Wednesday, March 25, 2020
On Medium: The Audacity of the Quran
The Quran is supposed to lay bare the essence of monotheism that's been obscured by Jewish and Christian backsliding. So is monotheism still respectable? Here's an article that examines the themes of the Quran and explains the source of the Quran's audacity.
Monday, March 23, 2020
On Medium: Top Three Criticisms of Philosophy
Here you'll find answers to whether philosophy is pedantic, antisocial, and pseudoscientific or BS.
Friday, March 20, 2020
On Medium: The Existential Choice between Modernity and Religion
This article is about how, beyond the stale, skewed, and superficial debate about whether religion is rational, there's a conflict between the values of progress and submission.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
On Medium: Augustine, Luther, and the Rise of Post-Christian Culture
Read on for a critique of Anthony Kronman's case against Christianity, focusing on the incoherence and fictional nature of Augustine's and Luther's theologies.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
On Medium: Social Grooming and the Meeting of Naked Minds
Here's an article about how we evade or confront the existential mystery, by grooming each other with words or by having a meeting of minds to explore ideas without guile or fear.
Friday, March 13, 2020
On Medium: Childishness as the Root of Human Brutality
This article is about our species' blundering into destructiveness. The difference between human children and adults is one of degree; we're too smart for our good, since we mostly retain the naivety about existential matters that governs our childhood.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
On Medium: Why Existentialism should Replace Spirituality
Read this article to see why existential philosophy and art should replace the religious discourse of spirituality.
Monday, March 9, 2020
On Medium: The Irony of Spiritual Bonds in a Decadent Technosphere
This article is about existential struggle, the need for camaraderie to stave off high-tech alienation, and the difference between heroic suffering and First World annoyances.
Friday, March 6, 2020
On Medium: The Prospects of Heroism despite the Eventual Cosmic Equilibrium
Read on to learn about the con of mystical oneness, the demonization of humanists, and the heroism of existential rebellion against the universe's pointlessness.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
On Medium: Life’s Absurdity and the True Threat of Nihilism
This article is about how absurdity is better than nothing: reason may be subversive as the nihilist says, but the objective world is inherently funny and creative.
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