…is that it addresses all four of Irvin Yalom’s “ultimate concerns” of the human condition: death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness. And one reason it takes courage to strike out on your own is because...
Read MoreAfter all, since this is my site, I guess I can develop it any way I choose! In any case, Mr. Coon at Humanist Magazine’s site made a thoughtful reply to my first comment there, and implied we continue the discussion. So...
Read More…I made on an article by Carl Coon in The Humanist online magazine: What Has God Done for Me Lately? “I think the issue I really have is that I don’t agree with many humanists in seeing the human species as all...
Read MoreI’m going to leave my consideration of atheism for awhile, but hardly abandon it. It has in fact led me down a rabbit hole of inquiry, and I need time on the side to explore it. In in the meantime, the above concepts...
Read MorePosted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 24, 2016 | Belief, identity, Notes, Search, Self-image | 4 |
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,”...
Read MorePosted 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 MorePosted 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 MorePosted 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...
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