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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Mission Persistence
I teach that there is nothing significant humans can do to affect the choice, timing and process of spiritual birth in themselves or others. That’s about as close as we can come to explaining what’s really going on with individual … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged epistemology, government, history, mysticism, oppression, scripture, spirituality, Western Christian
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Political Observations
There is a distinct advantage to my otherworldly focus. I can honestly claim objectivity regarding politics because I dismiss all of it as mere shadows and lies. I maintain that not a single Western government is remotely acceptable to God … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged Christian Fundamentalists, civilization, government, mysticism, oppression, political rhetoric, propaganda, religion, social mythology, Western government
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Preparing for Persecution
For those who share any significant portion of my religious beliefs: Prepare for persecution. While I can’t tell you much about the author, this article is a fairly balanced and accurate assessment of a rising faction within the West, but … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged Christian Zionists, mysticism, oppression, politics, resistance, social sciences, survival, war
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We Tribulate
Sure, I read the news. We are passing through a time of tribulation. Sometimes I’ll comment on developments here, but I don’t pretend to understand very much about it all. You are equally responsible to God for developing your own … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged coverup, Franklin Scandal, human vanity, moral consciousness, mortality, mysticism, propaganda, scripture, spirituality, TPTB
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Job 27
We could wish for better translations of Job into English. The underlying sarcasm and wit are not easily translated across the centuries, miles and cultural distance. Having been pushed relentlessly by the idiotic arguments of his erstwhile friends, having bounced … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged ANE, culture, Job, spirituality, symbolic communication
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Communion Lost
Reticence is a virtue. We live in a self-indulgent world that is quite the opposite of civil. Civility is the quality of removing enough of yourself from the common market of human interaction to participate without intruding on anyone else. … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged civility, culture, psychology, spirituality, survival
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Forgive
The issue of forgiveness has long been pickled in lies. Western Christians struggle against the unconscious Anglo-Saxon world view, the dreary world of Beowulf. All the attempts to brighten things with affirmations and positive celebrations still reflects the merriment of … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged ANE, Anglo-Saxon, Beowulf, mysticism, psychology, Satan, scripture, spirituality, theology, Western Christian mythology, western christianity
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Psychatrickiness
God revealed Himself in a human context. To address the fallen human condition, God declared Himself in terms of what He requires of us, specifically explaining that such requirements are in our own best interest, because they line us up … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Eric Berne, propaganda, psychology, religion, science, social sciences, spirituality, Thomas Gordon, Thomas Szasz, western civilization
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Truth Is Just a Word
Over the years on this blog and in similar previous efforts, I’ve tried to explain the concept of Two Realms. I’m not the first. Well within our reach is the last chapter of the Lewis’s Narnia series of books, a … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged economics, epistemology, government, human perception, internet, Two Realms
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Politics Is Death
We have no stake in the politics of this world. We have nothing to gain by using political force, even when it’s truly popular and democratic in nature. Rallying the troops is utterly inimical to Christ. The church was never … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, church history, difference between religion and spirituality, First Council of Nicea, Gentile churches, government, Hebrew Mysticism, history, intellect, mysticism, politics, scripture, spirituality
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