Genealogy of Religion

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Requiem for the Gods

November 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Atheism, Philosophy

When I hear atheists proclaiming their good news that gods are well and truly dead, I get the uneasy feeling they haven’t seriously considered or fully comprehended the implications of this apparent fact. In his justly famous “Parable of the Madman” Nietzsche cautions against underestimating the seriousness of killing gods:
The madman jumped into their midst [...]

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Critical Social Theory & Religion

August 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Atheism, Cognition, Economy, Evolutionary Adaptation, Evolutionary Byproduct

As most social and critical theorists know, Karl Marx asserted that the “criticism of religion is the premise of all criticism” (Critique of Hegel, 1843).  This is a startling foundational statement coming from Marx, who also thought that the criticism of religion was complete — a key accomplishment which enabled him to proceed with his [...]

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