Adam Sanchez
@alvins52.bsky.social
Person who writes, plays music, plays video games, and is overly obsessed with ideas he can't wrap his head around. Agnostic nontheist. Exvangelical. Pretend existentialist. Leftist or something.
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Adam Sanchez
@alvins52.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Existentialism in Application: Christianity, Nazism, and the American Dream in Thursday’s New Song
‘The Dream is over’ (Edmund Husserl, The Crisis. Original German: ‘… der Traum ist ausgeträumt’). Introduction It was a magical moment in the history of post-hardcore/…
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I will bring the lyrics and their dreaming into a different meandering conversation with stories, narratives about existential phenomenology, Nazism, and American Christo-fascism. alvins52.wordpress.com/2024/09/27/e...
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Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
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Perhaps Democrats should come up with some sort of a "New Deal" for the American people. It might be popular.
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Perhaps Democrats should come up with some sort of a "New Deal" for the American people. It might be popular.
Reposted by Adam Sanchez
James Carville, in his NYT Op-ed, says it's time for Democrats to "embrace a sweeping, aggressive, unvarnished, unapologetic, and altogether unmistakable platform of pure economic rage. The most populist platform since the Great Depression."
I can dig it.
Resistance. Reformation. Revolution.
I can dig it.
Resistance. Reformation. Revolution.
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
James Carville, in his NYT Op-ed, says it's time for Democrats to "embrace a sweeping, aggressive, unvarnished, unapologetic, and altogether unmistakable platform of pure economic rage. The most populist platform since the Great Depression."
I can dig it.
Resistance. Reformation. Revolution.
I can dig it.
Resistance. Reformation. Revolution.
Inspiring Philosophy encounters Sheng Tsai and accuse him of failing to steelman their arguments, while completely painting his entire critique as an argument in favour of secular humanism.
Evidently the principle of charity runs in only one direction.
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Evidently the principle of charity runs in only one direction.
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Notes for Counter-Apologetics
InspiringPhilosophy Doesn’t See the Irony Notes by Adam Sanchez Sheng Tsai’s original critique of IP’s research. Critical Notes on ‘Do I Use BAD Research In Debates?’ …
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November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Inspiring Philosophy encounters Sheng Tsai and accuse him of failing to steelman their arguments, while completely painting his entire critique as an argument in favour of secular humanism.
Evidently the principle of charity runs in only one direction.
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Evidently the principle of charity runs in only one direction.
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Noa Nini: “ @naamalazimi.bsky.social is one of the ONLY Israeli MKs I admire. Strong, smart, unapologetic, she is a woman that could lead this country. Together with @karivgilad.bsky.social and of course Yair Golan, head of the Democratic Party, they are a tour de force and a source of great HOPE.🧵
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Noa Nini: “ @naamalazimi.bsky.social is one of the ONLY Israeli MKs I admire. Strong, smart, unapologetic, she is a woman that could lead this country. Together with @karivgilad.bsky.social and of course Yair Golan, head of the Democratic Party, they are a tour de force and a source of great HOPE.🧵
So two iconic bands from different milieux of punk rock, both originating in the 70s--England's Buzzcocks and the United States' Descendents--are taking contemporary act Mattstagraham on a Canadian tour of historic proportions.
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Descendents and Buzzcocks with MattstaGraham in Moncton
28 August, 2025 A Short Concert Review: Descendents and Buzzcocks with Mattstagraham in Moncton, NB.1. So two iconic bands from different milieux of punk rock, both originating in the 70s–Eng…
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August 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
So two iconic bands from different milieux of punk rock, both originating in the 70s--England's Buzzcocks and the United States' Descendents--are taking contemporary act Mattstagraham on a Canadian tour of historic proportions.
alvins52.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/d...
alvins52.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/d...
Famously, Buddhism rejects the concept of a self. Charlie Kirk asserted four times, in Buddhism ‘it’s all about your self‘ and we ‘ascend ourselves.’ Not knowing anything about his chosen topic, Charlie Kirk does not care about the truth of the matter. alvins52.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/c...
Counter-Apologetics: Charlie Kirk vs. Truth
Rhetoric of Self and No-Self in Buddhist Ethics Abstract: Famously, Buddhism rejects the concept of a self. Amidst his not-even-sophomoric attempts to defend Christianity as good and true, Charlie …
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July 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Famously, Buddhism rejects the concept of a self. Charlie Kirk asserted four times, in Buddhism ‘it’s all about your self‘ and we ‘ascend ourselves.’ Not knowing anything about his chosen topic, Charlie Kirk does not care about the truth of the matter. alvins52.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/c...
Dear Derek at MythVision, the left is so much better and more valuable than our toxic leftist purists and gatekeepers. alvins52.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/i...
In Defence of an Atheist Cult
A Rando Leftist Agnostic’s Olive Branch for MythVision This is a reply in good faith to Derek Lambert, to MythVision’s recent video on Chrissy Hansen, Robert Price, and other surroundin…
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May 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Dear Derek at MythVision, the left is so much better and more valuable than our toxic leftist purists and gatekeepers. alvins52.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/i...
Jordan Peterson thinks Prime Minister Mark Carney is a radical socialist whose utopia 'segregates' group identities, for what purpose, we are only left to speculate. Presumably he thinks it's the leftist analogue of pre-civil rights United States segregation.
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Jordan Peterson vs. Mark Carney (Part 1)
Mark Carney, DEI, and Radical Leftism These are critical remarks on Jordan Peterson’s recent monologue against elected Liberal Leader and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. They are publish…
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April 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Jordan Peterson thinks Prime Minister Mark Carney is a radical socialist whose utopia 'segregates' group identities, for what purpose, we are only left to speculate. Presumably he thinks it's the leftist analogue of pre-civil rights United States segregation.
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I wrote a thing complaining about InspiringPhilosophy's uninspiring attempt to challenge the work of ESOTERICA on the origins of Yahweh. alvins52.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/n...
Notes for Counter-Apologetics
InspiringPhilosophy Doesn’t Understand ESOTERICA Notes by Adam Sanchez Critical Notes on ‘Yahweh Was NEVER a Storm god!’ (a YouTube stream by InspiringPhilosophy, featuring Linguas Amo) Comments on…
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March 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I wrote a thing complaining about InspiringPhilosophy's uninspiring attempt to challenge the work of ESOTERICA on the origins of Yahweh. alvins52.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/n...
'I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies...
Take away from me the noise of your songs;
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.'
(Amos 5.21-24 [NRSV])
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies...
Take away from me the noise of your songs;
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.'
(Amos 5.21-24 [NRSV])
January 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
'I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies...
Take away from me the noise of your songs;
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.'
(Amos 5.21-24 [NRSV])
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies...
Take away from me the noise of your songs;
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.'
(Amos 5.21-24 [NRSV])
45/47 'trampled on the poor and the needy so that he could go stand in front of the church, hold up a Bible [upside down] and scowl at a camera. He's doing precisely what the prophets in the Hebrew Bible and Jesus in the New Testament condemn. youtu.be/IB8P6R6ZLGo?...
Christians are supposed to prioritize mercy
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
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January 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
45/47 'trampled on the poor and the needy so that he could go stand in front of the church, hold up a Bible [upside down] and scowl at a camera. He's doing precisely what the prophets in the Hebrew Bible and Jesus in the New Testament condemn. youtu.be/IB8P6R6ZLGo?...
The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
Luke 4.18-19; Isaiah 61.1-2
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
Luke 4.18-19; Isaiah 61.1-2
January 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
Luke 4.18-19; Isaiah 61.1-2
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
Luke 4.18-19; Isaiah 61.1-2
'For I desire mercy [Hebrew: *chesed* = 'unfailing love'], not sacrifice.'
(Hosea 6.6 [NIV]; quoted by Jesus in Matthew 9.13 and 12.7 [cf. NRSV])
(Hosea 6.6 [NIV]; quoted by Jesus in Matthew 9.13 and 12.7 [cf. NRSV])
January 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
'For I desire mercy [Hebrew: *chesed* = 'unfailing love'], not sacrifice.'
(Hosea 6.6 [NIV]; quoted by Jesus in Matthew 9.13 and 12.7 [cf. NRSV])
(Hosea 6.6 [NIV]; quoted by Jesus in Matthew 9.13 and 12.7 [cf. NRSV])
'The dominant theme is clearly stated in [Amos] 5:24, which calls for social justice as the indispensable expression of true piety.'
(NIV Study Bible, 'Amos: Introduction [Zondervan publishing], page 1368)
(NIV Study Bible, 'Amos: Introduction [Zondervan publishing], page 1368)
January 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
'The dominant theme is clearly stated in [Amos] 5:24, which calls for social justice as the indispensable expression of true piety.'
(NIV Study Bible, 'Amos: Introduction [Zondervan publishing], page 1368)
(NIV Study Bible, 'Amos: Introduction [Zondervan publishing], page 1368)
Wes Huff misspoke a few times on The Joe Rogan Experience, the biggest podcast in the world, and was corrected by many scholars and popularizers, only for cheerleaders to hold him up (against his own wishes) as the Jesus Christ of apologetics. alvins52.wordpress.com/2025/01/21/a...
Angry Reaction to the Apologetic Fallout of Wes Huff’s Joe Rogan Interview on the Bible
a Facebook comment I’m so glad you asked. (Tl;dr at the bottom of this digital tome between **double asterisks or font format change** at the bottom in paragraph 12.) 1. I’ve spent an i…
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January 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Wes Huff misspoke a few times on The Joe Rogan Experience, the biggest podcast in the world, and was corrected by many scholars and popularizers, only for cheerleaders to hold him up (against his own wishes) as the Jesus Christ of apologetics. alvins52.wordpress.com/2025/01/21/a...
I notice that Thursday does not sing the word 'love' once in the New Three.
January 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I notice that Thursday does not sing the word 'love' once in the New Three.
A thread of deconstruction
My favourite era of Christian apologetics on YouTube was amidst the early years of William Lane Craig videos on the DrCraigVideos channel. (The oldest video listed on drcraigvideos' profile is 17 years old. Craig on 'What Type of Literature Are the Gospels?') 1/10
My favourite era of Christian apologetics on YouTube was amidst the early years of William Lane Craig videos on the DrCraigVideos channel. (The oldest video listed on drcraigvideos' profile is 17 years old. Craig on 'What Type of Literature Are the Gospels?') 1/10
December 13, 2024 at 8:42 PM
A thread of deconstruction
My favourite era of Christian apologetics on YouTube was amidst the early years of William Lane Craig videos on the DrCraigVideos channel. (The oldest video listed on drcraigvideos' profile is 17 years old. Craig on 'What Type of Literature Are the Gospels?') 1/10
My favourite era of Christian apologetics on YouTube was amidst the early years of William Lane Craig videos on the DrCraigVideos channel. (The oldest video listed on drcraigvideos' profile is 17 years old. Craig on 'What Type of Literature Are the Gospels?') 1/10
According to Shankara, the testimony of ancient Rishis taught (1) that being, consciousness, and bliss are one ultimate reality; (2) that the world is mere appearance; and (3) that the self which appears in the world is none other than the ultimate reality. alvins52.wordpress.com/2023/12/06/a...
A First Year Vedanta Assignment
The thought of Adi Sankaracharya (ca. 8th century) is as rigorous a philosophy as the greatest minds of world history. His influence is wide enough that, in the modern era, his school is often cons…
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December 8, 2024 at 3:44 AM
According to Shankara, the testimony of ancient Rishis taught (1) that being, consciousness, and bliss are one ultimate reality; (2) that the world is mere appearance; and (3) that the self which appears in the world is none other than the ultimate reality. alvins52.wordpress.com/2023/12/06/a...
‘The Dream is over’ (Edmund Husserl)
It was a magical moment in the history of post-hardcore/emo music. ‘Application for Release from the Dream’ is the title of Thursday’s first song in 13 years since their first hiatus in 2011’s No Devolución.
It was a magical moment in the history of post-hardcore/emo music. ‘Application for Release from the Dream’ is the title of Thursday’s first song in 13 years since their first hiatus in 2011’s No Devolución.
December 8, 2024 at 2:43 AM
‘The Dream is over’ (Edmund Husserl)
It was a magical moment in the history of post-hardcore/emo music. ‘Application for Release from the Dream’ is the title of Thursday’s first song in 13 years since their first hiatus in 2011’s No Devolución.
It was a magical moment in the history of post-hardcore/emo music. ‘Application for Release from the Dream’ is the title of Thursday’s first song in 13 years since their first hiatus in 2011’s No Devolución.