Humanism Now | Secular Ethics, Curiosity and Compassionate Change

21. Valerie Jack on Finding Peace in Grief without God


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“The irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it, and so we must shrink from being fully alive.”  Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

Episode References:

  • BBC News: New extremism definition unveiled by government
  • Humanists UK: Extremists ‘negate the fundamental rights and freedoms of others’ – humanists analyse new definition
  • ‘Resisting extremism means defending a tolerant society’, Andrew Copson
  • Atheist Bus Campaign
  • Radio 5: Elis James and John Robins Show

About Valerie Jack;

  • Living with Life without God
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    • AbeBooks
  • Twitter @ValerieJack
  • Instagram/Facebook: @valeriejackwrites

Valerie's References:

  • How religious and spiritual beliefs explain prolonged grief disorder symptoms, Kim M. Christian, Samar M. Aoun & Lauren J. Breen
  • The Denial of Death, Ernest Becker
  • Why Death is Nothing to Fear: Lucretius and Epicureanism, Jack Maden, PhilosophyBreak
  • Snoopy Cartoon on Death
  • La Fauxmagerie

“One day we will die, but on all the other days we will not.” Snoo

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