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Called to Glory
It starts with your sense of divine calling. Everything in this life that matters at all will arise from that call. We can characterize the broad range of human response to the divine call, but we could hardly find words … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged computer ministry, computer technology, divine justice, government, internet, mission, mysticism, oppression, propaganda, religion, resistance, spirituality, tribulation
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Cursing and Blessing
The image of the evil witch stirring a foul-smelling cauldron and uttering dark curses on a stormy night is entirely Western and entirely absent from Scripture. The foundation of all things in the Bible is recognizing the moral fabric of … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, heart-mind, Jesus Christ, moral fabric, mysticism, religion, spirituality, Western Christian mythology, Yes Communities
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Sweet Nightmare
I was wide awake dreaming. I sat up in the bed and there at my feet was a TV. I hate TV. But I dreamed that it was on and I was watching the news. I kept dozing off and … Continue reading
Posted in fiction
Tagged Christian Zionists, compsec, government, internet, Modern Israel, Neocon Tag Team, oppression, propaganda, religion, resistance, war
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You Aren’t Going Crazy
You can’t teach a society; you can teach yourself. I suppose it’s one of the biggest jobs we face in our ministry here at Kiln of the Soul: We strive to help people understand that the prevailing social mythology is … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged intellect, mysticism, propaganda, psychology, religion, resistance, social conditioning, spirituality, western civilization, Western mythology
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No Template
It’s a miracle. Nothing else can explain it. Did it require our planning and labor, the results would kill us. We could use social sciences to examine some of this, but human faculties cannot understand more than some of the … Continue reading
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Tagged heart-mind, human vanity, mysticism, peace, radix fidem, religion, social mythology, social sciences, spirituality
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Shepherd’s Complaint
Going back to the scattered fragments and passing references from the most ancient sources, we gain a rough outline of the primordial shepherd. Not so much as the one who owns and herds sheep, but as the head of household … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Church Admin, church history, church politics, extended family, head of household, human tradition, religion, social conditioning
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Virtual Virtue
The previous post shares my vision of virtual pastoring under a mystical religion. Contrary to the mythology of Western intellectual bias, this religion is intensely practical. It has to be; while anyone can absorb the teachings, the communion depends entirely … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, internet, meat space, religion, technology, virtual space, virtual world
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Not a Movement
One of the things I confront often enough is the unconscious expectation that the religion of Radix Fidem could become a movement of some sort. That expectation is part of the activist urge that traps people’s minds, in the sense … Continue reading
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Tagged christian activism, epistemology, intellect, internet, mysticism, nature, propaganda, radix fidem, religion, spirituality, Western Christian mythology, writing
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