[Jejunity]

(I apologise for my delay in replying to this.)

Originally Posted by Gonzalvus

I beg to differ. You cannot reach faith through a certain author or book. It may work for some people --those who have that "seed of faith" inside of them. The book in question acts as a catalyst, precipitating the process.

I may have stated this too vaguely, but my emphasis is on the interaction between reader and work. It is of course not an automatic process; the reader must involve herself. As for "seeds of faith", the author clearly had an inclination towards belief.

Originally Posted by Gonzalvus

Also, I'm sure that the author of the article had read Kierkegaard long time before his re-awakening to Christ --after all he is a philosophy professor, and Kierkegaard is not such an obscure author. He simply decided to go on with his self-destructive behaviour, ignoring truth.

Maybe. The primary focus of American universities is often on analytic philosophy, a tradition in which existentialist-absurdist theology is considered more or less irrelevant.

Originally Posted by Gonzalvus

And finally, if Kierkegaard works would be the only necessary tool to destroy modern relativism and nihilism, I'm sure they would be banned

But there are texts which any believer must regard as "the only necessary tool to destroy modern relativism and nihilism": the scriptures first and foremost, and then the canon of their particular church.

Originally Posted by Plethon

Where did I say that it is wrong?

Nowhere, and I am sorry if I implied that you did.

Originally Posted by Plethon

When and where did I mention or advocate the "cult of originality"? I just said that first you must be spiritually somehow prepared before reading some great author. Some people read Kierkegaard and it has no effect on them. Before reading and understanding Kierkegaard, you must first develop by yourself some sensibility similar to Kierkegaard's. You must figure out some things by yourself. Or at least you have to drop the conformism you have been imbued with since childhood. Most people are conformists of the modern Western consumerist society and never even come to the level of doubt in some "truths" (in fact lies) that the society has imposed on them.

An average Big-Brother-watching citizen of modern liberal democracy does not even come to the idea of reading Kierkegaard. Or even if he comes to that, he won't understand anything.

Seconded, but in this case we are talking about someone who has done postgraduate work in philosophy and has at least a teaching position.