Move along Paulo's boss. Nothing to see here.
http://www.reeelapse.com/
i dearly hoped it was just something he's using as an obscure trolling technique that i don't understand yet...fallbacktostone wrote:i cant read any of this right now but my heart truly just sank when chad said he was christian.
Why?Chad wrote:I'm a Christian.
I guess I can understand that. I avoid talking about my lack of faith with loved ones. I'm not sure how much of it is out of fear that they will ratchet up the religious nonsense to try and save me, however..Chad wrote:I reject it in action, day to day one might not say I am a Christian. but I do behave that way around my parents, I pretend that it all means something to me when in fact it was shattered long ago...if they read this, it would hurt themdeath by snoo snoo wrote:So........you just think it is a net positive as a social institution?
I'm having trouble following you and that goddamn video is an HOUR long. So please, elaborate..
So much thoughtfulness on display!Chad wrote:of all those who believed and disbelieved, which I have known, those who believed were the most decent, caring, who troubled themselves for the wellbeing of others, who cared beyond the moment
those who disbelieved were the wretched, hateful, who cared for nothing but the next moment, and disregarded human life to the point of mocking pain mercilessly
chad have you read any of zizeks writing on christianity? the fragile absolute maybe? his talks 'why only an atheist can believe'? his stuff on chesterton, the crucifixion, or the book of job. any of that...Chad wrote:for you guys, and you guys only, I will submit that I have intellectually rejected the idea of the supernatural. it simply does not exist to my mind, and is as much fantasy as any fairytale you like. that said...I think there is a myth woven into Christianity, that if I wished it rejected, I would defy everything. which is to say...the perpetuation of that myth means as much to me as its denial