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- Editec...
I think one can define a civilization both from its history and its current state. But when it comes to defining the current state, the values and laws of the present day, not the history, are what matter.... - revjcwilson...
Inquiring minds
How and why have marginalized people been transformed into political ideologies and issues at the advent of the Moral Majority?
- onScriptural Relating: Towards an Interreligious Dialogue Methodology Inspired by Relatefulness and Scriptural Reasoningby
the text, our internal responses to it, and our responses to the other participants. While this doesn’t require us to do so simultaneously, this could be demanding in a way that Relatefulness and Scriptural Reasoning are not.... - Standup55...
Ethiopian Bible
This is what i asked the combined AI of of the latest platforms. I excluded Gemini What are the biggest revelations of the ethiopian bible, parahrase and project the outcome of the release of this new information to western culture The Ethiopian Orthodox Bible contains... Ah, thanks for the correction. Looking more into this, it seems like they did split over a doctrinal dispute over the trinity, but it seems like I got some of the details wrong here.
- curiousdwk...
No. Nothing in the Bible is a "verifiable fact": Not the story of creation, or of Jonah and the whale or any story within the Bible. The Bible is book of stories with wisdom and morals but not facts.... - curiousdwk...
To me, there is a difference between stating facts about the State of Israel and generalizations about Jews. I am against Zionism as displayed in the Israeli government, but I am not against Jews.... What's the core difference between ACIM and Buddhism?
- [deleted]...
The Born Again Gospel
The Born Again Gospel You are a created being, made in the image of a Holy God but, no one on Earth can be Holy so, God sent His Only Begotten Son Jesus, to take the punishment for our sins by dying on a cross.... Something clicked while I was writing this and I had to share it with you. The Greek word for "meek" was literally used to describe a trained warhorse — not a broken animal. Power under control. That's what Jesus was actually talking about.... - jocawrites...
Countering a Misguided Roadmap
In his article [*“*From Grief to Grit: A Christian Roadmap After Kirk’s Assassination*,”*](https://truthscript.com/culture/from-grief-to-grit-a-christian-roadmap-after-kirks-assassination/) Jon Harris lays out what he believes Christian men should do in response to Charlie Kirk’s... - su...
Why use religious language at all - what does it compress that technical language doesn’t?
- Godless Guru...
Male -exclusive - dominance at the top echelons of the most significant cultural, religious and political institutions is an irreducible part of the central thread of all major existing and formerly existing civilizations for over six millennia.... I like how the Catholic commentary is woven in, there's something real and stakesy and human about wrestling with guilt and transcendence and different metaphysical and religious beliefs, without it needing to make a particular "gotcha" point about religion Yes!... Who's read Too Like the Lightning / Seven Surrenders?
I just finished both and would love to talk about the ideas. eg: the vision of partial utopia the kinkiness of metaphysics all the stuff about gender forgiveness views on war and its inevitability some of the specific religious/metaphysic ideas I found it extremely good,... Second Coming <--> Positive Singularity <--> Steel-UpTrust? pt 1
Note: Originally written for the participants of the AI alignment X spirituality/metaphysics retreats I’ve co-hosted with Jordan and Anna Salamon, so there may be some references to ideas or people you don’t know.... Second Coming <--> Positive Singularity <--> Steel-UpTrust? pt 2
Link to part 1: https://uptrusting.com/post/LN01VP Note: Originally written for the participants of the AI alignment X spirituality/metaphysics retreats I’ve co-hosted with Jordan and Anna Salamon, so there may be some references to ideas or people you don’t know.... Love your interpretations; some of mine differ in that they tend toward the 'mystical' more than the psychological, but I'm definitely not making a case that one is more 'right' than the other here as I think we're both getting something super good out of these sayings....