Much can be said about Contemporary Leftist politics, but underlying all of it is this: a fundamental belief that the current hierarchical structures in society, even theoretically, are in of themselves “bad” due to their oppressiveness and social inequality. There is so much underlying this statement – for example, the definition of “bad”; in contextContinue reading “Orthodox Jihad 1: Nobly Killing the Savage”
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A Reflection on the Impermanence of Life Experience
“You never know what you have until it’s gone” A classic saying that all of us have undoubtedly heard at some point. And it’s true. I am blessed in life for the childhood I had. I grew up knowing my mother’s parents, truly loving people. They loved taking me and my siblings to our localContinue reading “A Reflection on the Impermanence of Life Experience”
Seeking God on a Mountain
Where was the Garden of Eden, exactly? Ezekiel 28 (11-16) gives us a hint. Retelling the tale of the Fall of Adam from Eden, the Bible (New American Bible Revised Edition) says this: “The word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, raise a lament over the king of Tyre, and say to him: Thus saysContinue reading “Seeking God on a Mountain”
Amram’s Vision: My imaginative theory on “Self” vs. “Selfless” cosmological dualism, and the progression of human history
Here is a theory that I came up with – I won’t say that I necessarily fully believe in it, nor the “spiritual entities” that I reference as real entities in the sense as we understand them (perhaps they are projections of human consciousness and human cultural progression), but I believe it’s food for thought.Continue reading “Amram’s Vision: My imaginative theory on “Self” vs. “Selfless” cosmological dualism, and the progression of human history”
The Cultural Death of “orthodox” Values
“The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister. We can be proud of her beauty, since we have the same father; but she has no authority over us; we have to admire, but not to imitate. This gives to the typically Christian pleasure in this earthContinue reading “The Cultural Death of “orthodox” Values”