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It’s Always the Product
Reading through the stories on Christian news sites is really depressing. Back when I went to teacher’s college in the 1990s, there was this trendy nonsense: “It’s process, not product.” When some of the professors started saying that about our … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged faith, mainstream christianity, mainstream media, politics, propaganda, religion
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Duty to Deceive
First, a little context: faith = convictions = heart-mind moral discernment. We’ve had two millennia of people abusing the word “faith” to mean an intellectual body of belief plus the actions arising from such belief. It goes back to that … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged bureaucracy, epistemology, heart-mind, intellect, mysticism, politics, propaganda, religion, war, western civilization
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Scars on My Soul
My right knee is beginning to look like a roadmap. But scars in the flesh mean next to nothing in the bigger picture. It’s the scars on my soul that still bother me. Today I spent time with a dear … Continue reading
Posted in personal
Tagged church politics, mainstream churches, materialism, oppression, politics, propaganda, religion, resistance
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The Beast
I honestly believe that the standard bureaucratic hive-mind is the single best manifestation of the Beast in John’s Apocalypse. It works best if you envision the bureaucratic hive-mind as a beast, not a person. There are people involved, but no … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Apostle John, government bureaucracy, harlot church, politics, revelation, riding the beast, scripture
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Just a Few Trends
Nothing prophetic here, merely some observations that may amuse you. We can already see the right-wing backlash in Europe. I’m not in a position to comment much beyond noting that it was provoked intentionally. Anyone could see it coming years … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged bureaucracy, church, oppression, peace with god, politics
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Election Prayers?
Let’s review: It won’t matter who wins the presidential election here in the US. The Trumanite bureaucracy rules and the president will always be a mere figurehead. Unless we get a president with the will and means to destroy the … Continue reading
Between the Lines
Sometimes I cruise the various Christian News sites. It’s always politics, just a peculiar voting block. Some of the most vicious and spiteful commentary on the planet shows up on those sites. The majority of them oppose Donald Trump. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged church politics, moral discernment, politics
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Institutionalized Cowardice
A book recently published is getting a lot of attention: National Security and Double Government by Michael Glennon, Professor of International Law, Fletcher School, Tufts University. I found a paper he published which seems to be the precursor of the … Continue reading
Posted in social sciences
Tagged government, government bureaucracy, history, politics, propaganda, psychology
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Not Worked Up
What did you expect? Just a reminder here: Our virtual parish belongs to a branch of religion broadly referred to as Christian Mysticism. Our brand comes with certain assumptions. When your moral orientation starts with the assumption that mankind is … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged heart-mind, materialism, mission, moral discernment, mysticism, otherworldly, politics, spirituality
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Just One
That’s all it takes. So long as just one person benefits from what I do, and I get enough feedback to know about it, I’ll keep doing this. Of course, as long as it’s this easy, I’d do it for … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged blogging, heart-led, internet, ministry, oppression, politics, propaganda, resistance, virtual parish
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