AlAlekzander.com :: Cosmic Schizm

Recently I noticed someone posted a comment on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Demons”, saying the book was a call to a return to reason instead of materialism. This confused me because Demons strikes me as a call to return to Orthodox Christianity. The book criticizes rationality along with atheism, socialism, communism, and nihilism for undermining religious faith.…

They all convened in Penang, Malaysia for the gala event that celebrated four years of cohabitation at the legendary Christian boarding school, a place unforgettable to all. Specter had no desire to attend but still journeyed from the US with his then-girlfriend against her wishes. Who else was he going to drag with him? His…

Every task requires segueing into a dozen far-flung steps, and by the time most of them complete it, the original task loses itself in the mix. The machinery behind everything corrupts. No one sees the machinery itself; only the outcome of it. But the corruption causes the inner machinery to reveal itself to the outside…

Epic high fantasy novel series lose their meaning after awhile. It all seems too escapist and/or redundant. The characters are predictably good and reliable and capable of easily overcoming their inner conflicts as well as their conflicts with others. If a character wants to take some heavily guarded ship hostage, you know it will work…

All my life, I loved to read as much as possible. Stephen King was the first author who grabbed my full attention. I could hear his voice in my head as I read. I could see what he described. I could enter this alternate reality fully and forget about the life I was living at…

Well-adjusted people say the best way to deal with the challenges of life is to keep a positive mindset. I agree to this to a limited degree. If you INSIST on a positive outcome, then you might miss the opportunity to give up and try something completely different. Positive thinkers think their positivity will prevent…

Looting is an expression of anarchistic philosophy, wherein ‘property’ is defined as ‘what you can take and defend for yourself.’ Most Americans know that property acquisition is typically through the financial system, protected by the police and military. However, one could argue that capitalism is just one method owners use to claim property. They defend…

Recently, I saw a post which argued that the existence of dark matter lacks any direct physical evidence, that it is based on the affect it has. The existence of God can be supported by the effects God has without the need for any direct evidence. This argument inrigued me because I intuitively knew it…

This is a response to an article ppublished recently regarding the decline of interest in the so-called ‘New Atheists’ school of thought. The New Atheism Has Faded from View From 1500 to 500 BCE, atheist schools were in the Vedic tradition. Around 600 BC, arose a materialistic anti-theist school of thought in India. Jainism and…

The emasculation of modern men, whether really occurring or not now, is rooted in Christianity, not democracy, socialism, or wokeism.   Democracy, socialism, and wokeism are all products of the influence of Christianity on Western civilization. That is one of the most important ideas Nietzsche wrote about.   Nietzsche was among the first to point out that…