I'm reminded that 99.99% of you probably haven't seen this exquisite short film by Helen Rollins and #PeterRollins (no relation), starring #DavidDastmalchian, #FrederiqueBel, and #NigelONeill -- and you probably need to.
Making Love (2018)
https://vimeo.com/290062300
#film
#ShortFilm
#philosophy
#drive
#desire
#DriveAndDesire
#JacquesLacan
"There's enigmatic dimensions in everything because we are human.... There's no pure-sign language that we can find. We have to tolerate a certain amount of ambiguity, a certain amount of mystery, an enigmatic heart to our language. To our being.
"Part of the 'cure' is to *embrace* that enigmatic dimension...[which] marks us all and is impossible to abolish."
#pyrotheology
#language
#linguistics
#communication
#imperfection
#human
#PeterRollins
"All institutions fail to live up to their ideals."
--Peter Rollins
ALL institutions.
Yes, that one too.
And that one.
Mm-hm, that one as well.
Oh yeah, *especially* that one.
There are no exceptions. #AllYourFavoritesAreProblematic
"Enjoy the very place where you're not normal. 'Cause none of youse are. You're all a bit weird."
-- Peter Rollins
A good mid-week reminder for me of why I had a T-shirt printed that has "filthy chaos gremlin" on it. 😆🖖🤘
#AtheismForLent, the provocative, destabilizing practice of philosopher Dr. #PeterRollins, seeks to explore that question and its shudder-inducing implications. In APPETITE FOR ANTITHESIS: (DE)KNOWING GOD IN A LENTEN PRACTICE, author Courtney Cantrell invites you into her wild, soul-stretching journey through this Lenten decentering. Raw and deeply personal, her essays, poetry, and paintings plunge into the heart of doubt, belief, and everything in-between.
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IN HAPPIER HAPPY NEWS,
MY NEW BOOK IS OUT.
🎺 🎶 🥁 💃 🥳 🍾 🥂 📚 💖
APPETITE FOR ANTITHESIS: (DE)KNOWING GOD IN A LENTEN PRACTICE
Foreword by N. Irish philosopher #PeterRollins.
So, happy #Lent a week in -- but it's not too late to give up God for a season. My book can help! 😁
Links and book description following in thread!
#theism
#atheism
#pyrotheology
#RadicalTheology
#DeathOfGodTheology
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As the meme says, I want to be sparkly, in pinks and purples...but the world is on fire, and I am angry. I wanted to be happy -- I got traumatized.
But the #GOODNEWS is that if all goes smoothly, I shall hit "publish" on my newest book (my first ever non-fiction!) within the next 48 hours:
APPETITE FOR ANTITHESIS: (De)KNOWING GOD IN A LENTEN PRACTICE
#indiepub
#selfpub
#AtheismForLent
#PeterRollins
#Lent
#philosophy
#theism
#atheism
#DeathOfGodTheology
#existentialism
#RadicalTheology
...who twists Bonhoeffer to prop up calls for Christian nationalist violence.
Gross. And scary. (Apparently the #BonhoefferMovie is in the same vein. 😬🤢 Watch with eyes open, y'all.)
So I had to go through my manuscript and either find other sources for the same pieces of info, or cut those particular passages. All because of asshole Metaxas.
FASCISTS ARE WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS. 😫
🤬🤬🤬
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#theism
#atheism
#philosophy
#PeterRollins
#AtheismForLent
#DietrichBonhoeffer
#EricMetaxas
...but the only thing he actually excels at is getting himself into bankruptcy and making the taxpayer cover his debts. It’s actually a shame he’s not a better capitalist, because then he’d be less of a burden to the rest of us."
This essay will appear in my forthcoming book APPETITE FOR PARADOX, which is sure to make everybody on *all* sides mad. 😁
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#philosophy
#politics
#religion
#theism
#atheism
#faith
#PeterRollins
#AtheismForLent
#AppetiteForParadox
...while forcing the subject to pay for the security with strict obedience. No community offers identity for free."
#ToddMcGowan
in #EmbracingAlienation: Why We Shouldn't Try to Find Ourselves
What do we have and/or want: #community, #commons, or #communion?
(In which I define "communion" a lá #PeterRollins: gathering around shared Lack/alienation. Ftr, that's what I want.)
#fedizens
#Americans
#Democrat
#Republican
#liberal
#conservative
#progressive
#totalitarian
#socialist
#anarchist
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Court Cantrell does not comply