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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
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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
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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
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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
Posted in eldercraft
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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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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