/lit/ - Literature

>>12436897
Probably St. Augustine Confessions

>>12436971
No it was far more contemporary. 20th century at least

>>12436897
Thomas Merton. This was when his (anthony's) mother died and he just started considering christianity. Actually it was probably his first little inclination towards it. Full conversion happened later on.

The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton

>>12436978
Antony Flew?

>>12436978
>>12436990
If it's Anthony Flew then this is the book.

Is this the full doco?
https://vimeo.com/9794946

He was a Marxist philosopher who converted and became a desert monk.

>>12437083
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_zxtRrvTXA
this one yea

>>12437105
Is the devil testing me for not being satisfied with 480p?

What's the end goal of atheism? As far as I can tell, militant atheists are fighting against a symbol that represents good out of misunderstood semantics and false beliefs. Is it organized religion that they're against?

Post essential desert monk lit.

>>12436897
Father Seraphim ?

>>12437131
The end goal of atheism is suicide of the self and destruction of all creation to spite God for creating the universe.

>>12437143
OP here, im pretty sure it was the Seven Storey Mountain as mentioned here. >>12436986.

Im currently rewatching the documentary, so i'll check it to be sure.

>>12437131
>end goal of atheism
>fighting against a symbol that represents good out of misunderstood semantics and false beliefs
god damn you are fucking brain-dead, get your head out of your ass

atheism is literally just the belief that there is no god. That’s it. In order to say that’s its false then you must be in possession of the truth. If this is the case, then faith serves no purpose at all. There’s no “goal”, there’s no specific book they follow. No one gives a shit that you think your fairy represents good. That last sentence makes no sense because if you aren’t for organized religion then you are against Christianity or you are a heretic.

the belief that god doesn’t exist, while CONJECTURE, is not a “semantic” argument or verifiably “false”

that entire post was you scratching your ass and sniffing it

>>12437055
who is the most notorious atheist?

Atheism is the only rational position. the end.

>ouraesthetic
>YEAH DUDE LE EPIC BEARDED WISE MAN IS MY AESTETHIC
>MY AESTHETIC
>AESTHETIC
>ASSDEDICK
>DURRRRRR
nice lifestylism retard

>>12437266
>t. confused redditor and philistine

>>12437274
>someone with an attitude with of a retarded /mu/tant speaking about vaporwave accuses me of being a redditor
oh the irony

>>12437286
>getting this buttmad about an innocent 4chan joke
>also references /mu/, the most reddit board after /soc/
yup, it's reddit. What far left subs do you frequent, fellow redditor?

>>12437265
Rational is not the only position or part of what makes us human. The beginning

>>12437265
Having no formal, material, or efficient cause for the origin of the universe is not rational.

>>12436971
Was never an atheist.

>>12437286
He's done a number on you

>>12436897
You mean /ourascetic/?
You are making us look bad to the fedoras out there.

>>12437165
When I said atheism in this context, I was talking about it as a movement which clearly has some sort of a goal. Seems like I should've said antitheism or militant atheism. I was thinking of an atheist who has read philosophy and theology and thought about the body/mind (or other such duality) divide, then decided to become a militant opponent against the side that religion tries to move towards. I don't understand how someone would fight for that side other than from a misunderstanding. In that context I can see someone being unhappy with their church and turning against the institution and organized religion out of that unhappiness.

>>12437364
You have fallen for the ruse

>>12437250

I thought it was Dawkins.

>>12437690
No, it was me. *tips*

>>12437265
depends on your definition of rationality
>The only definition of rationality that I found that is practically, empirically, and mathematically rigorous is that of survival –and indeed, unlike the modern theories by psychosophasters, it maps to the classics. Anything that hinders one’s survival at an individual, collective, tribal, or general level is deemed irrational.
https://medium.com/@gore.burnelli/how-nassim-taleb-changed-my-mind-about-religion-d832349c510

>>12437131
Militant atheists are like an entirely different species from people who were just never raised religious and never really had a strong belief in God, many of the latter people are not opposed to the idea but just wait until they either find a book/faith/doctrine/teaching that presents it in a way they find believable and acceptable before taking it seriously.

>>12436897
12 rules for life

>>12436897
This man is stupid and abandoned his entire life to pursue a complete fantasy.

>>12441088
*tips*

>>12441088
Matt. 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.