#ErnestBecker laments organized religion succumbing to defunct commercial-industrial hero systems: denying reality, taking arms against death, & banishing sacredness, treating humans *&* nature as objects, ignoring miracle of creation & ppl's need to do something heroic in this world. https://bit.ly/46F3i3R
#ErnestBecker: Healthy #religion offers the possibility of a new #heroism of #sainthood: living in primary awe at the miracle of the created object…incl. oneself in one’s own godlikeness...All compassion is godlikeness in action after all. bit.ly/4bPKGl9
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I reviewed the books The Denial of Death, and Escape From Evil, both by Ernest Becker. I think, taken together, Denial of Death & Escape From Evil are the most important books I have read in the last 10 years.

https://oblivionwithbells.com/2024/09/30/book-review-the-denial-of-death-escape-from-evil/

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Book review: The Denial of Death, Escape From Evil

(above) The Denial of Death and Escape From Evil, both by Ernest Becker My background for wanting to read these books is deconverting from my Fundamentalist Christian beliefs in 2017. I knew I wasn…

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