The Time-independent World Order
I recently read two pieces a synthesis of which might be interpreted to say that all we can hope for in life is to concoct an artifice which distracts us from the impending and concurrent oblivion of purposelessness which would otherwise crush us. This is not idle nihilistic navel gazing, though [...]
The University of Oxford has apparently taken £2M toward answering “Why do we believe in God?” From the Times article:
They will not attempt to solve the question of whether God exists but they will examine evidence to try to prove whether belief in God conferred an evolutionary advantage to mankind. They will also consider [...]
Or: My Attempt to Win Money with Words Goes Astray
I wrote this in the fall in an effort to earn/win cash for school. Not sure if there’s only one entry per person, like, ever, but I wouldn’t send the same essay twice anyway. Therefore, I’m free to publish it here, for what it’s [...]
On the virtues of being an asshole, crazy people, bowel movements, and divinity.
Which represents the greater hubris:
we have found structures in the universe whose origins we can understand only if they were created by a higher consciousness; or
given an intelligent creator, whoever that is must’ve received, like, a C at best for ENG302: Creating Things That Work Well to Populate Your New Universe?
The first point is rather [...]
I look down upon the clouds from on high, and wonder at how droplets have arranged themselves, without wanting to, so much more resolutely than any social movement, any uprising, any construct of social elements seems ever to have. From this vantage, I can see into the eye of a massive storm, where white [...]
Echoing through much of a recent dialectic are remarks as to the despair sure to befall those without belief in a higher authority. Upon cursory reading—fine suggestion, Wilson—Chesterton also makes several comments to this effect, though madness, not simple despair, is his result. I have to concur somewhat: it can be quite the [...]
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