Within a span of a few days (a couple years ago) I read the His Dark Materials Trilogy (the first book of which was made into a movie called The Golden Compass) and watched the movie The Fountain starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz.
These two pieces of media simultaneously argued, in my view, that death in [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Mythology’
November 3, 2009
Mythologizing Death in Atheism
December 7, 2008
Atheism and Ideology
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/05/atheists.christmas/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
The above article reports on the theft of an atheist sign from the Legislative Building in Olympia, WA. The sign, which has since been returned after being found in a ditch, reads:
“At this season of the Winter Solstice may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is [...]
March 7, 2008
Depressive Realism and the Objet Petit a
Depressive realism is a theory which states that people who are depressed are able to more accurately gauge their reputation, locus of control, abilities, and the way the world actually is. It’s argued that depressed people are able to see without the rose-colored glasses that non-depressed people wear. On initial reflection I was inclined to [...]
