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I find Kirkegaard hard to handle. He seems so extreme. In many ways, I'm looking for a role model, and I don't find his lifestyle to be appealing. Kir...

Only very superficially. He's on my list of people to read.

Have you ever read any of the Christian Existentialists?

I'm not sure why anyone would want to if they were rational enough to consider the consequences... but, (and these are types of negative choices that ...

But, then why bring up extreme negative cases like stealing wallets, or trying to fly off buildings? Using your reasoning, isn't it also the case that...

I did mention consequences.

What kinds of things should people in general not even attempt, because of these constraints and limitations?

Are you saying, that when existentialists say, "we're free" (or condemned to be free), our response should be, "no, we're not.... there are limitation...

So, you're saying we're not actually free, because other people have choices, as well? What other constraints? You mention outcomes.

What exactly flies in the face of everyday experiences?

I'm intrigued by the concept of "transcendence" as employed by Marcel, as well.

What I like most is the idea that I can live whatever type of life I want, that I'm free to pursue (or not pursue) whatever system of philosophy I lik...

I did generalize in regards to the 3 I mentioned in my OP (I'm most familiar with Gabriel Marcel). I can't think of any points on which the 3 disagree...

I think I misinterpreted your argument from the beginning. It looks like what you're saying is that God A can either make something that God B cannot ...

I'm not sure how the above helps your argument- if you're saying that the USSR and the US are like gods, then you must admit they both exist, and you'...

Another of your unstated premises is: "a God can be killed". I don't know what would happen if one God attacked another, but I can imagine that the Go...

Several non-theist philosophers have written about objective morality. Paul Boghossian is Silver professor of philosophy at New York University, where...

@ the OP I didn't read through the entire thread, so I don't know if anyone else pointed out that you're assuming that omnipotent beings would want to...

I was born in late December. I identify as INTJ.

I'm reminded that although Marcel coined the term "Existentialism", he also later rejected the label, because of the way Sartre used it. He preferred ...

From what I know about Marcel, he understood Descartes to be saying, "when we get to the very basics of being a human, we see the world, then we start...

My own studies are rather haphazard. I just read and study what I like. I have found it useful to learn what I can about the history of philosophy. Th...

I'm assuming that Marcel agrees with Sartre in regards to Existence preceding Essence. I'll have to look over Marcel's essay called Existence and Huma...

Have you considered the arguments for and against scientific realism vs instrumentalism?

@The OP. I wonder if some books by Daniel Goleman might be of some help. Emotional Intelligence Destructive Emotions

Thanks for that. I hadn't seen it.

The Stoics write in a way that help one focus on one's own behavior and self-improvement, and give advice on how to deal with people who challenge our...

Getting back to the OP. I was looking into metaphysics, and Heidegger's name came up. He is controversial because he joined the Nazi party, was an ant...

I did spend some time reading these articles.... https://www.chesterton.org/shop/chesterton-on-war-and-peace/ https://juicyecumenism.com/2013/09/02/g-...

Really? We have the same texts. I've read quite a few of Plato's dialogues. Socrates is portrayed as a perfect man, IMHO. I don't particularly like hi...

What would you say were Socrates' issues?

A French philosopher who died in 2010. Check out Philosophy as a Way of Life. (I hear What is Ancient Philosophy is good too, but I haven't read it, y...

Now that I see Christianity as the culmination of Greek and Roman philosophy (thank you, Pierre Hadot), it has a different feel to it.

Regarding getting saved, and having a personal relationship w/ Jesus? Yep. That's how I was raised. The people I knew all told detailed stories about ...

Regarding C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesteron and their views on hell? I grew up in a very dogmatic fundamentalist church... I heard many a sermon about hel...

& The attitudes expressed in your posts sounds similar to the attitude of the Stoics. They talked about their heroes (Hercules, for example) in glowin...

I've come across people who have had mistresses, and their wives knew about it. I can forgive that a lot easier than someone who sneaks around and pre...

I spent some time researching K. He had nothing against marriage, he just thought he had a calling, and knew that he couldn't pursue his calling while...

I'll have to check him out... Thanks!

You'll have to check it out. Tolstoy was convinced sex was bad (and associated w/ sin). but, he kept having kids, and blamed his wife for seducing him...

I'm not even sure that I would even label the behavior... It's more like that I'm looking for someone whose life I wouldn't mind modeling my life afte...

I'll have to look into that.

Well, if someone lived long ago, I wonder if the stories about them aren't idealized. I do like the stories. And I like the way that Epictetus is port...

It's not that I dismiss their ideas altogether. I just don't see them as someone I want to emulate.

G.K. Chesterton... He's definitely on my good list. I nixed Russell after I read about how he coldly dumped his first wife.

Chapter 2 On Epistemology and the Nature of Knowledge

Right now? Gabriel Marcel Tolstoy Aristotle Plato Socrates Philip Yancey Martha Nussbaum the ancient Stoics

I have spent some time looking into other religions.... Here's an example of the little I do know about other religions. Islam- There was golden age o...

But, perhaps I'm getting away from the point of your OP... Your main points seem to be: 1.You want to understand other religions (I take this to mean ...

Chris Hedges says it better than I can. Here are some of the similar attitudes present in both the Radical Christian Right (fundamentalists) and the N...