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Tag Archives: Christianity
Beyond Theology
“When God is dead, man, who was always defined as a creature other than God, begins to feel himself as other than reality – a sentimental irregularity in a dog-eat-dog system that might have been contrived by the Devil, if … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
Tagged Alan Watts, atheism, belief systems, Buddhism, Christianity, Devil, enlightenment, God, God is dead, nirvana, relaxation, religion, stars, Structure, system, theology, Zen
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Poetry and Religion
So I was reading reddit.com and a user submitted a photograph of the following religious peom with the title, “Sigh…this was posted on a hallway whiteboard in my office the other day.” “Almighty God, of majesty high walked on this … Continue reading
Posted in Quick Ideas, Quotes
Tagged atheism, Christianity, commanality, existence, fight, poetry, purpose, unecessary, views, wisdom, wit, worldview
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50,000, Value, God, Jesus & Satan
A couple days ago we reached 50,000 hits. My typical take on this would be to disregard the mark as an arbitrary number. That is to say, it possesses a weight that 23,766 does not, and we can explain this by … Continue reading
Posted in Active Philosophy
Tagged Active Philosophy, christ, Christianity, God, guns, jesus, Matthew, Michael Pacher, milton, numbers, paradise lost, satan, temptation, wealth distribution
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More Hatred
Now this is an infuriating article. Atheists: No God, no reason, just whining. This woman is blind to how her generalizations and accusations amount to pure hypocrisy in the brief span of an article. She thinks that being a complete dick … Continue reading
Posted in General Philosophies
Tagged Active Philosophy, atheism, Christianity, church, Eagleton, hypocrisy, reason, religion, theism
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Giant Floating Daddy Figure
I don’t wanna seem too much like a stiff! I’m not like – What?!!! You don’t believe in the power of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ??! And his utterly implausible miracles either?!!! Hell!!! This next quote is in honor … Continue reading
Posted in General Philosophies
Tagged Alan Watts, belief, Christianity, dumb, father figure, funny, God, heaven, judaism, Martin Buber, Paul Tillich, religion, sense of humor, silly, St. Thomas Aquinas
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Beyond Theism/Atheism
Puff Daddy: “Let’s change the world, BIG.” Notorious BIG: “Can’t change the world unless we change ourselves.” Beyond Atheism/Theism “I must create a system or be enslaved by another man’s; I will not reason and compare; my business is to … Continue reading
Posted in Active Philosophy
Tagged agnosticism, atheism, belief, brand, catholicism, Christianity, discipline, division, faith, freedom, Gandhi, gentiles, gnostic, God, Gospel of Thomas, heaven, Hegel, history, judaism, knowledge, Leibniz, love, morality, Nietzshe, ownership, Pascal, raft, religion, Spinoza, spiritual, theism, tolerance, truth, unity, William Blake, wisdom, Wittgenstein
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Mahatma Gandhi on God, Truth, and Religion
I wanted to provide one of the biggest influences behind my two posts on Atheism. No human being has ever inspired a more successful Active Philosophy. Each color change is a selection from the book All Men Are Brothers By … Continue reading
Posted in Active Philosophy, Quotes
Tagged Active Philosophy, ahimsa, atheism, bible, Christianity, existence, expedition, Gandhi, Hinduism, humility, individuals, Koran, leisure, love, Maker, morality, names, nonviolence, peace, reality, religion, roads, Sanskrit, sports, superiority, truth, universe, Vedas, violence, Zend Avesta, zest
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Atheism, Cont.
In a recent post I decried Atheism, or the way that some approach it, for being absolute. However, as Cheryl reminded me, atheism or no faith does no necessarily equate to anything absolute, but rather the opposite. My scattered thoughts emerged … Continue reading
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Tagged Active Philosophy, atheism, Buddha, Buddhism, Christianity, compromise, D.T. Suzuki, David Harvey, destiny, division, enlightenment, essay, experience, faith, Frederic Jameson, Fromm, Gandhi, Gospel of Thomas, lotus, obama, positive, postmodernism, religion, rhetoric, satori, self, spritual, study, thinkers, trancendentalists, truth, Zen
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On Science, Religion, and Nationalism II
This post is in response to On Science, Religion, and Nationalism On the topic of (supernatural) religion and defending a society opposed to religion, I think that we are starting to have a disagreement on a fundamental issue, which is … Continue reading
Posted in General Philosophies
Tagged america, angels, border, britney spears, catholic, change, Christianity, church, construct, evil, existence, familarity, fundamental, future, God, gods, good, history, humanism, Mexico, mythology, myths, nationalism, nations, nature, past, poor, present, reality, religions, rich, school, science, serenity, supernatural, USA, vs., war, worldview, WWII
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Why the Fuck am I Doing This? – Addendum, Pt. 2
“…It is true, church membership today is higher than ever before, books on religion become best sellers, and more people speak of God than ever before. Yet this kind of religious profession only covers up a profoundly materialistic and irreligious … Continue reading
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Tagged awakened, belief, books, Christianity, church, doctrine, Erich Fromm, father, Freud, God, groupthink, heaven, jesus, Nietzsche, objectivity, religion, Tao, Zen
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