In today's Episode 743, @jackewilson.bsky.social discusses Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, which lands at #11 on his list of the Greatest Books of All Time. #books #greatbooks #dostoeyvsky
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In today's Episode 743, @jackewilson.bsky.social discusses Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, which lands at #11 on his list of the Greatest Books of All Time. #books #greatbooks #dostoeyvsky
And one reason to avoid reading Dostoeyvsky is because extended suffering is exhausting.
August 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
And one reason to avoid reading Dostoeyvsky is because extended suffering is exhausting.
I attended Orthodox services for about two years mainly because Dostoeyvsky actually took the time to wrestle with the pull humans have between belief and non belief in a way that Catholic school never addressed. I felt like I needed to explore it more. I'm Catholic, but love Orthodox liturgy
August 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I attended Orthodox services for about two years mainly because Dostoeyvsky actually took the time to wrestle with the pull humans have between belief and non belief in a way that Catholic school never addressed. I felt like I needed to explore it more. I'm Catholic, but love Orthodox liturgy
The reason we read things like Dostoeyvsky is to wrestle with these terrible and frightening questions
If you believe that God is omniscient and created the universe, then you believe that God created every detail of the universe, including childhood leukemia. Christians promote and demote God according to their rhetorical needs; one day, he's "he who is" and the next he's barely a Greek hero.
August 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The reason we read things like Dostoeyvsky is to wrestle with these terrible and frightening questions