Nov 15, 2016 10:40am Religion is a NECESSARY institution for the provision of decidability by narrative, which is the loosest theoretical structure we currently know how to construct. The question …
There is a difference between a cost of entry into a religion and the content of the falsehoods in the religion. Many cults do not ask us to pay physical …
Nov 17, 2016 5:58pm Assuming you teach Christianity as myth rather than history, by and large it’s compatible with natural law. But not Judaism. And not Islam. QUESTION… —“I’d enjoy …
JOSLIN AND DOOLITTLE ON THE FUTURE OF RELIGION Curt: I think that the notion of religion in the archaic sense, is probably done forever except for the ‘stupid people’. And …
God and prayer as a unit of measure. Just as we can use each other’s cooperation as a test, we can use prayer to an all knowing god to force …
THERE IS NOTHING TO FIND IN THE LIES OF THE CONFLATIONARY PROPHETS BUT INFANTILISM. —“It seems that, in Genesis, God has legs, and doesn’t know the answers to the questions …
“ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHURCH OF TOMORROW? If you went to the same church, and had similar rituals, but they drew from all of our history, not just …
(by James Augustus Berens) Position Along Spectrum of Information: (-)<–(-2)-(-1)-(0)-(1)-(2)-(*)–>(+) |<——————————->| (+) Truth Empiricism Individualism Markets Sovereignty Eugenic (-) Lies Mysticism Collectivism Discretion Submission Dysgenic Religion and Ritual: (*) Ratio-empirical …
shinto achieves mindfulness through precise repetition of ritual in a respectful manner. stoicism achieves mindfulness through small daily task completion in a virtuous manner. buddhism achieves mindfulness through meditation and …
We have been misled to thinking that ‘religion’ requires superstition. But that idea is a product of the authoritarian dogma created by the church under Christianity. It’s simply not true. …
Ill give you the objective model instead: 1-utopians(plato)(hindus), The Utopian strategy is train men to be good, so that no conflict need occur. 2-truth tellers (aristotle), The Aryan strategy is …
I talk to my god every day. My work is the result of a promise to my god. But like I fight against false statements, false arguments, false promises, and …
If you need faith to justify it, then you cannot testify to it. in other words, you cannot claim it is true.
(by James Augustus Berens) We Will Bring About The End Of History. Not through submission but through sovereignty. Not through permission but through demand. Not through falsehoods but through truth. …
My god is very simple. He wants the truth. Because truth gives us power over nature, to bend it to our will. And the power of truth over nature is …