The role of religion in existential philosophy

rarelyaround:

fuckyeahexistentialism:

Darwin and Einstein never formally declared themselves to be atheists, but rather thought of themselves as agnostics. Marx thought religion was a tool needed by the upper classes (aristocracy) to control the lower classes (working class). Freud thought religion was something created/imbedded in our minds as a result of fear.

Even before Darwin wrote his book: “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life.” There lived one of the greatest theologians and philosophers of all times: Soren Kierkegaard 1813-1855. Kierkegaard was a devout Christian, however, he had questions about some scriptures. The scripture he questioned the most was Genesis: Chapter 22. In this chapter, God asks Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac as a burnt offering to him. Abraham carries his mission, but at the last moment; an angel intervenes and stops Abraham from killing his most beloved terrestrial possession: his son Isaac.

Kierkegaard thought Genesis: Chapter 22 from The Bible was absurd, and yet proved men‘s endless capability and greatness in possessing faith in spite of, and beyond logic. Decades after Kierkegaard death, the word Existentialism was used by many thinkers to describe Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche’s works. However, almost 100 years after Kierkegaard’s death; Albert Camus attempted to replace the word Existentialism, with what he then referred to as: The Absurd, which had been somewhat Kierkegaard’s original position in the matter. However, later on Camus realized that for men believe in God/gods (faith); when he felt there weren’t any God/gods (faith), was not such an absurd concept after all. Huge arguments arose between Sartre and Camus on what to call what they considered Nietzsche’s and Kierkegaard’s philosophy. Today, The term Absurd has been removed from the equation for good replaced by Existentialism. But even today, many thinkers and philosophers have a problem acknowledging Existentialism as a true philosophy, since unlike other philosophies it has problems at times with being understood by the masses.

I’m starting to get shakey on my Thomas Hobbes thesis proposal plan, Nietzsche isn’t really that bad. Screw me

fmylife:

Today, I found out that if you lose contact with people in your previous school, they decide to spread rumors about you and make everyone believe that your dead. FML

Shet! Eduardo Bolivar Jr., ikaw ba ‘to? Biro lang namin ‘yun. Malay ba naming maniniwala silang patay ka na.

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