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>adolescent Pointing out the hypocrisy and self-consuming nature of the greater moral system underlying western religion is scarcely adolescent and even in his
by alnayyir 16y ago
>adolescent
Pointing out the hypocrisy and self-consuming nature of the greater moral system underlying western religion is scarcely adolescent and even in his day that took a good deal of courage to speak out like that.
He was provocative, but not for its own sake.
- cema 16y agoAdolescents are often courageous, but also sophomoric. I think the latter is what the poster referred to.
- alexophile 16y agoI wasn't trying to reduce his criticisms to adolescent jabs - I have great respect for his analysis. But he occasionally gets a little carried away and takes an unnecessary pot shot. They're symptomatic of his sort of unique brand of narcissism and, were he any less of an intellectual force, probably would have been edited out of the final versions.
- alnayyir 16y agoYou're right, but I think he's allowed the indulgence considering the kind of "peers" he had to deal with usually. Besides that, the man just isn't given enough credit these days.
- icandoitbetter 16y agoI don't really agree. He was provocative for its own sake and there's nothing wrong with being provocative for its own sake.