Going Alone

A Stoic theory of life adventure

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    STOIC POETRY | Arguing with myself over free will
    Kurt Bell
    • Jul 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Arguing with myself over free will

    How best might I prove myself wrong? I have this suspicion, not quite yet a belief perhaps, that free will is an illusion. How can I...
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    STOIC POETRY | Such a life to live
    Kurt Bell
    • Jul 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    STOIC POETRY | Such a life to live

    How much more decorous a possession than honest self-reflection; though there is nothing to see in such wealth besides the owner's...
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    STOIC POETRY | Reading the Bible every day
    Kurt Bell
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Reading the Bible every day

    Waking up early is a very good use of time; for it reminds us soon that we are still alive and provides an opportunity to bring in a full...
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    STOIC POETRY | Try more. Fail more.
    Kurt Bell
    • Oct 21, 2019
    • 3 min

    STOIC POETRY | Try more. Fail more.

    October 21, 2019 Dear Eric, The old adage of "better to burn out than to fade away" comes to mind when I think of your short life. You...
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    STOIC POETRY | The low-road to justice
    Kurt Bell
    • Sep 27, 2019
    • 3 min

    STOIC POETRY | The low-road to justice

    September 27, 2019 Dear Eric, It's too bad our talks together never explored the issue of morality and justice... As I would have enjoyed...
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    STOIC POETRY | The problem of evil
    Kurt Bell
    • Sep 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | The problem of evil

    September 19, 2019 Dear Eric, Why would God create a universe with evil? "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create...
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    STOIC POETRY | To die in doubt
    Kurt Bell
    • Sep 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | To die in doubt

    September 3, 2019 Dear Eric, Can you imagine how much less my confidence now, than when we once conferred together on so many subjects of
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    STOIC POETRY | Exploring, not searching...
    Kurt Bell
    • Aug 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    STOIC POETRY | Exploring, not searching...

    August 12, 2019 Dear Eric, I had an interesting conversation with someone yesterday - a Christian friend - who commented that he thought I
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    STOIC POETRY | My Bible study is done
    Kurt Bell
    • Jul 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    STOIC POETRY | My Bible study is done

    Completing my formal study of the Bible.
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    STOIC POETRY | Did God Have a Wife? - Book Review
    Kurt Bell
    • Feb 12, 2019
    • 68 min

    STOIC POETRY | Did God Have a Wife? - Book Review

    Last week, I posted that I’d learned that the God of the Bible has a wife. I then received three responses from believers: One person...
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    ABOUT

    Going Alone was begun by Kurt Bell in an effort to help others understand and manage  the recognition of the apparent indifference of the universe to our well being, happiness or even our existence, and to find ways to make a good life in spite of this fact.

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