The World According to Xenocrates

The Impending Extinction of Marriage (Part 2 of 2)

xenlogic — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:28:56 +0000

Marriage is as relevant today as the horse drawn carriage.

— Xenocrates

How convenient.

The biggest problem with the institution of marriage likely has very little to do with what we’re doing wrong with marriage as opposed to marriage itself. If you’re having marital problems, you may want to consider the fact that marriage is fairly antiquated. In this post, I will cover the remaining five of the top ten issues with the popular concept of marriage and why they are now a recurring cause of failure in marital relationships as societies continue to evolve.

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The Impending Extinction of Marriage (Part 1 of 2)

xenlogic — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:33:38 +0000

Everyone falls in love with wedding days, but few of us fall in love with marriage.

— Xenocrates

Marriage is dying. Studies show that marriage is on the decline all over the world. More and more people are opting out of being married. The number of people who are married in the most developed societies around the world are at an all time low. But as you’ll note from the above linked article, this is not a cyclical trend. Marriage has been on a steady decline since the 1950′s. What gives? I explore this phenomenon in this post about the slow death of love.

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The Point of Pointless Rituals

xenlogic — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:00:15 +0000

An idea doesn’t need to make sense to be popular.

— Xenocrates

Why do we torture ourselves each new year by making promises to ourselves we won’t keep?

Now that my lengthy vacation is over (and I can continue updating this hallowed space as the fine purveyor of humanity’s oddest propensities), I have a trick question to ask the lot of you: Have you ever wondered why we create so much excitement over days like Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and a myriad of others? Why do we make new year’s resolutions we’re going to break anyway? It’s only ONE day right? So what exactly is the excitement for? I got asked this a LOT while on vacation. There is a point to all these rituals. Allow me to explain:

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The Infidel’s Guide To Islam (3 of 3) — Islamic Governance

xenlogic — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:46:06 +0000

According to Islamic law, freedom and democracy are punishable vices.

— Xenocrates

Sharia Law is notoriously brutal — especially to women.

As Islam exploded across North Africa and Southern Europe, engulfing the Byzantine Empire to the west and the Arabian peninsula to the east, it became entrenched in several sovereign states in these regions, retaining much of the primitive ideologies of the day, which includes systems of governance and law which have been notorious for their misogyny and brutality.

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The Infidel’s Guide to Islam (2 of 3) — The Anatomy of Jihad

xenlogic — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:40:12 +0000

According to the Qur’an, there’s no such thing as a Muslim Extremist.

—Xenocrates

This is the true intention of Islam. Anything else is a pacifist lie.

I’ve always wondered if Muhammad were still alive, if he would have wept over what all these modern day Islamic governments have done to their people and how they may have misread, misinterpreted or utterly misconstrued his teachings. He originally set out to unify all Arabia. They in turn invented Sharia law and justification for flying passenger jets into office buildings. Now western governments have tried to appease Islamic moderates by suggesting that Islam has no political agenda. Take a long hard look at the picture above. This is far from the truth.

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The Infidel’s Guide to Islam (1 of 3) — Muhammad’s Legacy

xenlogic — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:54:08 +0000

People tend to get angry when they find themselves struggling to defend the indefensible.

— Xenocrates

Islam — inexplicably, the fastest growing religion in the world.

Islam evolved out of response to the threat of certain implosion of the Arabic cultures due to tribal warfare. Sadly, in attempt to become a religion of peace, the founder of the faith, the prophet Muhammad, made a terrible mistake that has reverberated to this very day. It was a blunder so profound that the fact that western cultures can’t think of Islam without thinking about crimes against humanity, is a testament to the fact that the term “religion of peace” is either a tragic misnomer or a monumental non sequitur that now silently mocks its adherents.

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Why Prayer Doesn’t Work (Part 2 of 2) — Gambling on Fate

xenlogic — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 05:10:48 +0000

Prayer has the same statistical effectiveness as gambling.

— Xenocrates

If you’re a believer from one of the major monotheistic religions, then the function of prayer is actually unnecessary (even if you are a devout believer). This is because if your religion is monotheistic, then chances are that you might also believe that your god is a supreme being, possessing all the power and knowledge in the universe. If so, then you don’t need to pray.

Here’s why:

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Why Prayer Doesn’t Work (Part 1 of 2) — Ridiculous Rituals

xenlogic — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:36:09 +0000

Asking God for forgiveness is like apologizing for the way he made you.

— Xenocrates

Did you pray today? Do you have a personal relationship with God? Have you completed your 5 daily prayers while facing Mecca? Did you repeat the requisite number of Hail Mary’s as was recommended by your priest to atone for your sins? If so, after reading this post, you can put an end to that. Now I’m going to demonstrate why it is not necessary to pray about anything.

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Relationship Addiction (Part 2 of 2) — Why you shouldn’t get married

xenlogic — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:23:22 +0000

Some people desire marriage for all the same reasons dogs chase cars.

— Xenocrates

A happily married couple — as delightful as this looks, marriage is not for everyone.

One of the biggest lies propagated in western society is that everyone should be in love with somebody and that love is universally accessible. Nobody tells you however that love has a set of very specific requirements. Some people do not have these qualities in their personality by default and will probably never develop them. Some people should stay single. They are just not mature enough to identify themselves—and that’s precisely where this post comes in.

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Relationship Addiction (Part 1 of 2) — Love by any means

xenlogic — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:24:56 +0000

Settling for someone less than you deserve makes for two unhappy people instead of one.

— Xenocrates

Most people want to get to this state. The trouble is, some people don’t care how.

I’ve heard many people complain about their unsatisfactory relationships, only to see them break up and start another one just like it. What’s the reasoning for this? Wouldn’t it make more sense to learn from the past? As it turns out, that is not the problem. Most people would much rather to be in a relationship than be in love. They are relationship addicts — slaves to the want of being desired. This addiction has now reached pandemic proportions.

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