IDEAS DON'T HURT

My people I dey greet. It’s been eons since I contributed to this blog and there is a good chance I have forgotten how to do so. Anyways, I don’t have much to say. I just want to make a book recommendation. Before I do so, I’ll submit this quote.

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” –Aristotle

I feel obligated to throway that quote in your faces so as to thaw, at least a little bit, the frozen minds of close-minded subscribers to organized religion. You see, the one thing that I can’t understand is religion inspired close-mindedness that blossoms to the point of treating certain ideas like radioactive waste just because of their origins or labels.

I recall this one scenario; a Krishna worshiper approached moi and one babe like that and starts mouthing off about the nature of his faith. Being the lover of new ideas that I am, I listened intently. All the while, said babe was working tirelessly to discredit everything he said with retorts like “Jesus is Lord. Krishna is of the devil. Meditation is evil.” If I ever wanted to force feed someone a chill pill and trigger an overdose, she was the perfect candidate. The thing that really struck me was her reaction when the guy pulled out the Bhagavad-Gita (Kindda like Krishna scriptures) While I was in awe to see the book Robert Oppenheimer quoted from right after he ushered humanity into the nuclear age, the babe cringed and careened like someone just tossed a demon her way and it was up to her to dodge a possible demonic possession matrix style.

Jeez. It's just a freaking book.

Anyways, what book am I recommending? It's an old book written by a German. It's titled "The Antichrist" and it's authored by Friedrich Nietzsche.

For Christians/Religious folks: The book instructs on how to be best prepared for the arrival of the antichrist. lol.

For all Others: Mr Nietzsche, being a philologist and capable of the finest philosophical thought, presents a well researched/refined view on the psychological origins of Christianity. I personally think his perspective is balanced because he is the kind of agnostic dude that was born into a Christian home, lived that life then veered off. My people, to cut a long story short, I loved the way the guy joins dots meeehn.

If you enjoy 19th century English, like I do, you'll love the translation by "Hollingdale" ( I think that's his name) but if, on the other hand, you no get that kine time there's a more accessible version by "Judith Norman." If I got any of those names wrong, abeg ask google.

Remember Aristotle's quote abeg.