"It seems to me that to organize on the basis of feeding people or righting social injustice and all that is very valuable. But to rally people around the idea of modernism, modernity, or something is simply silly. I mean, I don't know what kind of a cause that is, to be up to date. I think it ultimately leads to fashion and snobbery and I'm against it." Jack Levine: January 3, 1915 – November 8, 2010 LEVEL BILLIONAIRES OUT OF EXISTENCE
Sunday, July 6, 2014
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The Church Trap" at the 2013 Burning Man Festival. An old church-shaped structure is poised to catch people sitting in its pews or playing its organ.
This could serve as an illustration of my contentions that atheism is the required dogma of what is leftish and moderny and sciency, etc. While I can't find out what the, um, idea behind it is supposed to be, what comes immediately to mind shouldn't surprise anyone who has read many allegedly leftist comment threads.
"Free thinking" is as old as the 19th century, and about as cutting-edge.
ReplyDeleteSame as it ever was.
I think it's more like emoting than thinking, all round. Especially as materialism generally denies the possibility of thinking that isn't the product of causation.
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ReplyDeleteFree thinkers were more emotional than thoughtful, all around,
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