tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post3573754191700995709..comments2023-09-02T07:14:49.753-04:00Comments on Atheism And The City: Further Thoughts On Hipster AtheismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post-573230480718626862013-12-20T22:20:39.355-05:002013-12-20T22:20:39.355-05:00Yeah, I took it that way when you wrote it -- you ...Yeah, I took it that way when you wrote it -- you observed yourself doing something, and you reported it (to yourself, and to us).I appreciated your honesty, and saw in it the sign that you are self-critical. I just think that it's interesting that the same instinct you apply to theistic beliefs (what a waste of time) wouldn't hold consistently with fashion (again, what a waste of time). But you're also right -- fashion isn't a waste of time per se. Fashion is interesting, and elusive, and material, and the stuff of being alive. I would never, really, fault someone for being interested in fashion, in the same way that I wouldn't fault someone for being interested in art, or cars, or sports, or whatever. <br /><br />Cheers.Tony Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14178419155873935555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post-18510754347905654342013-12-20T21:21:51.627-05:002013-12-20T21:21:51.627-05:00Tony, you're right in a way. I was being hones...Tony, you're right in a way. I was being honest here and admitting some of my faults. I don't want to be that person that does this, and I'm working on changing. <br /><br />I think I am a product of my environment when it comes to fashion. I live in New York, where we don't own cars or houses like in the rest of America. And so here, the emphasis is on fashion. I'm a product of this culture. I personally think fashion is important but it is secondary to philosophy, wisdom and knowledge. One can have both however. I am struggling between the desire to just indulge in all the material excesses given this is the only life I will ever have, and the desire to abstain from these indulgences and devote my life entirely towards intellectual endeavors and selflessness. The Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303015383137218932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post-68998182640781065272013-12-19T23:28:14.368-05:002013-12-19T23:28:14.368-05:00"I've noticed myself numerous times insul..."I've noticed myself numerous times insulting people behind their back who I thought had no fashion sense. But then I also despise people who take that attitude to the extreme and judge people only by what they wear."<br /><br />Your whole attitude here is interesting to me. Fashion sense, it would seem to me, is a kind of interaction with group-think, and group-think is something that I imagine would not be of importance to the philosophically-minded.<br /><br />I also find it interesting that you observe yourself "insulting people behind their back," as I think that this is a kind of observation that might lead to changing your behavior. Recently, I've been more aware of catching myself making small, self-aggrrandizing or white lies in normal conversation, and by trying to immediately correct these misrepresentations I'm finding it easier to avoid them later on. Tony Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14178419155873935555noreply@blogger.com