The Way of the Heathen

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  1. Tommy Palven

    Tommy Palven Active Member Past Donor

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    Hadn't heard of Greta Christina until her book The Way of the Heathen: Practicing Atheism in Everyday Life was assigned at a Humanist Book Discussion meetup.

    Finished the book last night. Think it is terrific and I love Greta.
    https://www.amazon.com/Way-Heathen-Prac ... he+heathen
     
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    FoxHastings Well-Known Member

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    I'll have to check it out ....I am very mystified as to how one "practices" atheism :roflol:
     
  3. Tommy Palven

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    Greta and her work is interesting even if you don't agree with her on much.

    I'm not real happy with the label "atheist." A-theist is negative. It describes what I am not, I'm not a theist.

    I'd prefer to call myself something positive, perhaps "freethinker" if I can't come up with something. better.
     
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    Link does not work, and thread probably violates forum rules on advertisement.
     
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    Was there a need for this book? Somebody has probably written a book on how to enjoy a sunny day, I put this in the same category.
     
  6. Tommy Palven

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    A book for SJWs.

    Read the first review and the first thing I notice is no capitalization which means someone pretty young.

    The book burns down to this:

    "the book is literally a blueprint for her vision of a utopian world."

    Which means it does not take into account human nature and of course utopian vision's fail when faced with reality.
     
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    There are books on how to enjoy a sunny day. Every other female today writes a book or starts a YT channel dedicated to the vlogging of her incredibly uninteresting domestic life. The 'spirit of enterprise' expressed in the exquisitely mundane.
     
  9. Tommy Palven

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    According to Wikipedia, Greta Christina is, among many other things, co-organizer of The Godless Perverts Social Club in San Francisco which at least, I think, puts her out of the realm of the mundane.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Christina
     
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    There's nothing more mundane than people who think being an SJW makes them some kind of intellectual.
     
  11. Tommy Palven

    Tommy Palven Active Member Past Donor

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    Maybe you make some kind of claim to being an intellectual, but Greta Christina doesn't.

    She worked her way through college as a prostitute and is not endorsed by establishment SJWs who rail against pornography and "human sexual trafficking."
     
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    Uh, no. I don't.

    Sounds very SJW of her.
     

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