tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34325728.post2311387758931363350..comments2023-10-01T23:04:30.532+09:00Comments on Heart4Japan & Rose: Hikikomori, Individualism and Christianity ?Roselinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672733086579693699noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34325728.post-85907003917070224892007-02-20T01:39:00.000+09:002007-02-20T01:39:00.000+09:00dear roselinethank you so much for your mail. it w...dear roseline<BR/><BR/>thank you so much for your mail. it was great to hear from you! i don't<BR/>know hayao kawai but his comment is in deed very interesting. probably<BR/>he is quite right. but, as it seems to me, one should not forget that<BR/>individualism can as well lead to very ugly things (as seen as well in<BR/>the west) and i doubt that people in the west these days have, generally<BR/>speaking, a great sense of "god who is looking down"...<BR/><BR/>without this "god who is looking down" both individuelime or group<BR/>centred societies are both lost for a clear reference to who they are<BR/>and what they should do... they are both lost - just in a little<BR/>different way but because of the same reason...<BR/><BR/>with lots of greetings<BR/><BR/>matthiasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34325728.post-38535374341547398362007-02-19T12:16:00.000+09:002007-02-19T12:16:00.000+09:00Very interesting. However, I don't know if "indiv...Very interesting. However, I don't know if "individualism" either way is a<BR/>Biblical concept. I am not familiar with either God nor Christ instructing,<BR/>even encouraging us, to become individuals. I think that is a philosophy of<BR/>the French Enlightenment or maybe Greek philosophy? Not sure.<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>Dr. OzawaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com