#orthodoxy — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

When we take into consideration the fact that a belief in the Trinity is absolutely essential to salvation, how unfortunate it was for the world that this doctrine was not established until the year 1274. Think of the millions that dropped into hell while these questions were being discussed.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New York

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Sometime back, maybe 5 years ago, I came across the phrase #exvangelical . It resonated with me as I was exploring #orthodoxy and some of my deeply held convictions were fraying at the edges. Just a few days ago, on seeing the term in someone's bio, i realize I have fully walked that path now. I am thankful for my time in #protestant land as an #evangelical but I am glad to have joined the ancient church.

A quotation from Margaret Mead

The children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist
Coming of Age in Samoa, ch. 14 (1928)

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Hierodeacon of Ukrainian Monastery Killed Defending Ukraine
https://uoj.news/news/hierodeacon-of-ukrainian-monastery-killed-defending-ukraine/
#Orthodoxy #war #Militarism

A quotation from Emerson

Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

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#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Divine liturgy was beautiful yesterday. It is medicine #orthodoxy

Went for coffee with someone that I have recently met. I love getting to know #newfriends

#woodworking bench is put together. Next it's varnish

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Divine liturgy was beautiful yesterday. It is medicine #orthodoxy

Went for coffee with someone that I have recently met. I love getting to know #newfriends

#woodworking bench is put together. Next it's varnish

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Divine liturgy was beautiful yesterday. It is medicine #orthodoxy

Went for coffee with someone that I have recently met. I love getting to know #newfriends

#woodworking bench is put together. Next it's varnish

A quotation from Emerson

Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

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I don't publish much on Substack. I reserve it for medium-length philosophical posts like this one on quietism, igtheism, and non-cognitivism.

https://open.substack.com/pub/brywillis634737/p/quiet-igtheism?r=pvxh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#philosophy #substack #blog #podcast #positions #orthodoxy #ontologicalgrammar #dinintegration #questions #opportunities

A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

Strange! that no one has ever been persecuted by the church for believing God bad, while hundreds of millions have been destroyed for thinking him good. The orthodox church never will forgive the Universalist for saying “God is love.” It has always been considered as one of the very highest evidences of true and undefiled religion to insist that all men, women and children deserve eternal damnation. It has always been heresy to say, “God will at last save all.”

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1872-01-29), “The Gods,” Fairbury Hall, Fairbury, Illinois

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A quotation from Montesquieu

Heaven alone can produce devout people; Princes produce hypocrites.
 
[Le Ciel seul peut faire les dévots; les Princes font les hypocrites.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 630 / 1007 “General Maxims of Politics,” No. 10 (1720-1755) [tr. Clark (2012)]

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A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The boldest thinker may have his moments of languor and discouragement, when he feels as if he could willingly exchange faiths with the old beldame crossing herself at the cathedral-door, — nay, that, if he could drop all coherent thought, and lie in the flowery meadow with the brown-eyed solemnly unthinking cattle, looking up to the sky, and all their simple consciousness staining itself blue, then down to the grass, and life turning to a mere greenness, blended with confused scents of herbs, — no individual mind-movement such as men are teased with, but the great calm cattle-sense of all time and all places that know the milky smell of herds, — if he could be like these, he would be content to be driven home by the cow-boy, and share the grassy banquet of the king of ancient Babylon. Let us be very generous, then, in our judgment of those who leave the front ranks of thought for the company of the meek non-combatants who follow with the baggage and provisions. Age, illness, too much wear and tear, a half-formed paralysis, may bring any of us to this pass.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
Article (1860-09), “The Professor’s Story [Elsie Venner],” ch. 18, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 35

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A quotation from Moliere

CLÉANTE:These are the arguments of all your kind:
   Since they can’t see, they think that no one ought;
   Whoever does, is tainted with free thought;
   Whoever balks at pious affectation
   Fails to hold piety in veneration.
   Come now, for all your talk, I’m not afraid;
   Heaven sees my heart, and I know what I’ve said.
 
[Voilà de vos pareils le discours ordinaire:
Ils veulent que chacun soit aveugle comme eux;
C’est être libertin que d’avoir de bons yeux;
Et qui n’adore pas de vaines simagrées
N’a ni respect ni foi pour les choses sacrées.
Allez, tous vos discours ne me font point de peur;
Je sais comme je parle, et le ciel voit mon cœur.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 1, sc. 6 (1669) [tr. Frame (1967), 1.5]

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#Russian #Faith, the site #Bausman appointed #Gleason to edit in 2018, promotes a reactionary, pro-Kremlin worldview for an English-speaking audience.

Unlike #Russia #Insider, the website focuses on religion, portraying Christians, particularly Russian Orthodox Christians, as in conflict with the secular Western world.

Some prominent far-right figures within the United States have converted to Eastern Orthodox churches in recent years, including but not limited to #Russian #Orthodoxy, despite Orthodox Christians making up a mere 0.5% of the U.S. population, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center report.

As the editor of Russian Faith, Gleason has promoted such far-right groups as the #World #Congress of #Families, whose leaders have been instrumental in crafting some of Russia’s more draconian anti-LGBTQ+ laws. He published work from a range of prominent figures within the American far right, such as Andrew Torba, the founder of the extremist-friendly social media platform #Gab.

Some Russian lawmakers have expressed skepticism regarding Gleason’s proposals, complaining at a February event about the need to deal with domestic issues prior to welcoming immigrants. There is no evidence to support his, or others’, claims that vast segments of the Western European or North American right are planning to relocate to Russia, even among those on the U.S. far right who portray that country as a safe haven for a litany of reactionary political and social beliefs.

Nevertheless, in May, an immigration lawyer who has collaborated with Gleason in his lobbying efforts announced that the Moscow regional administration approved a plan to construct a village for American and Canadian expatriates, beginning in 2024. That same month, Russia leveled travel bans against “those in government and law enforce agencies who are directly involved in the persecution of dissidents” following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, according to a May 19 press release from Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

#Unraveling the #crackdown on #LGBTQ+ #rights in several #African #countries.

#LGBTQ+ #rights #advocacy is sometimes considered a form of #Western #imperialism, when in reality #western #religion and #notions of #Cishet #sexual #orthodoxy and #antiLGBTQ #hate and #bigotry is the real #cultural #imperialism.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://globalvoices.org/2023/08/14/unraveling-the-crackdown-on-lgbtq-rights-in-several-african-countries/