Benjamin Cain
1 min readOct 30, 2023

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As you can see from the articles below, I don't reject all of Christianity. I view Jesus as a countercultural critic and late Axial Age visionary whose uncompromising morality was pretty quickly set aside in favour of the politics and mainstream compromises needed to run a Christian empire. I distinguish, then, between exoteric and esoteric theism and religion. The esoteric, mystical kinds are often consistent with atheism.

I doubt someone like Dan Foster would be uncompromising and idealistic enough to be a religious reformer. Their kind of preaching is too political since the liberal Christian needs to fudge things to keep Christianity alive in the face of liberal secular humanism, the latter being the more natural option for folks of that political persuasion.

https://medium.com/@benjamincain8/christianitys-betrayal-of-the-axial-age-37a55ddfc172?source=friends_link&sk=882cb3dba529e2be8ca3d8b913596d56

https://medium.com/gods-funeral/how-jesus-refuted-christianity-7a3e7321f921?sk=c3950e2fb9c05b68db570e19310a33b0

https://medium.com/deconstructing-christianity/why-few-christians-carry-jesus-saves-signs-in-the-rain-8690507155f2?sk=ab738babe000f569962eb998d83b1ee2

https://medium.com/gods-funeral/how-kurt-cobain-was-more-christian-than-any-pope-c0444b3eeb4b?sk=9708033601e41ddd4daa8d834c43b750

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

Written by Benjamin Cain

Ph.D. in philosophy / Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. / https://benjamincain.substack.com / https://ko-fi.com/benjamincain / benjamincain8@gmailDOTcom

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