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Art, Religion and Reality
In the universe of utilitarianism, indeed, a hammer is worth more than a symphony, a knife more than a poetry, a wrench more than a painting: because it is easy to take care of the effectiveness of a utensil while it is difficult to understand what music can serve, the literature or art.
— Order Nut, The use of the useless
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When Christianity spread into the Roman Empire it went through a terrible reframing. The Roman emperor Constantine forced bishops to come up with creedal statements that had little or nothing to do with the original teachings of Jesus. For many, the Christian religion was reduced to supernatural claims and cultic moralisms. For many, Christianity was reframed from a religion of empathy to one of mind control.
If some Christians are more concerned about the success of the American economy than with liberating workers enslaved in sweatshops all over the globe- it is the Christianity of Constantine, not Jesus.
— Jim Rigby
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Every man should dance, all his life. Don’t be a dancer, dance.
It’s the law of love: you love because you feel the need to do it, not to get something or to be in return, otherwise you’re destined for unhappiness.
