I find these other cultures' rhetorical styles to be logical, but not as direct as the linear, on-point style of the American culture. I'm probably more like a foreigner in this regard, because I like to talk by bringing in more context. I don't see this style as lacking logic (demonstrated connections). On the contrary, I often the linear folks skipping ahead too many steps in their desire to be direct and to-the-point, and they wind up failing logically.
> > > I don't let anyone, including this gov that I don't acknowledge, tell me who my enemies are.
Big agree! I like the division of labor and the outsourcing of tasks, but I oppose the outsourcing of ethics and will/agency. I always reserve the right of critical thinking.
For someone who "[doesn't] really care for this method of communication on Substack," you're quite proficient at it :-)
I always encourage contextual reading of the Bible, and I always warn students that Bible can be very difficult. It's not a shallow text, and it wasn't written to *us*; it was written for an audience nearly 2,000 years ago that had a culture different from ours. And while the Gospels are for a widespread audience *back then*, reading the epistles is literally reading someone else's mail :-D
"Turn the other cheek" is probably the most misinterpreted passage in the Gospels. I talked about it with Bob Murphy on his podcast, and it's in my book, too! (did you get that far into it yet? Station 5 in Chapter 2).
I find these other cultures' rhetorical styles to be logical, but not as direct as the linear, on-point style of the American culture. I'm probably more like a foreigner in this regard, because I like to talk by bringing in more context. I don't see this style as lacking logic (demonstrated connections). On the contrary, I often the linear folks skipping ahead too many steps in their desire to be direct and to-the-point, and they wind up failing logically.
> > > I don't let anyone, including this gov that I don't acknowledge, tell me who my enemies are.
Big agree! I like the division of labor and the outsourcing of tasks, but I oppose the outsourcing of ethics and will/agency. I always reserve the right of critical thinking.
For someone who "[doesn't] really care for this method of communication on Substack," you're quite proficient at it :-)
I always encourage contextual reading of the Bible, and I always warn students that Bible can be very difficult. It's not a shallow text, and it wasn't written to *us*; it was written for an audience nearly 2,000 years ago that had a culture different from ours. And while the Gospels are for a widespread audience *back then*, reading the epistles is literally reading someone else's mail :-D
"Turn the other cheek" is probably the most misinterpreted passage in the Gospels. I talked about it with Bob Murphy on his podcast, and it's in my book, too! (did you get that far into it yet? Station 5 in Chapter 2).