“We ought to do something about North Korea,” says Jo Schmo Politician, shaking his head, and the audience murmurs in agreement. A boat of food is shipped overseas, and a defector is shipped to the States. The salve has been applied to the itch, and North Korea fades, once again, from the public consciousness. American…
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Smashing the Dasein(er) Glasses: How Can I Act Restfully and Exist Selflessly?
God says that man can rest secure if he loves God and neighbor, but man would only love God and neighbor if he already rested secure. This maze began in the Bible. It eventually makes it back there. We are reading through the book of Hebrews in my community Bible study. A couple months ago,…
Examining, “There are no absolute and fixed truths.”
Nietzsche’s famous phase, “There are no absolute and fixed truths,” is at first glance a pessimistic view of reality. But if one looks again, taking into account what truth is, Nietzsche’s face grows even longer.
What does one love?
what does one love? the sun standing proud in the middle, old gasball, and heroic, little earth spinning with a sidekick moon at her side the lights in the alleys of cities gone wild with graffiti on the sidewalk and the trash bins and when I went to Walden Pond and felt the force…