Significant Influences

These are some of the thinkers who have most notably helped shape the way I see the world:

Friedrich Nietzsche – the noble man defines his own values.
The Buddha, especially The Eightfold Path, but also the Four Noble Truths
Jesus Christ – especially the Lord’s Prayer and his overall message of compassion along with many more details that I won’t go into right now.
Robert E Howard, specifically through Conan the Barbarian
Lao-Tsu – The Tao Te Ch’ing
Fyodor Dostoyevsky – Brothers Karamazov
John Shelby Spong – Christian Atheism makes sense and best describes me.
Dan Savage – yes, the sex advice columnist.