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Moments of Moral Clarity
Sometimes those moments when the moral obligations are most obvious is when it hurts the most. In my world there is a particular person who is rather close, to the point of under my feet, as it were. This person … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged biblical morality, culture, moral obligations, mortality, scripture, social conditioning, society, spirituality
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I Was Just Trying to Help
Let’s explore some of the implications of the Doctrine of Leverage and all my blather about Christlike charity and moral sacrifice. We understand the necessity of standing back and suffering the empathy of those who hurt without taking action because … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, arrogance, charity, civilization, culture, moral perception, psychology, resistance, society, western civilization
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Psalm 7
People who don’t understand the Hebrew style of logic regard this psalm as wandering from one idea to another. They even imagine it might be several short bits thrown together, as if Hebrew scholars were no wiser than half-grown children. … Continue reading
Information Activist 2
If “activist” means striving to force a change in government policy, then I am not one of them. It seems I often have to explain why we are not supposed to participate in democratic government: It’s fundamentally immoral. Democracy is … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged christian activism, computers, culture, democratic government, government, internet, moral character, Noah's Covenant, Open Source software, resistance, tribal government
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Linux Users = Extremists
Okay, so it’s all over the technology news sites, but maybe you don’t read them: RT Slashdot The Register Even Boing Boing In essence, someone got hold of the source code for one of the NSA’s snoop and scoop programs, … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged computers, culture, government, linux, oppression, resistance, technology, windows
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The Risk of Two Realms
Yesterday’s post on depression hit a nerve with several folks. In my own mind, it’s summed up in my response to a comment: “Much of what we dislike in this world is the back edge of something we simply don’t … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged civilization, culture, depression, psychology, spirituality, survival, Two Realms
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Vanquishing the Self
This is something with which I struggle even today. There is a time and place for the prickly response. Those are the moments when, as best you can discern, nothing else will do in pursuing your mission. There are contexts … Continue reading
Divine Amusement
We are created for God’s amusement. One of the biggest barriers to human understanding of religion and spirituality is arrogance. As previously noted here, the fundamental element in the Fall was the decision to place reason on the throne as … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged arrogance, culture, human reason, intellect, philosophy, propaganda, spirituality
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