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<blockquote data-quote="Silmarien" data-source="post: 73437392" data-attributes="member: 395596"><p>You don't sound dumb at all! And I dance on the edge of nihilism at times myself, so I think I understand what you're saying.</p><p></p><p>One thing I'd caution against is being too caught up in what you feel, since it's very easy to get carried away by an emotional response. I'm of a pessimistic nature as well, and I can really turn on the Augustinianism and run away with it these days. And there is good reason to, but at the same time, the world is <em>not</em> utterly terrible. We can insist upon viewing it as irredeemable if we so desire, but I really do think we just lock ourselves into our own personal hell by insisting that our darkest imaginings must be reality. This type of despair and cynicism can easily turn into a trap.</p><p></p><p>What exposure do you have to religious thought outside of Calvinism? If you haven't read it yet, one book I would really recommend is Dostoevsky's <em>Brothers Karamazov</em>, since it's probably the most powerful exploration of these themes that I've ever encountered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silmarien, post: 73437392, member: 395596"] You don't sound dumb at all! And I dance on the edge of nihilism at times myself, so I think I understand what you're saying. One thing I'd caution against is being too caught up in what you feel, since it's very easy to get carried away by an emotional response. I'm of a pessimistic nature as well, and I can really turn on the Augustinianism and run away with it these days. And there is good reason to, but at the same time, the world is [I]not[/I] utterly terrible. We can insist upon viewing it as irredeemable if we so desire, but I really do think we just lock ourselves into our own personal hell by insisting that our darkest imaginings must be reality. This type of despair and cynicism can easily turn into a trap. What exposure do you have to religious thought outside of Calvinism? If you haven't read it yet, one book I would really recommend is Dostoevsky's [I]Brothers Karamazov[/I], since it's probably the most powerful exploration of these themes that I've ever encountered. [/QUOTE]
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