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A Long Way from Home
The biggest lie is a half-truth. The whole of Western Civilization was inspired by Satan to destroy the full depth of a biblical culture of heart-led living. Westerners imagine that they can be so deep and wise because the foundations … Continue reading
Posted in prophecy
Tagged ANE, civilization, epistemology, game, heart-mind, intellect, mysticism, religion, social mythology, spirituality
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Manhood: Out of Bounds
Know your domain. Second-guessing God is a fool’s errand. One of the most important strategies in manhood is keeping the focus on your mission and calling in life. A critical element in that strategy is portraying the sense of certainty … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged biblical manhood, divine justice, dominion, mysticism, social mythology, spirituality
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Racism and Mythology
I suppose my regular readers, particularly those who live a heart-led existence, already understand this. All I’m doing is offering some cerebral support for manifest moral truth. For anyone else, I’m not sure there’s anything we can do to help … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, heart-mind, intellect, moral discernment, moral fabric, mysticism, oppression, propaganda, psychology, racism, social mythology, tribal society
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The Niceness Lie
It’s peculiar to Western social mythology that we are supposed to be “nice.” While the actual definition is contextual and all over the map, we all have learned to recognize that undertone — “you’re supposed to be nice” — in … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged civility, civilization, culture, feminism, mysticism, propaganda, social conditioning, social mythology, spirituality, Western thought
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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
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged heart-mind, human vanity, mysticism, peace, radix fidem, religion, social mythology, social sciences, spirituality
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Digital Scandal and Social Mythology
Divine justice is non-negotiable. Maybe you are aware of the big scandal involving a website known as “Ashley Madison.” The site is advertised as a means to engaging in adultery anonymously. There are plenty of such sites and services, but … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged Ashley Madison, compsec, computers, divine justice, human sexuality, internet, meat space, mysticism, social mythology, spirituality, technology, virtual space, western christians
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The Popular Legend of Democracy
I dread it. Perhaps you understand how our Western cultural heritage equates “rule of law” with civilization and all that is obviously good and right in human existence. It carries this basic assumption that you simply cannot live any other … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, government, law, oppression, politics, propaganda, psychology, resistance, social mythology
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Not the Apocalypse, Part 2
Until relatively recent times, the ruling elite didn’t bother with most of the daily details of their subjects’ existence. With the rise of the middle class to political power, we see a matching rise in both nit-picking intrusion and a … Continue reading
Posted in globalism
Tagged business, computer technology, middle class, social mythology
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Conquest Evangelism
It’s not as if Jesus never used military metaphors. The problem is how we read our militarism back into His comments. Perhaps you may have heard a very popular worship song from the 1980s, “Blow the Trumpet in Zion.” It … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-American culture, evangelism, propaganda, religion, scripture, social mythology, spirituality, war
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Tertiary: Question is the Answer
Pardon me while I blather for a moment. I can tell you my story and my answers, but I won’t pretend to have much more than the provisional decisions I make for myself. And tomorrow I might change my mind. … Continue reading
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Tagged Moral reasoning, mysticism, news, social mythology, social sciences
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