The Nittany cub., November 07, 1966, Image 3

SKEPTIC'S
As Rev. Warren Starret pointed
out during Skeptic's Corner, the
spectrum of existentialism wig
extend from the Judao-Christian
revolt against the accumulated
gytholoar of our pest to the
atheistical version. *here man
occupies the role tat God mould
* have taken if he really existed;
but they all agree in their
analysis ofiownts predicament.
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In their analysis, mats
essence lies in his state of
existence. Because of our maniA
palative world the freedom of
choice requiresanindividuality
of decision and a responsibility
to others. A truely authentic
life, in Bev. Starret's opinion,
is exemplified by the life of
Christ. lb tond o homer * to
avoid wrestling with ethical and
•oral values by Just following
the opinion of the masses. It
is this.. *lf it's Ocamaniset.yon
knob it; if Ws poor yam - give
it a welfare check s * type of
thinking that existaartta3.l.an
strikes oat mast.
We are threatened on one side
by the mechanization and aliena—
tion of man by an impersonal world,
and on the other by the alarms of
freedom filled with nothingness.
It is in this nothingness that
existentialism is least understood.
What is meant is that the once
rawri liar, the patterns of reality
that have been formed ever since
CORNER
childhood, when seen again from
your own eyes and.on your own two
feet that you realize the lack of
meaning existence has. Yet when
this is contrasted with the essence
of living things which gin view of
(their) integrated complexity of
structure and function (have) an
added dimensian,•so to speak, by
virtue of (their) Wholeness"' the
conjunction of essence and existence
becomes a paradox. The existen
tialist argues that these two can
not be separated because it is
Inn I s exprironmemt which defines
who he is and what he can be with
his limited freedom, and it is man
who „Oyes meaning to existence.
* * *
This Thuraday s Skeptic , s Corner
will have as its guest speaker,
libm. Martin, who is an cutspokeei
=ll on civil rigkits. As director
of the 0.1. C., a job training and
placement organisation, and familiar
with the Anti-ftwerty- Program, he
claims to be at the grass roots of
the Magma problem.
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ERIE PEATROUSE
Oa Nov. 11th and 12th o - the.Erie
Playhouse will present the world
premiere of AMERICAN BIDES, by
Tennessee tialltams, impart of a
Studio Production series se/acted
egpecially for the theater-goer with
a taste for something a little
different. Tickets are 44.00 to
members of the Playhouse, and $1.50
to non--members. See Dean lane
for tickets to this production-