(Part 2) Top products from r/exjew
We found 3 product mentions on r/exjew. We ranked the 23 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
We found 3 product mentions on r/exjew. We ranked the 23 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
I posted this response to the supposed 'emptiness' of a secular life, on a different sub:
Try reading this book: https://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Carl-Sagan/dp/0345539435/
The universe is an astounding place- just our galaxy has hundreds of billions of suns, and there are hundreds of billions of galaxies. It is mindbogglingly huge.
Life is astounding. Evolving on our planet for a billion years, from single cells to human consciousness, trees, insects, whales, birds, dinosaurs, and countless millions of life forms in between.
Have you watched David Attenborough's Planet Earth series? It is so beautiful it will make you cry: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02544td
Have you been to the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the MOMA in NYC, or your local art or natural history museum?
How about laughter? Comedy brings me great joy. I watch the Daily Show, Bill Maher, and have enjoyed other series over the years, but I realize comedy is highly culture-specific.
Exercise? If you are feeling down, going for a jog or workout is a great natural endorphin rush.
Food! Do you like to cook? This is another wonderful joy in life.
Do you have friends? Even if you are in an isolated place, with mostly fundamentalist religious people, perhaps there are others you can talk to, and if not, be glad that we live in 2018 and you have the internet!
I wish you luck. It takes great courage and strength to acknowledge that your previous way of life was based on a collective delusion, even if it was a comforting one. But:
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” ― Flannery O'Connor
You make an excellent point.
I have heard the argument made--although w/o any evidence--that the endless introduction of new technology actually intensifies the attraction towards "Truth" and other Permanent Things like religion. If you're interested, it's laid out in the last couple of chapters of this book.
In particular, according to some anthropological research detailed in this book due to a combination of Westerners looking for an "exotic" spirituality that isn't the Christianity they grew up with, and formerly-secular Israeli expats looking for a connection to Judaism but don't actually know anything about religion.