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God’s Funeral
When philosophy meets cheap religion
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Why do Conservative Muslim Men Hate Women?
Why do Conservative Muslim Men Hate Women?
The irony of misogynistic scapegoating in the Muslim world
Benjamin Cain
Oct 14
Sanctifying the Crutch of Religious Faith
Sanctifying the Crutch of Religious Faith
The perversity of this Christian virtue of faith, and the role of stories in knowledge
Benjamin Cain
Aug 28
The Call for an Atheist Counterattack Against Christian Nationalism
The Call for an Atheist Counterattack Against Christian Nationalism
Eastern Christianity and how conservative Christian politics is more threatening than fundamentalist theology
Benjamin Cain
Aug 8
Cosmic Neutrality and the Paradox of the Bodhisattva’s Virtue
Cosmic Neutrality and the Paradox of the Bodhisattva’s Virtue
The enlightened Buddhist should be as inhuman as the universe
Benjamin Cain
Jul 15
Enlightened Buddhists Shouldn’t be Compassionate
Enlightened Buddhists Shouldn’t be Compassionate
Innocuous epiphanies and the false front of Buddhist morality
Benjamin Cain
Jul 1
The World Can be Sacred to Atheists Too
The World Can be Sacred to Atheists Too
John Vervaeke’s weaselly resort to “nontheism”
Benjamin Cain
Jun 24
The Clash Between Daoists, Buddhists, and Modern Humanists
The Clash Between Daoists, Buddhists, and Modern Humanists
Comparing these countercultural and mainstream philosophies
Benjamin Cain
Jun 10
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The Daoist’s Futile Rejection of Humanism
The Daoist’s Futile Rejection of Humanism
Human progress is possible in nature despite the Daoist’s implicit nihilism
Benjamin Cain
Jun 4
The Social Butterfly’s Flight from Atheism
The Social Butterfly’s Flight from Atheism
Politicized atheism drives out secularists who lack philosophical grounding
Benjamin Cain
Jun 3
Is America being Punished with a Dark Age for Abandoning its “Christian” Roots?
Is America being Punished with a Dark Age for Abandoning its “Chris...
Sorting through a Christian nationalist’s Orwellian doubletalk
Benjamin Cain
May 28
Jordan Peterson Thinks Atheism is Groundless
Jordan Peterson Thinks Atheism is Groundless
Let’s sort through some of his conservative confusions and sophistries about religion
Benjamin Cain
May 27
Larry David: A Scapegoated Jewish Antihero
Larry David: A Scapegoated Jewish Antihero
The fate of the indignant satirist who thwarts a Kafkaesque bureaucracy
Benjamin Cain
May 21
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