Again, many of my more philosophically inclined friends have summarily dismissed the “proof theories” as worthless rubbish, and I acknowledge that, but they’ll need to forgive me for continuing on with these posts. These friends of mine are not the intended audience for these posts, the posts are more of a personal clarification of the [...]
Beginning tomorrow, I’m going to launch a bit of a side project. This next year should be an interesting one for me, and I want to document it, so I’ll be taking part in something called “project 365.” Each day of the year I’ll be taking a photo and putting it online, keeping track of [...]
I mentioned, in a comment yesterday, that I had jumped the ship of theism about a year ago, and had somehow gotten caught up in trailing the ship for some time after that. The next few posts will discuss how those remaining ties were severed, and I’ll probably end with something on why I am [...]
I talked a bit about why I am not a Christian, and a bit about the Christ I see and follow, now I’d like to begin stepping into why I don’t believe in god. I’d like to thank everyone that’s read these posts so far, all the comments I have received have been of good [...]
I like Jesus. There are no other ways about that. I like the Jesus my friends talk about, the one who cares about people that most people don’t care about. I like the Jesus that hangs out with the rejects, the losers, the weak, the unclean, because I see myself in all of these categories. [...]
I bought Bertrand Russel’s “Why I Am Not a Christian” today. I had gone in looking for some Kierkegaard and a book of logic puzzles (they’re calming for me), I think I shocked myself with the selection I walked out with. (I did get the logic puzzle book though) Why would I pick up “Why [...]
I’m back. I think the time off was much needed and incredibly beneficial. I think you’ll find a (not so) subtle difference in the content, which will begin tomorrow. I’ve changed in many ways, yet still remain connected and interested in the emergent expression of faith I was a part of before my world blew [...]
Hey folks, I’m shutting down the blog for a while. I’ve moved over to tumblr, but have done so anonymously, and I’m not certain I want to point in that direction right now. It’s been fun folks, feel free to email (matt@themattscott dot com) me if you want, or you can still find me on [...]
Sometimes I get tempted to saw forget it and walk away from the whole God thing. When I say “sometimes” I mean: quite often. It’s not the inconsistencies within systematic religion that makes me want to give up, nor is it my opinion of (current) Biblical accuracy. Not even the hypocrisy within the church. Not [...]
“Students! Do not practice buddha-dharma for your own sake. Do not practice buddha-dharma for name and gain. Do not practice buddha-dharma to attain blissful reward. Do not practice buddha-dharma to attain miraculous effects. Practice buddha-dharma solely for the sake of buddha-dharma. This is the way.” -Dogen I often wonder what would Christianity look like if [...]