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From: "Mike Palij" <m...@nyu.edu>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
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Cc: "Mike Palij" <m...@nyu.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:23 AM
Subject: re: [tips] Palestinian and Islamic tipsters
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:14:22 -0700, Michael Sylvester, Ph.D. wrote:
HAPPY HOLY RAMADAN
to being somewhat puzzled when I hear people saying things
like "Happy Ramadan" (Dr. Sylvester just being a convenient example)
because it is as peculiar as wishing Christians "Happy Lent". One
description of Ramadan is provided by Wikipedia (standard disclaimer
apply):
Your analogies are way off
base.Fasting,denial,self-mortification,community sharing can all be
construed as forms practices that can lead to happiness.Read Marcus
Aurelius.
By the way Lent is great.As an ex-Trappist novitiate at
Gethsemani,Kentucky,the liturgy and the Greorian chants of that era was very
uplifting.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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