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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Materialism Is an Antisemitism, but This, Along with God, Is Unbelievable to Materialists, Making Antisemitism a Projection of the Guilt That All Materialists Feel at Giving Way on Their Deepest Desire: God Is Always Our Deepest Desire

Riddle me this:
The Riddler commits crimes of the heart
By loving each and every one of us indiscriminately
But always leaves clues behind
In the form of a riddle
 
Our great crime
Is trying to solve the crime
By ignoring the riddle–
We call this materialism
And materialists will never solve the crime
Because they pretend there is no riddle
Leaving the materialists to devote all of their energies
To crime’s twin, punishment
 
And who better to punish
Than the people who have solved the riddle
Having long since devoted themselves
To the Book of Riddles
 
What is the answer to the riddle?
God’s indiscriminate love is not a crime
Leaving us all free to leave our prisons of brick and mortar
And take as much responsibility as we can
Because with the strength of God
It feels weightless

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Our Manic Power Struggle Takes the Form of a Competition for Attention; Depressingly, the More Attention Can Be Had, the Less It Can Be Given

The most radical act has become One that gives you meaning Without getting you attention Not because we don’t need one anot… We all do–
When an Unstoppable Force Hits an Immovable Object, You Get a Clown Car That Is Infinitely Vast but Going Nowhere

For a long time, the centrists were at the center of attention where the action was But now they find themselves at the center of a hall of mirrors
As an Existentialist I’m Always Out of Control

All sense of control is an illusio… except for the control you feel in letting go of your need for contro… handing it over to God or to other people
The Presidency Reduced to a Device in the Divorce Plot

It took the spies of Five Eyes to tell that Putin wasn’t bluffin’ But just ask the staff at Five Gu… and they’ll tell you Trump’s MacG… He longs for Daddy’s approval
Go First to Get It Over With; Go Last to Get Over on Them

Starting gun to my head I’ll finish what you started And run the race By running in place
If You Can’t Be with the One You Love, Love the Room You’re In

Pay attention to what is said: “One day we hope to enable every p… to feel as strong a sense of conne… as you feel when you’re physically with someone you love”
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My Apologies, I was Just Being Cautious

I always thought everybody was saying It’s better to be safe, then sorry
The Latest Intrigue

It was always an intriguing though… to imagine knowing the date of you… until AI in a thought experiment of its own reimagined death
When the Circle is Unspoken

They put a circle at dead ends so you can either live there or turn back but we just keep
Patience Is a Form of Desire

People are only willing to wait and see when they already know what they are looking for
“If You’re Going to Take Vienna, Take Vienna”

If you’re going to take sick leave… take FMLA
“Why Is a Raven Like a Writing Desk?”

Nero fiddles while Rome burns? Fiddle-de-dee! Nero riddles but Rome never learn…
The Brain Is Pattern Seeking; God Is Pattern Founding

“A quantum state is not an element… instead, it represents the degrees… about the possible outcomes of mea… Just so: A mental state is not an element o…
Bad Listeners Compensate with Surveillance

When a tone deaf authority insists you watch your tone it’s because they would never ask you to do something they aren’t already doing themselv…
Pantaloon

If you want to know what the quarantine was like for me walk a mile in my new leather sweatpants



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