In an previous essay discussing the similarities between progressivism and the ancient religion and philosophy of Gnosticism. I received a comment from a nurse, whom we shall call Wendy (not her real name): I don’t understand: Why does liberalism have to be about religion? I find it very offensive. I am liberal because I think…
Category: Agnosticism & Atheism
Atheism & agnosticism in contrast to Christianity
The Benevolent Indoctrination
It has become common knowledge that much of our educational system longer exists to impart the fundamentals of math, science, ethics, history, and reason to our youth, but rather is little more than institutionalized indoctrination into the effluent of postmodernist “woke” ideology. The following diatribe by a university humanities professor demonstrates this mindset and philosophy…
Wisdom From an Atheist
David Foster Wallace, a writer, professor and committed atheist, died on Sept 12, 2008. He was perhaps best known for his book about John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign. Wallace was a thoroughgoing postmodernist — and thereby solidly possessed of the notion that there is no capital-T Truth. The Wall Street Journal published an essay upon…
A Fascinating Futility
I enjoyed this article, from the Seattle PI, in July 1940, on some “unusual” behavior on the just-completed Tacoma Narrows bridge — the same bridge which collapsed spectacularly 4 months later. I especially appreciate this part: Although the bridge is said to be utterly safe from an engineering standpoint, vertical movements along the center suspension…