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B. A. Anderson

B. A. Anderson

Hoarding Salvation

I speak now of religion’s greatest fallacy — a lie so infectious as to be criminal.

May 15, 2018

May 15, 2018

B. A. Anderson

The mystery is the meaning —

And we chase it, following the frayed ends of memories we can’t capture and feelings we can’t name.

May 15, 2018

May 15, 2018

B. A. Anderson

[T]he knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves are bound together by a mutual tie, [but we…

God is the ultimate abstraction. Contemplating God is meditating on the nature of being. It is the most existential of questions. When…

Apr 15, 2018

Apr 15, 2018

B. A. Anderson

Paying heed

So here it is: we are all hungry to feel, and yet desperate to numb.

Feb 4, 2018

Feb 4, 2018

B. A. Anderson

Apprehension, fear —

Displaced, dissolved, disappeared.

Jan 30, 2018

Jan 30, 2018

B. A. Anderson

The Cinderella myth

Here’s the thing: the shoe never fits. My generation lives in a highly personalized world. As consumers, we’ve never had more options…

Jan 25, 2018

Jan 25, 2018

B. A. Anderson

Synthesis

Let’s talk basic Hegelian philosophy.

Jan 19, 2018

Synthesis

Jan 19, 2018

B. A. Anderson

The failure of moral relativism

Part I

Jan 16, 2018

The failure of moral relativism

Jan 16, 2018

B. A. Anderson

Mercy

A short story of Christian mythology

Jan 15, 2018

Jan 15, 2018

B. A. Anderson

The paradox of religion

I’ve discovered that my quest for religious experience is founded on a paradox. This doesn’t bother me, as I’ve often found great truth in…

Jan 10, 2018

Jan 10, 2018

B. A. Anderson

B. A. Anderson

Musicologist, journalist, historian, teacher, mother, pianist, curious human. Good writing is clear thinking made visible. Questions are the answer.

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