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monmostly t1_iw4dct7 wrote

Reply to comment by DBSN_Reddit_Version in A cross between an Existentialist and an Old Testament prophet, Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard urged his "single individual" reader to follow the "highest passion" of faith rather than becoming one of the stereotyped pseudo-individuals of "The Crowd" by thelivingphilosophy

I don't read Kierkegaard, but that headline makes it sound like a major part of his philosophy is "Don't be like all the rest! Be exceptional!" Like every Instagram influencer ever. This doesn't sound deep or useful to me. It sounds kinda toxic. You can't change the world with exceptional outliers. Is it a badly written headline? Or bad philosophy?

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Rhamni t1_iw50w6q wrote

He's basically saying "All these Christians around me are such fake fucking assholes. They go to church once a week and spend the rest of the week being hypocritical assholes who think because they are Christian they are just automatically right and proper and better than anyone who isn't. If you want to actually be Christian, take your faith and your life seriously. Just stop and think about things, and be honest with yourself." I'm not even Christian, but I mean. He's 100% correct. He would have had a lot to say about the American Christian Right of the 21st century. He's not toxic. If more Christians were like him, the world would be a better place.

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Formerredditer t1_iw4tbym wrote

>"Don't be like all the rest! Be exceptional!" Like every Instagram influencer ever.

Nah, Kierkegaard isn't about that at all.

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