As promised, a look at some other existentialists and how they relate
to SK. I'm an "armchair philospher," as it were, so you Camusians out
there can state that I don't understand him at all and probably have
an arguement; my knowledge is limited, but hopefully it sheds some light.

First up, Camus. I don't know how many of us have read "The Myth of
Sisyphus," but it introduces the concept of an absurd hero--someone
who finds meaning in what would seem to be a meaningless existence.
Camus's example is Sisyphus, who Odysseus finds in Hades, forever rolling
a rock up a hill only to have it roll down again when Sisyphus is nearly
completed. Camus makes the incredible statement that Sisyphus must be
happy! In short, Camus's point is that existence is meaningless; therefore
one must accept meaninglessness as a kind of meaning.

Talk about 20th century existentialists betraying SK's idea. I think
SK would have noted that through God comes meaning. Indeed, it's our
main purpose as humans to find meaning through God (I believe that we
each have our own unique, God-endowed purpose; SK might well have dis-
agreed). In my opinion, our hero must be Odysseus, because, though
he has some major character flaws, his life at that time had a meaning--
to return home. And in some ways, that's all of our meanings--to return
to a spiritual home with God.

Anyway, feel free to agree or disagree everyone. I'm going to write
a couple more of these, I think, and so I hope I get some feedback.