Index: Philosophy & Religion — Paul Thomas Zenki

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Paul Thomas Zenki

1 min readApr 12, 2021

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If God Were a Human Father We’d Jail His Ass

Transcript from deposition, Humanity v. God

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Squid Game’s Hidden Slam of Christianity, Uncovered

The counter-Christian game within the counter-capitalist game

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Why We Must Forgive Racism

If we deny redemption, we’re all damned

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Yes, Opting Out of Vaccines Should Cost You Your “Rights”

Fairness demands that anti-vaxxers be ostracized

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In Search of the Hysterical Jesus

The lighter side of Jesus of Nazareth

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Why a Biblical Priest Dismembered a Concubine

And shipped the pieces all over Israel

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Bet You Can’t Name Half the 10 Commandments

No peeking, now

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Who Really Killed Jesus? And Why?

What the gospels got right, and wrong, about history’s most famous execution

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Going Zenetarian: The More Mindful Alternative to Vegetarianism

Telling yourself “Don’t ever do that” isn’t mindfulness

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What to Expect When You Meditate

The purpose, pleasures, and pitfalls of sitting

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You Are Already the Buddha

The trick is realizing it…

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The Voluntary “Tax” That Made Me Happier

Plus, it made others happier, too!

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Why I Stopped Forgiving People… and Maybe You Should, Too

Forgiveness was turning me into a chump

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Why Science Should Take the Soul Seriously

Long relegated to the realms of religion, myth, and superstition, the soul is actually our most useful concept for a…

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Paul Thomas Zenki

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Ghost writer, essayist, marketer, Zen Buddhist, academic refugee, living in Athens GA, blogging at A Quiet Normal Life: https://www.quietnormal.com/

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