<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Adounia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adounia]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/my-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:58:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA["A Christian defence of homosexuality": A Response]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple years ago, as a freshly baptized Christian, I had planned to write a trilogy on the Christian attitude towards queerness. I decided to put this project on hold however after a discussion with a devout Christian who had assisted me in my coming to faith; advising that these were important questions, but it would be better to develop in my own understanding of Christianity before writing on such topics. I obliged out of humility, and now I appreciate that this was very wise advice. 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My wider intention is...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/the-blind-faith-of-atheism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">676091a511e3c1c34dc24922</guid><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Steer]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:46:32 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raped]]></title><description><![CDATA[Typically when I am compelled to write, it arises from being possessed with elation. Some vision or thought calls out to me, and I...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/raped</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6705a78522beded00032a540</guid><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Steer]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:43:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Trilemma of State Healthcare, Freedom, and Democracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Within my consideration of political issues, I keep coming across an internal contradiction of liberal democracy, which seems to maintain...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/the-trilemma-of-state-healthcare-freedom-and-democracy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6705a653a120d63de449d11f</guid><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Steer]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:38:34 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Counter-Clockwise]]></title><description><![CDATA[the smallest colors on the smallest days]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/counter-clockwise</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66895864b3f45031d3a45cca</guid><category><![CDATA[Jaime Glinoga]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 06:36:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preliminary Queries into the Anthropology of Suicide and Self-harm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction A couple months ago I had briefly investigated suicide and self-harm as cultural idioms; what have they meant to different...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/preliminary-queries-into-the-anthropology-of-suicide-and-self-harm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">664af9cea0cd616367fc184e</guid><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Steer]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 07:20:52 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hypocrisy of Socialists]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Hypocrisy of Whom? One of the most frustrating and intellectually damaging ways people torpedo discussion is by making it a...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/the-hypocrisy-of-socialists</link><guid isPermaLink="false">664af8862a7b1111d8d42648</guid><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Steer]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 07:15:51 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Transformations of Suffering]]></title><description><![CDATA[Suffering as Transformative One question is adequate in summarising the central struggle I have been gifted to deal with in life: how...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/the-transformations-of-suffering</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65f78cfd75bf3d05a2638c99</guid><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Steer]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:49:32 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metal, Empathy, and Collective Suffering]]></title><description><![CDATA[Metalcore Discourse If you listen to metalcore you’re gay and a poser During my early teen years, before I had yet developed a...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/metal-empathy-and-collective-suffering</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65beac7eddbd0136fff61611</guid><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Steer]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2024 21:14:26 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[3rd year blues]]></title><description><![CDATA[It came to me so clearly I have changed. The me of the last two years is now gone after all those regrets, mistakes, and bottled-up...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/3rd-year-blues</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65baebb4d2a2f606cd072e3a</guid><category><![CDATA[Pavat Pichetsin]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 01:06:58 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Empress, Strength, and The High Priestess]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Empress brought with her creation and abundance 「I have never felt such intense emotions before in my life. It was you who made that...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/the-empress-strength-and-the-high-priestess</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65baa199db6ffb10ca653ef1</guid><category><![CDATA[Pavat Pichetsin]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:48:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diatribes x Prayers - A collection of musings ]]></title><description><![CDATA[1// YOU FADE QUIETLY BUT YOUR SILENCE IS SO LOUD Do you know how difficult it is to try and not cry in the middle of a packed bus? It’s...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/diatribes-x-prayers-a-collection-of-musings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65a1535ca65f3a41552af385</guid><category><![CDATA[Jaime Glinoga]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:14:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rationality and Satan]]></title><description><![CDATA[He [Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I ordered you?" He said, "I am better than he; You created me from fire, and...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/rationality-and-satan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">658a2e599ace9283b4993cef</guid><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Steer]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2023 01:38:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pascal’s Wager: The Rigged Bet of Christianity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gambling is a Sin Even before my conversion to Christianity, I was aware that the metaphor of wagering belief in God was inherently...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/pascal-s-wager-the-rigged-bet-of-christianity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6585fb91054e817604c94eac</guid><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Steer]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:11:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is a Fetish]]></title><description><![CDATA[Freedom is like incest porn: whether they’re really siblings fucking eachother is irrelevant, what’s matters is that it appears real to...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/freedom-is-a-fetish</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6582f46ba1926aa0cc0f5dd0</guid><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Steer]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 14:05:50 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Drug Named Academia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Academia is a drug, and I am merely an addict shooting up ideas to get high. That’s all academia is, that’s all academia can be. The only...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/a-drug-named-academia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">657b430c5d7439be184d1ead</guid><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Steer]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 18:03:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Big Sad ]]></title><description><![CDATA[TW: suicidal ideation, mental health, loneliness, depression, anxiety I wanted to kill myself for a long time, even until last year. I...]]></description><link>https://adouniablog.wixsite.com/adounia/post/the-big-sad</link><guid isPermaLink="false">657a3fd3758ddaff6010e595</guid><category><![CDATA[Moitreyo Ganguli]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 23:36:19 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>adouniablog</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A short review of the anime Pluto]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is often believed that the perspective of an outsider can grant new insights into what is going on inside. 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