda and how it is used to direct the populace what is christian art is there such a thing as christian art and how does one recognize it much ado about nothing nihilism and modernist literature a four part essay that examines nihilistic themes in the works of three modernist authors part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 the nature of truth a two part essay that examines the meaning of truth and its underlying principles part 1 part 2 there s hope for porn stars sort of this post analyzes the controversial techniques of a ministry to porn stars along with the misleading statement jesus loves porn stars two way tie for tenth the suffocating soul a two part book review and commentary on the various corsets and tight slippers that suffocate our souls part 1 part 2 and is fantasy escapism is fantasy literature lotr narnia etc an attempt to escape reality or does it communicate reality better than any other genre april 25 2008 the battle for the mind german and british propaganda in the first world war posted by josh under culture history media uncategorized war wwi tags culture history media propaganda war 33 comments since i have been unable to come up with some interesting posts here lately here is a copy of a paper that i delivered at the uncg honor s symposium in 2007 in the first world war humanity was horrified at the advent of trench warfare u boats tanks and casualties on an unprecedented scale as nations rapidly discovered new and more brutally effective ways to slaughter one another s citizens however war fueled innovation extended beyond the bomb blasted battlefields of the eastern and western fronts it began in the home front as the concept and practice of war propaganda flourished governments engaged in the great war learned very quickly that modern warfare would require the effective use of propaganda to sway public opinion it was no longer sufficient for a nation s military to be the only force in conflict now the entire populace both civilian and soldier would combine into a national fighting force of the numerous lessons to be drawn from the first world war one of the most significant was that public opinion could no longer be ignored as a determining factor in the formulation of public policies sanders taylor 1 national morale would depend on how swiftly recruits signed up and how much comfort and peace of mind citizens would be willing to sacrifice in this paper i will examine world war one propaganda as it was practiced by the british and german governments each of these nations was required to increase its propaganda effort in order to continue fighting in a war that became increasingly detrimental to public morale examining the propaganda techniques of both countries will reveal a great deal about their respective cultures how much they differed and how much they shared in common even before their declaration of war on august 1 1914 the germans had already begun work on their own semi official propaganda machinery which was loosely spread throughout the various branches of german government welch 22 early in the war german journalist matthias erzberger established the zentralstelle für auslandsdienst central office for foreign services which concerned itself with distributing propaganda to neutral nations especially after the invasion of belgium the german government also heavily employed the wolff telegraph bureau as a means of international propaganda after the british cut germany s undersea telegraph cables the germans relied upon their wireless nauen station the most powerful transmitting station in the world to continue a constant feed of pro german news reports to the world welch 22 23 an interesting german propaganda technique was the use of mobile cinemas these transportable film machines would be sent to the german front line to provide entertainment to the weary german troops scattered throughout the featured films german propagandists had inserted short newsreels that would depict recent events in a decidedly pro german light posters and postcards also played and important role throughout the war a comparison of german and british posters clearly reveals the differences between german and british culture while british posters relied heavily on artistic flourishes and effective slogans german posters were much more matter of fact indeed german war posters were often nothing more than large illustrated graphs which detailed the resources of germany in comparison to other nations one such poster that contrasted germany s combined national income with great britain s features a smiling well fed german citizen holding a much larger wallet than the sour faced emaciated briton that he is compared to welch 83 german visual media excelled in adapting national mythology to the war this was a decided advantage in propaganda over the british although great britain was a nation with a strong literary tradition it lacked an epic cultural mythology like germany s german mythology in the nordic tradition was perfectly suited for militaristic aims it should come as no surprise then that many german war posters contained images of dragons valkyries and sword wielding siegfried like heroes portions of the hindenburg line were even given such names as siegfried and wotan the father of the gods in german mythology germany placed far less emphasis upon recruiting in its propaganda than did the allies the german military was fairly large at the beginning of the war and since the german government had effectively portrayed their struggle as defensive the german populace was swept up in a nationalistic fervor indeed the primary manifestation of german home front propaganda lay more in what was censored than what was said german media was closely scrutinized by the government so that most of what the civilian population imbibed w...
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