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Annihilation

“The authentic epistles of Paul—contain no trace of a doctrine of eternal torment, and Paul himself appears to have envisaged only a final annihilation of evildoers. The evidence of the Gospels moreover, is far more ambiguous on this point than most persons imagine.”...

Narcissism

“It is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set a house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs.” – Francis Bacon

Anarchists

“We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn’t obey the rules.” – Alan Bennett

Conformity

Conformity is a serious issue. No matter what room you enter, the people there will pressure you to conform to their ideals, practices and rituals. A good 90% of these ideals, practices and rituals will fall into a range of inane-to-toxic. Socially, the easy thing is...