Sunday, February 10, 2008

Should Sharia Law be accomodated by a government?

Two interesting answers.


Yes - it is a separate system of law that does not really intersect with civil law. Canon law, Torah, etc. are examples.

No - Sharia law is incompatible with human dignity as upheld by Judeo-Christian foundations that gave rise to modern democracies.

Thoughts? I am not familiar enough about the topic to give an educated opinion, but both arguments are convincing to me.

Godspy.com is back up!

Yay!

Life of Pi

So I kept hearing about this book from everywhere, plus this being a friend's favorite book -

I imagined it being more of a religion discussion in the style of Dostoyevski, but it is definitely a story of an adventure! Life rafts on airplanes don't have the provisions on this book.

"book club questions" has some suggested discussion questions, such as what is the relationship of zoology and religious studies, in light of this book?

My answer would be that both studies studies the relationship of man in context of his/her sourroundings. Zoology in terms of natural creation andas brothers and sisters, as St. Francis puts it. Religious studies is a study of man's search for God, which makes it a study of man's relationship to his supernatural family.

The author Yann Martel says something interesting about atheists and agnostics. Atheists may have made a decision on things, but can be convinced otherwise. Agnostics will doubt anything and everything, and therefore cannot be convinced out of agnostic view.

While these are the central themes of the book, it is not clear the relationship of religion and zoology in the context of this book. Comments?