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Buddhas Aren’t Slaves to Saintliness

Buddhas Aren’t Slaves to Saintliness

The reconciling of Eastern and Western conceptions of enlightenment
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Benjamin Cain
I Will Take Care of You for a Week

I Will Take Care of You for a Week

Time for a vacation — a real one
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Luka Bönisch
Buddhas are Nihilist Observers, Not Compassionate Saints

Buddhas are Nihilist Observers, Not Compassionate Saints

The incoherence of the standard Western conception of Buddhism
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Benjamin Cain
Did Osama bin Laden Destroy America?

Did Osama bin Laden Destroy America?

The road from 9/11 to Trump
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Pierz Newton-John
Societies Built on Infinite Relations

Societies Built on Infinite Relations

A dialogue on the implications of late-modern science for humanist values
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Pierz Newton-John
“Grim Tidings” is Now Open to Other Writers

“Grim Tidings” is Now Open to Other Writers

Their articles will appear here now too
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Benjamin Cain
Trump’s Second Term Gifts Liberals a Dark Night of the Soul

Trump’s Second Term Gifts Liberals a Dark Night of the Soul

A silver lining of the Trumpian apocalypse
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Benjamin Cain
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Delusional Man, Delusional Country, Delusional Species

Delusional Man, Delusional Country, Delusional Species

We like to think we’re special, despite contrary evidence
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Jim Mason
Faith Is An Insult To Human Intelligence

Faith Is An Insult To Human Intelligence

The debasement of human intellect called faith
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The Other Millennial
The Philosopher’s Dilemma

The Philosopher’s Dilemma

A Meditation on The Essence of Philosophical Living
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Daniel Lehewych, M.A
The Scientific Threat to the Consumer’s Atomistic Ethos

The Scientific Threat to the Consumer’s Atomistic Ethos

Is the world made of relations rather than things?
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Benjamin Cain
Is Progress Wise and Sustainable?

Is Progress Wise and Sustainable?

A dialogue on environmentalist and secular humanist perspectives on our relation to nature
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Benjamin Cain
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