Lesson 1: Secularism<\/p>\n
Monolithic culture vs. melting pot (pluralistic).<\/p>\n
Pre-christian culture = paganism; Post-Christian culture = secularism.<\/p>\n
Secularism: Humanism, existentialism, positivism (pragmatism), hedonism, pluralism (relativism).<\/p>\n
*ism - philosophize something.<\/p>\n
Secularism from Saeculum (world as in this time). Mundus (world as in this space).<\/p>\n
Versus Christianity: Eternity. God: Beyond time & space. Creatures = Sub specie Aeternitatis (under the aspect of eternity).<\/p>\n
hic et nunc: The here and the now. Observed everywhere in the media, commercials. Epicureanism\/hedonism (eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you die) vs. Jesus' \"Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven\".<\/p>\n
Shakespeare's: The secular worldview denies that which is transcendent and eternal.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lesson 1: Secularism Monolithic culture vs. melting pot (pluralistic). Pre-christian culture = paganism; Post-Christian culture = secularism. Secularism: Humanism, existentialism, positivism (pragmatism), hedonism, pluralism (relativism). *ism - philosophize something. Secularism from Saeculum (world as in this time). Mundus (world as … Continue reading
\nTo-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,<\/em>
\n Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,<\/em>
\n To the last syllable of recorded time;<\/em><\/p>\n