There is a predicate for the beginning but not the second half

He makes an independent clause at the beginning: "God was a fine thought in the Middle Ages." This is fine. Then he uses a comma followed by a conjunction. This is ***only*** done when the following clause is independent

There is no predicate in the second half though, making it grammatically incorrect.

If we remove the comma, then we have an interesting sentence. He would be saying that God was a fine thought in 3 contexts( the middle ages, religion, and priestcraft), the last of which was not evil but which has now outlived any practical utilities it may have had

I don't think that's what he meant though.

Furthermore, if that was his message, then the second which is unnecessary and should be removed for concise language and easier reading.

May not be relevant for a lot of you (yet, i hope) but i want to make a recommendation for a wholesome children's book you can without doubt or worry read to your children. Ditch Harry Potter and it's ilk.
Many Dutch children have read or have been read by their parents Tonke Dragt's magnum opus: The Letter for the King (De brief voor de Koning).

The main strongpoints of the book is the clear destinction of good and evil but that good in the end through hardship will always triumph. It emphasizes duty, chivalry, courtship (no GoT or other garbage nudity etc.) and even masculinity and how a boy grows into his role as a knight and a future fiefholder and supordinate to a king.
Christianity is never mentioned but the story starts with a vigil in a chapel and one of the first character the protagonist meets are brown monks (probably Benedictines), who help him in his time of need without any questions, upholding their duty to assist those in need.
I do not know how the translation in English is, but in Dutch it is a masterpiece of a children's book. It received the Griffel der Griffels (award for the best Dutch children's book of the past fifty years). The authoress illustrated the book with minimalist but fitting black artwork and a good map. Also in Dutch it has reached it's 22nd printing in 2007, i do not know at what print we are today.
In short, highly recommended.

don't speak dutch, so can't compare the two, but the english version is as good as what you've described. this and the sequal 'secrets of the wild wood' was one of my favourite books as a kid.

tfw Netflix is making a series about it with a nearly all-black cast

Bruh moment

since this got renamed to /lit/ does that mean we can shitpost DFW and books we'll never read?

what was this ? bookclub?

Yeah

I just wanted to make it short like some of the other channels

I can change it back if its too triggering

Very triggering.

https://youtu.be/2gsMPL3dBfU

Reminds me of this.

IT'S HORRIBLE

EW

We so lit

Dab like this

Nah this is discord /lit/

Nobody reads here

Or on the 4chan one

Right. Fixed

Yeah, I actually read so...

I'd rather it not be "Book I've never read /thread"

That's the joke

Any of you fans of Blake by any chance? Recently wrote a paper on him(also saw his works displayed in the tate) and I think he is such an interesting (and at the time controversial) figure. Definitely my favorite poet. Also, though its been a while since I've read fiction but blood meridian was/still is/will forever be my favorite novel. I'd love to hear some of your recommendations. Now I have to work on my dissertation and it's going to cover the topic of nihilism and its effects on an individual and societal level, and I'm going to cover schopenauer, Nietzsche, Cioran, Zappfe and Ligotti. If you have any books that cover the psychological dimension of nihilism, hmu.

I used to read a lot of sci fi like p.k. dick, Asimov, Ellison and vonnegut, outgrew that shit (still enjoy it from time to time though) I mostly read philosophy, cause its my major. Looking also to broaden my theological knowledge cause its limited/ non existent since I used to be one of those "god is a fairy tale for fools" retard.

>any books that cover the psych dimension of nihilism
explain further please

As in what nihilists, not necessarily clinically depressed individuals, believe. Studies on their mental state and such.

On a mildly related tangent, what's everyone's thoughts on Kaczynski? I'm working my way through Industrial Society and It's Future right now, it seems mostly pretty solid as far as I can tell

He's decent. He actually helped me understand the "evils" of modern technology and how it creates apathy

I'd argue it even creates Schizoids

I mean, I'd take him as a shining example of what it does to people tbh, even if you could argue self fulfilling prophesy

He did write another manifesto

That I want to read

But I empathize a lot, CS Lewis and GK Chesterton wrote a lot about nature too, I think it's an aspect of life that's been criminally appropriated by liberals with petitions and neglected by the church in favor of blind fellowship (which isn't a bad thing in its place, but insight into peace is rarely found in a loud gathering hall).