I hung out playing risk with Matt, Hatch, Daniel, and the Falks (Prof. and his wife) until 1 AM. It was good times. This morning I get to Cultural History of the Enlightenment, and we talk about the Sexual History of the Enlightenment. Interesting stuff. Various social contract theorists (all of them pretty much German) kept looking for the base connectedness of humans, ends up being sex, and therefor the thing that could tear appart society was Masterbation. That was because they figured semen was basicly excess brain/spinal fluid, and people that masterbated were more or less draining their reason out of themselves, thus threatening the very reasoned structure of society. Odd class, odd time period.
This leads into another thought. I think I know the real reason the Misouri synod exists, because germans are too patriarchal, and Scandinavians are too matriarchal for the two groups to mix. The ethos of Scandinavia is one of acceptance of everyone (that's why ELCA has open communion) and a motherly kind of love. The Misouri Synod is steeped in German patriachy, ridged. I don't know, I'll perhaps come back to the argument sometime.
Peace,
Chris
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