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Peter Critchley
Apr 29, 20233 min read
Men as gods
Watching a man in a dress call a woman a misogynist is just so 2023. I don't waste too much time calling it out. I do question how what's...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 19, 20234 min read
What the Bird Said Early in the Year
Come the hopeful season of Spring, one feels that gates which have been closed may yet be come to open, with what has often seemed to be...
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Peter Critchley
Jan 29, 202359 min read
Habituation vs Homelessness
Habituation vs Homelessness This essay was provoked by contemplating Martin Buber’s analysis of the way that 'epochs of habitation'...
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Peter Critchley
Dec 16, 202228 min read
Reason, Freedom, and God
Reason, Freedom, and God “Reason has always existed, but not always in a rational form. Hence the critic can take his cue from every...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 20, 20226 min read
The Way of Love
The Way of Love I recently re-read Carl Jung’s autobiography Memories, Dreams, Reflections. After ploughing through the complexities of...
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Peter Critchley
Feb 6, 20223 min read
The Living Goddess
The Living Goddess I have written and given talks on the figure of The Goddess in nature and history. I am far from being expert in the...
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Peter Critchley
Jan 12, 202229 min read
Transcending the Existential Self-Hatred that Consumes the World
The Existential Self-Hatred that Consumes the World Or, The Egoism that Eats God and Feeds Gods The main focus of this essay is the need...
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Peter Critchley
Sep 12, 202110 min read
Imagine Religion - and Politics
This is a post for those who think that religion lies behind the geopolitical conflicts of the world. I write in response to those...
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Peter Critchley
Jul 7, 20213 min read
Men as gods
Review of a new book that highlights themes that are central to my work. Nominalism, Nihilism, and Modern Politics By Matthew Barry “In...
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Peter Critchley
Jun 13, 20216 min read
There are No Facts, Only Interpretations
‘There are no facts, only interpretations.’ (Nietzsche). Scientist friends have discovered Nietzsche. Whereas in the past, he could be...
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Peter Critchley
Jun 8, 202116 min read
The Churches and Housing
One of the many perils and pitfalls of social media is that you have to suffer the company of self-important know-all know-nothing bigots...
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Peter Critchley
May 13, 202110 min read
To Live in Truth and Love
To live in truth and in love. Jordan Peterson pulls Christianity out of Sam Harris' reductionist hat There are plenty of people on...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 11, 20212 min read
Know Thy Enemy
The founder of BLM became a fraudulent brand after buying a $ 1.4 million home Marxist BLM leader buys $1.4 million home in ritzy LA...
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Peter Critchley
Apr 9, 20215 min read
To be God's partners in Creation
“Rovelli is convinced we must work together. “Co-operation is better than competition,” he says. “Physics has reinforced the fact that we...
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Peter Critchley
Mar 27, 20212 min read
Something More
I'm a 'something more' person. I wouldn't want to say exactly what that more is, and give the impression of certainty and concreteness...
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Peter Critchley
Jan 30, 20216 min read
Transcendent Standards or a world of pure contingency and arbitrariness
“Listen to me. Postmodernism will be appropriated by reactionary conservatives to destabilize commonly-held notions of evidence....
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Peter Critchley
Jan 11, 20212 min read
Biblical truth?
I was once involved in a debate between atheists and theists. Unfortunately, it was that kind of debate in which the people with the...
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Peter Critchley
Jan 7, 202113 min read
Conspirituality: a Modern Distemper
‘Conspirituality’ refers to the over-lap between New Age / wellness culture and conspiracy culture. I would like to comment on issues...
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Peter Critchley
Jan 1, 202110 min read
Existential Self and Society
I feel the need to make a little comment on a new book which argues that the critiques of Marx and Kierkegaard are complementary rather...
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Peter Critchley
Dec 25, 202011 min read
The Nativity as the Rebirth of Hope
It’s been a bleak year, but such years are nothing new in human history. People have faced tough times in the past. I won't say tougher,...
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