This is extremely mean but I'm just. So tired of my family. Tbh

Oh AND my aunt was talking up the j*m c*veziel child trafficking movie yesterday at new year's lunch to my mother. And like I get. That my mother and my aunt are each other's best friends. And my aunt has been Going Thru it wrt her health and is suddenly extremely like. Into not thinking critically and being superstitious wrt faith and touchy feely and talking about the shack and randomly making broad acclamations of faith in the middle of conversations all that. But also like. God. God have mercy I do not have the self restraint to deal with this anymore, it's one thing from my elderly Nonna who never went to school and who's only engagement w religion and faith has been that kind of folk religion. It is another thing entirely to see my cool fun UNIVERSITY EDUCATED AND YOUNG aunt be like. Ah yes. I've forgotten how to think about anything beyond vague warm feelings about religion. Also the most fuckin incorrect discussion of theodicy in my life I was sitting there sipping mimosas so I didnt start screaming. Theology?? Reason? Logos? What??? HER HUSBAND HAS A DEGREE IN CHURCH HISTORY AND RELIGUOUS EDUCATION like I don't always agree w him and I think he's very much lacking knowledge in the hellenistic + philosophical side of things which makes it hard to really grasp early church theology tbh. But like. He has a head on his shoulders at least.

Just gonna fuckin start. Throwing intro to Greek philosophy + Augustine at everyone who insists on making these assertions without knowing literally anything I don't even LIKE Augustine. I love him and hate him. We're worsties ❤️. I am kissing him on the mouth. I would fistfight him in a heartbeat. I wrote my masters thesis on him. But like. YALL. CMON. CMON YALL. WHAT IS THIS KUMBAYA PROSPERITY SHIT I would rather a rigid interpretation of Augustine founded in his philosophical roots than this. Or literally. ANY school of thought. The key here is THOUGHT. THINKING. THE THING WE ARE MISSING. My funny but often irritating Trad leaning analytic philosophy cousin is better bc yeah analytic philosophy sucks and is often soulless imo but STILL