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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Nicey-Nicey Is Not a Virtue
As Westerners, we simply cannot imagine the alien feel of Ancient Near Eastern (ANE) social interaction. The depth of perversion in our Western social mythology makes it nearly impossible to wade through the vast mountains of crap to see the … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, civility, civilization, culture, mysticism, propaganda, social mythology, western biases
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One More Time: Epistemology Matters
Somehow I’ve got to find a clear and forceful statement to counter the evil intellectual slavery of minds practiced by Western churches. First, the bluntly stated thesis: If you do not seek to acquire the Hebrew intellectual understanding of reality, … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, epistemology, human intellect, intellect, intellectual background, revelation, systematic theology, western christianity
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Job 26
Most Western readers will not understand what happens here. Eastern philosophers typically skip over a great deal of explanation that they would consider obvious. Bildad’s short speech was true as far as it went. The problem is he carries it … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, epistemology, intellect, Job, mysticism, parable, philosophy, scripture
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Sacrificial Service
In order to give shape to what I consider a renewed religion, I made some changes to my static website (gone as of 2020). One of the first articles linked there is “Summary of Opposition,” an outline of how I … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian religion, human need, Humility, mission, psychology, religion, serving, spirituality
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New Jabber IM Account
I’ve registered with a Jabber IM service at Jabber.AT (Austria); user name is “soulkiln”. It’s a solid server with good security. As I understand it, they are linked with several other servers. So if you feel the need to have … Continue reading
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Tagged communications, instant messaging, internet, Jabber
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A Virtual Religion
I perceive a need to better organize the religious purpose of my leadership ministry. Some of you are familiar with my static website (gone as of 2020). While this blog will remain my virtual office, the site will become the … Continue reading
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Tagged internet, mysticism, religion, spirituality, virtual church, virtual religion
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Generic Post
It’s not as if I have nothing to say; I have too much to say. Unfortunately, most of it has been covered already. Something haunting me frequently these days is the constant confusion between human justice constructs and God’s divine … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, government, law, moral consciousness, revelation, secular society
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The Law Is Grace
Western Christians typically say things like, “Words mean something.” Words are not truth, nor even containers of truth. Words are, at best, mere signs pointing out a path that brings you to God. God is truth. All truth is God’s … Continue reading
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Tagged covenants, divine justice, divine revelation, epistemology, Law and Grace, Law Covenants, mysticism, scripture, spirituality, western christianity, western christians
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Oppression Is Futile
It’s not that resistance if futile, but it serves no valid purpose. That is, if you accept the revelation of Jehovah, you would realize resistance as a political principle is serving a different god. Given that most Christians read a … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, government, internet, mysticism, oppression, psychology, resistance, spirituality
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