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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

The New Age of Anxiety

People complain that religion tells you what to do
missing the point that it enables you to ignore
other people telling you what to do

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Other works by Chris Gaither...
The PESMism of Post-Enlightenment Secular Materialism Reaches Its Inevitable Dead End as Hope Springs Eternal

As we grasp for total control And everything spins out of contro… God reminds us of all that is beyo… Which is everything But for what we believe
Men Lie Because They Believe Their Own BS

A man starts out lying for instant gratification Inevitably, this progresses to buy… his unending rationalizations
I’d Happily Accept a Fake Apology

I thought they’d finally say Mea culpa But they still just said Me
I’ll See You in a Jiffy

Hook-up apps have given intimacy all the allure of an oil change
When Your Heart Is Free, Your Brain Is Charged with Responsibility

The heart is a pump That never stops Caring Artificial Intelligence is possib… But machines will never care
The New Consensus

Knowing that everyone agrees you remind them of indoor furniture on the porch tells you nothing about what each of them thinks of you
“All it takes is patience”

The second we try Patience Is the moment we stop trying God’… Patience
The Talking Cure for Everything

If we know our physics is real Because GPS works Then we know our God is real Because language works
I’m Not Impressed

You’ve always dressed to impress But it’s only since social media That you can use your appearance To exact compulsory service
Time’s Almost Up for Our Ticking Time Bomb, but Don’t Cut the Blue Wire or the Red Wire; Cut the Crap

In the past Anyone on the far right or far lef… Could look all the way across the… And see their opposite On the far right or far left
Parenting

I told my daughter Let me give you some free advice: You get what you pay for And she said I don’t get it
Imagining Hell Is as Simple as Forgetting the Past in Order to Wipe Away the Future

Pressed on their oft explicit Sometimes implicit goal Of driving all of Israel’s Jews Into the sea, Western antisemites insist
First You Love Me Not, Then I Kid You Not

I have a tendency to overreact When people tell me to get lost By taking them literally and serio… Which is literally how I found Go… Seriously!
How the West Was Won by Merely Breaking a Few Eggs

You’re supposed to love everybody but everybody knows that’s putting all of your eggs in one ba… so everybody eggs each other on in making a western omelet
What Kind of Doctor is Dr. Pepper?

Like Coke for Coca-Cola, Mr. Pibb is short for Mr. Pibb, ABD



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