Nothing can define me except me. Neither science or philosophy or religion or politics can tell me who I am. The Bible says, Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Existentialism, as I understand it, is the process of finding out who I am apart from all of the institutions and expectations of the world; of working out, along with the guidance of God, my own salvation. Or is it the fact of finding? I am not alone in this world, but I am responsible for myself alone. I cannot be who others would have me be. While their expectations are valid to a point, I am still me. I cannot be just another brick in the wall.
Is that heresy? Or is it a valid point?
Of course, under the above premise, your opinion would be merely an interesting comment rather than an authentication or anything else, I suppose.
However, what is your opinion of the above premise? Am I a wacko?
My problem is that I have never fit in a box. I suppose that I would do well to become a hermit emerging from my cave only on leap year days to rail at the world. I did see a couple of good caves in Wyoming.
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