#AtheismForLent, the provocative, destabilizing practice of philosopher Dr. #PeterRollins, seeks to explore that question and its shudder-inducing implications. In APPETITE FOR ANTITHESIS: (DE)KNOWING GOD IN A LENTEN PRACTICE, author Courtney Cantrell invites you into her wild, soul-stretching journey through this Lenten decentering. Raw and deeply personal, her essays, poetry, and paintings plunge into the heart of doubt, belief, and everything in-between.

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...who twists Bonhoeffer to prop up calls for Christian nationalist violence.

Gross. And scary. (Apparently the #BonhoefferMovie is in the same vein. Watch with eyes open, y'all.)

So I had to go through my manuscript and either find other sources for the same pieces of info, or cut those particular passages. All because of asshole Metaxas.

FASCISTS ARE WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS.

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#theism
#atheism
#philosophy
#PeterRollins
#AtheismForLent
#DietrichBonhoeffer
#EricMetaxas

...but the only thing he actually excels at is getting himself into bankruptcy and making the taxpayer cover his debts. It’s actually a shame he’s not a better capitalist, because then he’d be less of a burden to the rest of us."

This essay will appear in my forthcoming book APPETITE FOR PARADOX, which is sure to make everybody on *all* sides mad.

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#philosophy
#politics
#religion
#theism
#atheism
#faith
#PeterRollins
#AtheismForLent
#AppetiteForParadox

...while forcing the subject to pay for the security with strict obedience. No community offers identity for free."

#ToddMcGowan
in #EmbracingAlienation: Why We Shouldn't Try to Find Ourselves

What do we have and/or want: #community, #commons, or #communion?
(In which I define "communion" a lá #PeterRollins: gathering around shared Lack/alienation. Ftr, that's what I want.)

#fedizens
#Americans
#Democrat
#Republican
#liberal
#conservative
#progressive
#totalitarian
#socialist
#anarchist

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...it...then what's the point of any of our talk?

#election2024
#existentialism
#PeterRollins
#SimoneWeil
#ToddMcGowan
#HannahArendt
#DietrichBonhoeffer
#Bonhoeffer
#socialism
#anarchy
#antifascism
#fascism
#misogynoir
#misogyny
#homophobia
#antitrans
#ProForcedBirth
#christofascism
#ChristianNationalism
#NationalistChristianity
#DoNotComply
#DoNotPreComply
#WeAreAliveAndWeDoNotAgree
#WEAREALIVEANDWEDONTAGREE

@DamienMarieAtHope You're reminding me of four points I heard from #PeterRollins, my favorite #Irish #philosopher. He says we have:

1. Known Knowns -- things we are aware that we know...
2. Known Unknowns -- things we are aware that we don't know...
3. Unknown Unknowns -- things we are not aware that we don't know...
4. Unknown Knowns -- things we are not aware that we do know...

...in which the fourth & final one is the *most* interesting.

None of us truly know what we believe.

Here's what I'd share with Tom at this point if he hadn't blocked me.

#PeterRollins is a brilliant Irish philosopher and pyrotheologian. I've been following his work for several years now and find it fascinating, revelatory, nuanced, unique, and challenging. I haven't watched this whole vid yet, but the first 30min make it worth sharing:

https://youtu.be/_uSff-Mlhzc?si=T9mh8hgwv5xnZ-N9

#ASlashTheism
#theism
#atheism
#agnosticism
#existentialism
#pyrotheology
#lack
#GodBeyondGod
#ReligionlessChristianity
#Bonhoeffer