Ah yes, there is no meaning of life, there’s no purpose in evolution, free will is a myth, all the common tropes of MORONISM - the Metaphysics of Randomness as Ontological Necessity.

I encounter lit often on Reddit. Not so much a philosophy tho as a psychological reaction. A way of thinking that projects: Thou shalt have no other gods other than me.

Yours sounds like an intriguing path. Would you comfortable sharing more about your reasons for first accepting christianity, and then moving away from calling yourself a Christian?

And I truly believe his is the only ultimately sustainable path towards religion, it seems the rationalist path to Christianity has somewhat slipped its foothold whereas submitting to faith is as strong as ever. Kierkegaard is the only major philosopher so far that paints a favorable path towards religion in my opinion, I was lifelong atheist and converted when I read him. I wouldn’t call myself a christian anymore but he definitely left a permanent impression.

He believed it was wrong to stake your highest passions on speculative reasons and world-historical based or institutional interpretations on the Bible, both of which were prone to revision and cut out the subjectivity of the action in itself. I think those ideas have aged very well in the coming of Christendom

Operation ivy reference?

Great essay. I enjoyed reading it.

If your whole tribe died, it would be a lot easier to keep pushing forward with some sense of divinity. It may be out of necessity, in some situations.

awesome buddy

Oh poor humans. The innate need to chase a kind of meaning where one is identified as something bigger than life. Because something must be different because we were here right? We must matter!

News flash, we don't. But it doesn't have to mean despair and follow a feeling of defeat. Just try to be immortal with the memories and pieces you leave behind. But it will never be enough for some, that I can see as well.

i meant, with which books for example

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I’m okay today actually

My man! I don't see enough Kierkegaard stuff, he's my Patron Saint in philosophy

Just a crowd... We need a gathering instead!

somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed

Well considering if wasn't just the text but a link to an event Im actually rather glad it was

Through out philosophical history there is this competition between Greek tradition of rationality and the Judeo-Christian tradition of faith. Kierkegaard is one such intellectual who unequivocally took one stand point i.e submitting to Judeo-Christian morality.

I apologize if I sound argumentative or critical but my only point was that, while I accept that you made no ‘claims’ about the criteria of personhood, I fail to see the relevance of mentioning it at all. Introducing the concept is distracting and does nothing to bring clarity to the issue of the right to life for a murderer. I mentioned the rights of the victim to see what the response would be to someone with no culpability in the action of taking a life. This particular question remains unanswered.

I must also apologize for having no comprehension for the values you offer or what they might bring to the discussion. I appreciate that they may have some significance in the realm of theoretical mathematics but they do nothing for me to understand the issue in any greater detail. I am looking for practical perspectives and personal positions on the issue and they fail to offer me any insight or understanding.

My position would be similar with the ‘people in favor of capital punishment’. Since I am not one of those people, I would have liked a more neutral characterization so as not to be divisive and inflame those prone to emotion. I believe ‘capital punishment proponents’ is an even stronger derogatory term that only detracts from an important and significant issue. None of these things were in the original post and were introduced without bringing a deeper understanding of the concepts in question. I hope that you can understand my position.

The whole idea of a moral intuition is rather nebulous and contradictory, at least for me. Morality is made through philosophical investigation and contemplation and while emotion may be of value in the process, I find it neither substantive nor significant.

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Most if not all philosophers who dedicated their lives to philosophy, regret it severely near the end of their lives and become horribly depressed

Just don’t make it your major in college. Study it on your own time.

I can vouch for this. Been down some rough roads in life, still walking some of those roads, and there is always a philosopher to walk with me. When I am at my lowest, Camus can beckon me to reinvent the world, and once it's reinvented, Seneca can get me refining it to it's purest stoic elements, which is especially useful when the hedonism creeps in. Wittgenstein plays the ultimate trump card, it's all games, it's all an unreliable projection of the brain, which takes me right in to the present, because that's the only game I feel I can win, to just be alive right now and move. They have all helped me in some way, they turn the noise in my head to music, well, most of them. Cioran can be a bit grim, but at least he isn't blowing smoke up your ass, he may even be the best guy for bringing you down from an edge, I need that sometimes.

I love them all, am eager for more, and without them, I would be miserable.

I’m confused by the comments, what is the general consensus? Philosophy good or bad?

I just want to get a feel for how people are responding, I love philosophy

it’s not necessarily the philosophy that messes me up it’s the lack of ability to do anything about it.

Not at all.

Yeah, blatant pandering