The Stupidity of defending Christianity


	The Stupidity of defending Christianity

abailart

2-18-2008 2:56 PM

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Kierkegaard, 'The Sickness Unto Death'

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2-18-2008 8:01 PM

katsteevns

Ouch!

2-18-2008 11:19 PM

willhelm

I guess, then, we should assume that the defense of the stupidity of defending Christianity has been discredited by it's very own assertion.

2-19-2008 5:12 AM

abailart

Well, you are right, of course, wilhelm. But it spoils the joke to point it out! (K. is a delightful read, and that his PhD was on Socratic Irony is relevant to his delightful ironic style).

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