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Tag: Humanism

How Do We Know What Is True?

I was browsing through my copy of The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster when I suddenly felt the need for spiritual guidance so I pulled out an old, reliable source you might also be familiar with … it’s just as good and as relevant as it was the first time I saw it:

Posted on 09/04/2014 by MikePosted in Critical Thinking, Humanism, Modern World, ScienceTagged Good Without a God, Humanism, Stephen Fry. Leave a comment

How Can I Be Happy?

Posted on 04/01/2014 by MikePosted in Critical Thinking, Humanism, Modern WorldTagged happy, Humanism, Stephen Fry. Leave a comment

Is Poetry Dead?

Is Poetry Dead?

The aim of writing poetry is, for the most part …

  • To make money,
  • To expose the poet’s thinking and feeling,
  • To allow the reader to share the poet’s experience,
  • To impress chicks.
Continue reading “Is Poetry Dead?” →
Posted on 12/09/201304/10/2021 by MikePosted in Poetry, Reading, Society, Thinking Out Loud, WritingTagged Alexander Pope, Capitalism, computers, Conjunctions, Dead Poets Society. poetry, Humanism, John Keats, romance, Tin House, William Blake. 4 Comments

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