the process of thinking about my major

Jan 22, 2006 21:37

why is it that i've started to notice more and more open minded people who seem to be relatively to highly intelligent end up trying to defend being in a religion in a very hardcore way...it seems pretty redundant in a way ( Read more... )

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Ummm... sciphi January 23 2006, 04:51:49 UTC
"Philo" is the Greek word for "to love". There is no Greek God/Goddess associated with it.

Sophia is wisdom, and although in later Gnostic sects it took the emphasis of a Goddess, the etymology is confused.

Also, it's kind of a lost cause telling people what they ought to be doing like this. I've had a number of people react with shock when learning I'm a philosophy major, since they expect all moral philosophers to be religious.

Cheers,
Beer!

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Re: Ummm... sciphi January 23 2006, 07:12:57 UTC
yeah thanks ill fix that

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