Previous posts attempted to expose the Epicurean influence on modernity: the exclusion of God from the garden of good and evil and replaced with Darwinian materialism under the influence of man-made reasoning: “cogito ergo sum”. The posts also revealed the inclusion of ‘reasoned’ or ‘rational’ people into the high-horse club of scientism. This exclusive club…
Previous posts have exposed the false either/or thinking of Epicurean philosophy and its now universally subverting “High-Horse” Mal-ware, a mal-ware that bifurcates mankind’s worldview. At ‘ground level’ there is science, scientism, facts and secularism. In the attic are God, religion, values and meaning. Richard Dawkins and other angry atheists such as the former Christopher Hitchens,…
As my last post noted, Greece, the home of the ancient philosopher Epicurus, rejected fiscal restraint and austerity in exchange for “Hope is coming” debt finagling. “Syriza” or “Let the Good Times Roll Without Repercussions Party” has won a short-lived victory in Epicurean Greece: “Avoid pain or at least spread it around. Give it to…
Little did he know at the time (341-270 B.C.) that he, Epicurus, a Greek philosopher, would be a founding father of the atheism sect, a sect which began its angry resistance movement when Jesus Christ appeared on the scene claiming to be God incarnate. Or, that he, Epicurus would be the gardener who would plant the…
What is truth? The satirical stylus? The severing sword? The signet of supremacy? What is truth? A cartoon, a caliphate, a Caesar? “What is truth?” Pilate asked. A “thing of this world” French philosopher Foucalt answered. A “regime” of beliefs and values linked to systems of political and economic power, A scientific,…
As we head into the New Year let’s take a moment to not look back… Sentimentality is that taskmaster which keeps us longing for the leeks and garlic of Egypt, the known-knowns of past life, up to and including slavery. Sentimentality is gate keeper to the past, fending off reality to preserve sugar-plum memories. Sentimentality…
Joy to the world! “The Interview” will be released, Let earthlings view this crap, Let every one call it “Freedom”, And Sony and Clooney chime in, And Sony and Clooney chime in, And Sony, and Sony and Clooney chime in. Joy to earth, the “Frost” movie reigns Let LGBTers their…
“I think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound? Everybody look what’s going down.” “It’s horrible that someone gets shot dead just for being a police officer,” Rafael Ramos’ son, Jaden, posted on Facebook. Flowers, candles, photos and written messages were placed outside of the station house in Brooklyn of two NYPD officers who…
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