a "purposelessness" driven life

Sorry I haven't had time to break down the PDL with you, Dragon. Maybe sometime soon.

But the Hegelian dialectic process was apparently used by Stalin to create the conscensus required to build the Soviet empire and by Hitler to build the Third Reich (the info is out there but I don't have it handy).

It has been used by American corporations for many years now. And by the public school system for some 25 years or more, much to the detriment of our children. It is the foundation of things like Total Quality Management and Outcome Based Education.

Even closer to home, it has now invaded orthodox Christianity through the CGM.

There is one thing everyone agrees on concerning the dialectic - IT WORKS.

The Hegelian Dialectic within the Church