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Elders React
LDS missionaries visited me a few weeks ago, and talking to them makes me want to start a list. A list of things that religion does for these missionaries, and the corresponding ways in which I get the same things without monotheism ( Read more... ) -
You Are Alive
Thinking of the future is thinking of what will happen before death ( Read more... ) -
Out of many, one. A plural one.
The world's monotheistic dominant religions tell us a conversion story - how humanity moved from many gods to one ( Read more... ) -
Myth-Making
I have a passion for mythology - the stories of our cultures. Cultures are made out of stories, and cultural power comes from the grasp a story has on our imagination - even if it's a story we don't know we've heard ( Read more... ) -
Kindness
If the goal of life is to be happy,
we must learn to be kind to ourselves.
And the best way to learn to do that
is by being kind to others. -
Libertarians rush in
We do have some degree of control over our lives,
but let's not kid ourselves - in the end we are all victims of chaos.
What we call socialism is just an attempt at damage control.
Those that think a person should be held completely accountable for the situation they find themselves in are well off, and desperately trying to keep it that way. -
Labels
I am a man ( Read more... ) -
My personal practical guide for living
I try to build my goals, and the ways to my goals around acceptance, not rejection ( Read more... ) -
Economy
A free market in which the market's freedom doesn't always lead to disaster - that's what I want. -
Guilt - Thoughts with Nowhere to Go
The big trick is that it's not usually productive to feel guilty about a problem. The only person you have to answer to is you. And with self-love, that is not threatening or frightening. But it's incredibly productive to be proud when you improve a problem.