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Lately I have been distinguishing Buddhism from Christianity in my recent readings. Althought, at bottom, both religions are nihilistic and decadent, I have realized Buddhism is a much healthier and more realistic view of life and philosophically superior. Unlike the Christian, who is always...

Some thoughts about Kierkegaard, from a philosophical angle. Truth is strange - for in the majority of all those philosophical tomes of thought, there seems to be some sort of self-disgust, an aversion to itself. We can see the truth always “just about to be,” but it never actually coincides...

Here's a dilemma I've been thinking lately, and not only does it prove the incoherence of Christianity, it also demonstrates the internal contradiction within apologetics. It has to do with God's pure and holy state that cannot abide the presence of a sinner. He is incapable of forgiving...

In this post I will deconstruct the notorious scholar of Deaf studies, Jack Gannon, who blamed Aristotle for that moniker, "deaf and dumb." While reading his excerpt, I found his rhetoric to be over cooked. Deaf and Dumb -- A relic from the medieval English era, this is the granddaddy of...

This short essay is a illustration of the contrast between two impulses: the religious and a very ancient one, the tragic. The religious impulse comes from a long and hard look into the depths of the human element - suffering - and in the process of doing so, a divine force is postulated...

An abstract from my upcoming book on Theothanatology: Why deicide precedes posthumanism The significance of the death of God has many aspects, but the most important one is the painful realization that metaphysical foundations have become empty, irrelevant, and consequently, romantic. But...

A few words on the actual manifestations of anthropocentricism and anthropomorphism in history and society, but first, the definitions: Anthropomorphism: the tendency to attribute human motives, characteristics, traits or other qualities to nonhuman objects. Anthropocentricism: the...

How can I ever hope to explain a very private and personal and moreover, terribly subjective feeling, when it is little more than a brainfart of chemicals, and especially, all I have is my own experiences, and any attempt to empathize with another's feelings are still filtered through my own...

Previously I had written and posted the following on Heathen Hangout, in response to Davidm’s rhetorical question (couldn’t we get along?): The following expands on why intellectuals are crippled by their own greatest attribute - the powers of abstraction - and why the practical person...

In the Life of Jesus (1835) Strauss was one of the first to successfully apply Kantian and Hegelian analyses to the Gospels of the New Testament. Thanks to the Copernican revolution in philosophy, the Kantian turn, Strauss first examined how one views something before examining the nature of...

A lack of sexual interest. Yes, you read that right. Not something forbidden in this egalitarian era - the desire to be superior - but a cultural tweaking of an existential condition. Why I think sexual interest is at the root of racism is precisely this: the fundamental drive of man is...

If we are by nature sinful, degenerate, then no amount of suffering can ever relieve us of our debt. Therefore, according to Christianity, God loves us, He sent someone to die in our place, someone who is worthy. Yet, this is a trick. Our debt of sin has been paid by someone else, but now we...

How does a Christian think? The most efficient way to answer this question is to observe them in an intellectual setting, especially in the debate arena. If a Christian meets a person who has yet to join the herd, he will subject them to certain dialogue with the hopes of gaining another member...

Christians are prone to overstatements such as the simple claim that the New Testament is a historical document. However, this is incorrect, since they are religious works, not historical documents. There is a reason why your public or university library has the Gospels classified as...

What's the definition of a virgin in England? Any female under the age of eighteen. What's the definition of a virgin in France? Any female under the age of sixteen. What's the definition of a virgin in the Middle East? Any camel that can run faster than an Muslim.

A liar! :lol:

We all read into things, see something that isn't in the text, yet, since there's nothing outside of either text or context, where did that 'reading' come from? And if derrida is correct, that the signifier never reaches the signified, but continually fall back into another signifier, (meaning...

Hit the hyperborean gif in my signature and you'll be looking at my discussion boards. I set that up over a year ago and recruited the cream of the crop from other discussion boards. I spared no ideology, for all i cared was topnotch discusssions full of quality material where posters knew their...

They spit on the other's back. :twisted:

Look for the chick with the braided armpit hair. :smoking: