So, I repeat my question…
Michael and Larry commented whether or not I’m an atheist. As I note in my reply, one problem with labels is that people can’t leave them alone. As support, I read the Wiki entries on “agnosticism,”...
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So, am I an atheist?
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 20, 2016 | Belief, identity, Notes, Search, Self-image | 9 |
Inquiring minds (as yet, unnamed…) want to know. But, as I note in the last post, I dislike labels. It’s too easy to fall into the convenience trap…convenient for me to avoid the hard work of self-discovery,...
Read MoreLabels are useless…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 18, 2016 | Belief, identity, Notes, Search, Self-image | 4 |
…and the last person you should apply them to is yourself. Labels are convenient, but they rarely inform alone. It’s impossible to create one, use one, or hear one without projecting onto it all your personal,...
Read MoreSometimes I look with envy…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 13, 2016 | Meaning, Notes, Search | 0 |
…on the characters in old black and white home movies. Everyone in those frames has “…done gone over.” They’ve paid their dues, lived their lives, suffered their hardships, played out their stories, and...
Read MoreA life unlived…
…experiences its own kind of entropy. We have to put ourselves into life in order to sustain it: energy, effort, self. If not, we decay…physically, mentally, spiritually. This is why we need meaning. This is why...
Read MoreOriginal sin?
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 10, 2016 | Notes, Religion, Search | 1 |
I’ve always been intrigued by this idea. Leave it to the Catholics to make being conceived a sin. This concept stems from early preoccupation with our darker nature. It brings up the old question, “Is Man...
Read MoreDoes anyone remember silence?
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 7, 2016 | Notes, Search | 0 |
You know, when you have no noise coming in? No ambient music, no TV, no phones, no sirens, no machines, no incessant babel? Well, ok, maybe the wind and rain, or a wood fire and ice in a whiskey glass, maybe cardinals in...
Read MoreCan we just say no?
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 4, 2016 | Notes, Search | 3 |
Having just waded through my taxes, the stress of modern life rears its head. The tax process is bad enough, but throughout we deal with websites that don’t work, printers that don’t print, computers that...
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