It was a warm Tuesday afternoon that found Ashely and I walking lazily along the hard concrete of RCC towards the bookstore with vague notions of buying dictionaries. Conversation wandered off in that free-floating way that comes after the more concentrated thoughts of the last class, and it was with such a wispy mood that [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Adventures in Existentialism
Posted in Autobiographical, Existentialism and Authenticity, tagged Abyss, Ashley, bookstore, dictionaries, existentialism, Jared, meaning of life, Nietzsche, RCC, Riverside Community College, Satre on 29 October, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Incomprehensibility
Posted in Autobiographical, Christianity, tagged fencing, Greek, ignorance, Jehovah's Witness on 26 October, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve never really known how Dr. Klock is related to me, but I’ve never really cared. The fact that he offered to teach me Greek some time ago was enough. The man is a walking phenomenon. He brings his Greek New Testament to Church, but has spent the last ten or so years of his [...]
In the Footsteps of…Everyone
Posted in Autobiographical, Existentialism and Authenticity, tagged alcohol, Authenticity, destiny, existentialism, genius, knowledge, language, learning, responsibility, Truth, truth is a snare on 10 October, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It is said that Life is confusing, but doesn’t that just make you appreciate those moments of clarity all the more? You know those moments: the ones that sweep away the noise of confusion and, even for all of a few minutes, give you a sense of direction?
But then comes those weird moments, those moments [...]
More On Transference
Posted in Existentialism and Authenticity, People and Psychology, tagged angst, boyfriends, Caitlin, Denial of Death, Earnest Becker, girlfriends, gorwing up, hormones, lonely, marriage, partialization, pyschological, relationships, teen angst, teenagers, transference, universe, worldview on 8 October, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I think relationships can be wonderful; indeed, I know from personal experience how wonderful it is to have someone special in one’s life. Let us make no bones about this.
But there is something dangerous, I have come to find, in this.
People have explained the strong inclination of teenagers [...]
Proposition 8 and the Continuing Tedium of “Rights” Discussion
Posted in Ethics, Society and Culture, tagged Against, atheism, Buddhism, Caitlin, California, Christianity, deductive, define, gadfly, Gay Marriage, homosexuality, illogical, Islam, Judaism, logic, Nihilism, Prop 8, Proposition 8, question, reasonable, right and wrong, rights on 2 October, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As many of you probably already know, there is a measure coming up on the ballots to define what constitutes a marriage in the state of California. Naturally, when these sorts of things happen, the usual tiresome group of loud people presume to make a lot of fuss, argue badly, and waste everyone’s time with [...]
