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Apologetics: Atheism Confuses Me – The Religion That Denies Being a Religion.

As I’ve been studying various religions as an elective for my senior year, I have come to the realization that atheism – despite the vehement claims of its followers – is a religion, whether you like it or not. After all, if you look at the definition of “religion,” Google defines it as, “The belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.” From this definition, though atheism denies the existence of God or other gods and, for the most part, lacks any sort of organization or liturgy (unless you count the Satanic Temple or Church of Satan,) its core tenants rely on the belief in the superhuman powers of nature in varying forms.

Just think about it for a sec. Atheists, in their pursuit to deny the existence of God, direct their subconscious need for faith in something beyond themselves to nature and Man’s creation (which Paul talked about in Romans 1.) In the absence of God, they turn to various forms of naturalism, materialism, etc. or a combination of various “-isms,” making those the ultimate forces that run the universe. They even have doctrines (though they wouldn’t call them that) in the form of theories such as evolution.

Ironically, though atheists would say that their beliefs are based on science and thus, isn’t blind faith, much less religion, there is very little to support their theories. For example, with evolution, while it’s treated as scientific fact, it’s been shown that often, what’s taught about it in the classroom is faulty at best, completely fraudulent at worst. Further, with the belief that the world randomly exploded into being from nothing, this is faulty as it relies on the belief that things can spontaneously generate from nothing through the power of…well, they’ll have to get back to you on how exactly nature did that. That’s also not mentioning the absurdity of the belief that things could become more complex through chance and time. But don’t worry. The atheists are convinced that as science advances, perhaps we’ll figure out how it happened, maybe through a couple hundred more theories that are ultimately untestable.

How this isn’t blind faith in the power of science and various theories is beyond me.

Additionally, atheism could be considered a sort of pantheistic religion. Pantheism is the belief that God is one with the universe and vice versa. That means that you, your house, the pebble in your shoe, and what your cat left in the litterbox are all God. In the case of atheism, the reason why I say that it could be considered to be a pantheistic religion is because it treats nature as God. And since humans are a part of nature, man is treated almost on the level of a god in the atheist mindset as the final arbiter of truth.

Basically, atheism is a religion in denial that it’s a religion, constantly gaslighting itself and its followers to continue in its delusional belief that it’s purely secular.

Until next time,

M.J.

Apologetics: Atheism Confuses Me – The Religion That Denies Being a Religion.

As I’ve been studying various religions as an elective for my senior year, I have come to the realization that atheism – despite the vehement claims of its followers – is a religion, whether you like it or not. After all, if you look at the definition of “religion,” Google defines it as, “The belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.” From this definition, though atheism denies the existence of God or other gods and, for the most part, lacks any sort of organization or liturgy (unless you count the Satanic Temple or Church of Satan,) its core tenants rely on the belief in the superhuman powers of nature in varying forms.

Just think about it for a sec. Atheists, in their pursuit to deny the existence of God, direct their subconscious need for faith in something beyond themselves to nature and Man’s creation (which Paul talked about in Romans 1.) In the absence of God, they turn to various forms of naturalism, materialism, etc. or a combination of various “-isms,” making those the ultimate forces that run the universe. They even have doctrines (though they wouldn’t call them that) in the form of theories such as evolution.

Ironically, though atheists would say that their beliefs are based on science and thus, isn’t blind faith, much less religion, there is very little to support their theories. For example, with evolution, while it’s treated as scientific fact, it’s been shown that often, what’s taught about it in the classroom is faulty at best, completely fraudulent at worst. Further, with the belief that the world randomly exploded into being from nothing, this is faulty as it relies on the belief that things can spontaneously generate from nothing through the power of…well, they’ll have to get back to you on how exactly nature did that. That’s also not mentioning the absurdity of the belief that things could become more complex through chance and time. But don’t worry. The atheists are convinced that as science advances, perhaps we’ll figure out how it happened, maybe through a couple hundred more theories that are ultimately untestable.

How this isn’t blind faith in the power of science and various theories is beyond me.

Additionally, atheism could be considered a sort of pantheistic religion. Pantheism is the belief that God is one with the universe and vice versa. That means that you, your house, the pebble in your shoe, and what your cat left in the litterbox are all God. In the case of atheism, the reason why I say that it could be considered to be a pantheistic religion is because it treats nature as God. And since humans are a part of nature, man is treated almost on the level of a god in the atheist mindset as the final arbiter of truth.

Basically, atheism is a religion in denial that it’s a religion, constantly gaslighting itself and its followers to continue in its delusional belief that it’s purely secular.

Until next time,

M.J.

Apologetics: Atheism Confuses Me – The Religion That Denies Being a Religion.

As I’ve been studying various religions as an elective for my senior year, I have come to the realization that atheism – despite the vehement claims of its followers – is a religion, whether you like it or not. After all, if you look at the definition of “religion,” Google defines it as, “The belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.” From this definition, though atheism denies the existence of God or other gods and, for the most part, lacks any sort of organization or liturgy (unless you count the Satanic Temple or Church of Satan,) its core tenants rely on the belief in the superhuman powers of nature in varying forms.

Just think about it for a sec. Atheists, in their pursuit to deny the existence of God, direct their subconscious need for faith in something beyond themselves to nature and Man’s creation (which Paul talked about in Romans 1.) In the absence of God, they turn to various forms of naturalism, materialism, etc. or a combination of various “-isms,” making those the ultimate forces that run the universe. They even have doctrines (though they wouldn’t call them that) in the form of theories such as evolution.

Ironically, though atheists would say that their beliefs are based on science and thus, isn’t blind faith, much less religion, there is very little to support their theories. For example, with evolution, while it’s treated as scientific fact, it’s been shown that often, what’s taught about it in the classroom is faulty at best, completely fraudulent at worst. Further, with the belief that the world randomly exploded into being from nothing, this is faulty as it relies on the belief that things can spontaneously generate from nothing through the power of…well, they’ll have to get back to you on how exactly nature did that. That’s also not mentioning the absurdity of the belief that things could become more complex through chance and time. But don’t worry. The atheists are convinced that as science advances, perhaps we’ll figure out how it happened, maybe through a couple hundred more theories that are ultimately untestable.

How this isn’t blind faith in the power of science and various theories is beyond me.

Additionally, atheism could be considered a sort of pantheistic religion. Pantheism is the belief that God is one with the universe and vice versa. That means that you, your house, the pebble in your shoe, and what your cat left in the litterbox are all God. In the case of atheism, the reason why I say that it could be considered to be a pantheistic religion is because it treats nature as God. And since humans are a part of nature, man is treated almost on the level of a god in the atheist mindset as the final arbiter of truth.

Basically, atheism is a religion in denial that it’s a religion, constantly gaslighting itself and its followers to continue in its delusional belief that it’s purely secular.

Until next time,

M.J.

Apologetics: Atheism Confuses Me – The Religion That Denies Being a Religion.

As I’ve been studying various religions as an elective for my senior year, I have come to the realization that atheism – despite the vehement claims of its followers – is a religion, whether you like it or not. After all, if you look at the definition of “religion,” Google defines it as, “The belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.” From this definition, though atheism denies the existence of God or other gods and, for the most part, lacks any sort of organization or liturgy (unless you count the Satanic Temple or Church of Satan,) its core tenants rely on the belief in the superhuman powers of nature in varying forms.

Just think about it for a sec. Atheists, in their pursuit to deny the existence of God, direct their subconscious need for faith in something beyond themselves to nature and Man’s creation (which Paul talked about in Romans 1.) In the absence of God, they turn to various forms of naturalism, materialism, etc. or a combination of various “-isms,” making those the ultimate forces that run the universe. They even have doctrines (though they wouldn’t call them that) in the form of theories such as evolution.

Ironically, though atheists would say that their beliefs are based on science and thus, isn’t blind faith, much less religion, there is very little to support their theories. For example, with evolution, while it’s treated as scientific fact, it’s been shown that often, what’s taught about it in the classroom is faulty at best, completely fraudulent at worst. Further, with the belief that the world randomly exploded into being from nothing, this is faulty as it relies on the belief that things can spontaneously generate from nothing through the power of…well, they’ll have to get back to you on how exactly nature did that. That’s also not mentioning the absurdity of the belief that things could become more complex through chance and time. But don’t worry. The atheists are convinced that as science advances, perhaps we’ll figure out how it happened, maybe through a couple hundred more theories that are ultimately untestable.

How this isn’t blind faith in the power of science and various theories is beyond me.

Additionally, atheism could be considered a sort of pantheistic religion. Pantheism is the belief that God is one with the universe and vice versa. That means that you, your house, the pebble in your shoe, and what your cat left in the litterbox are all God. In the case of atheism, the reason why I say that it could be considered to be a pantheistic religion is because it treats nature as God. And since humans are a part of nature, man is treated almost on the level of a god in the atheist mindset as the final arbiter of truth.

Basically, atheism is a religion in denial that it’s a religion, constantly gaslighting itself and its followers to continue in its delusional belief that it’s purely secular.

Until next time,

M.J.

Apologetics: Atheism Confuses Me – The Religion That Denies Being a Religion.

As I’ve been studying various religions as an elective for my senior year, I have come to the realization that atheism – despite the vehement claims of its followers – is a religion, whether you like it or not. After all, if you look at the definition of “religion,” Google defines it as, “The belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.” From this definition, though atheism denies the existence of God or other gods and, for the most part, lacks any sort of organization or liturgy (unless you count the Satanic Temple or Church of Satan,) its core tenants rely on the belief in the superhuman powers of nature in varying forms.

Just think about it for a sec. Atheists, in their pursuit to deny the existence of God, direct their subconscious need for faith in something beyond themselves to nature and Man’s creation (which Paul talked about in Romans 1.) In the absence of God, they turn to various forms of naturalism, materialism, etc. or a combination of various “-isms,” making those the ultimate forces that run the universe. They even have doctrines (though they wouldn’t call them that) in the form of theories such as evolution.

Ironically, though atheists would say that their beliefs are based on science and thus, isn’t blind faith, much less religion, there is very little to support their theories. For example, with evolution, while it’s treated as scientific fact, it’s been shown that often, what’s taught about it in the classroom is faulty at best, completely fraudulent at worst. Further, with the belief that the world randomly exploded into being from nothing, this is faulty as it relies on the belief that things can spontaneously generate from nothing through the power of…well, they’ll have to get back to you on how exactly nature did that. That’s also not mentioning the absurdity of the belief that things could become more complex through chance and time. But don’t worry. The atheists are convinced that as science advances, perhaps we’ll figure out how it happened, maybe through a couple hundred more theories that are ultimately untestable.

How this isn’t blind faith in the power of science and various theories is beyond me.

Additionally, atheism could be considered a sort of pantheistic religion. Pantheism is the belief that God is one with the universe and vice versa. That means that you, your house, the pebble in your shoe, and what your cat left in the litterbox are all God. In the case of atheism, the reason why I say that it could be considered to be a pantheistic religion is because it treats nature as God. And since humans are a part of nature, man is treated almost on the level of a god in the atheist mindset as the final arbiter of truth.

Basically, atheism is a religion in denial that it’s a religion, constantly gaslighting itself and its followers to continue in its delusional belief that it’s purely secular.

Until next time,

M.J.

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Constantly think of the Universe as one living creature, embracing one being and one soul; how all is absorbed into the one consciousness of this living creature; how it compasses all things with a single purpose, and how all things work together to cause all that comes to pass, and their wonderful web and texture.
 
[Ὡς ἓν ζῷον τὸν κόσμον, μίαν οὐσίαν καὶ ψυχὴν μίαν ἐπέχον, συνεχῶς ἐπινοεῖν καὶ πῶς εἰς αἴσθησιν μίαν τὴν τούτου πάντα ἀναδίδοται καὶ πῶς ὁρμῇ μιᾷ πάντα πράσσει καὶ πῶς πάντα πάντων τῶν γινομένων συναίτια καὶ οἵα τις ἡ σύννησις καὶ συμμήρυσις.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 4, ch. 40 (4.40) (AD 161-180) [tr. Farquharson (1944)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2677…

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Constantly think of the Universe as one living creature, embracing one being and one soul; how all is absorbed into the one consciousness of this living creature; how it compasses all things with a single purpose, and how all things work together to cause all that comes to pass, and their wonderful web and texture.
 
[Ὡς ἓν ζῷον τὸν κόσμον, μίαν οὐσίαν καὶ ψυχὴν μίαν ἐπέχον, συνεχῶς ἐπινοεῖν καὶ πῶς εἰς αἴσθησιν μίαν τὴν τούτου πάντα ἀναδίδοται καὶ πῶς ὁρμῇ μιᾷ πάντα πράσσει καὶ πῶς πάντα πάντων τῶν γινομένων συναίτια καὶ οἵα τις ἡ σύννησις καὶ συμμήρυσις.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 4, ch. 40 (4.40) (AD 161-180) [tr. Farquharson (1944)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2677…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #animism #circleoflife #gaea #cosmos #life #pantheism #unity #universe

A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Constantly think of the Universe as one living creature, embracing one being and one soul; how all is absorbed into the one consciousness of this living creature; how it compasses all things with a single purpose, and how all things work together to cause all that comes to pass, and their wonderful web and texture.
 
[Ὡς ἓν ζῷον τὸν κόσμον, μίαν οὐσίαν καὶ ψυχὴν μίαν ἐπέχον, συνεχῶς ἐπινοεῖν καὶ πῶς εἰς αἴσθησιν μίαν τὴν τούτου πάντα ἀναδίδοται καὶ πῶς ὁρμῇ μιᾷ πάντα πράσσει καὶ πῶς πάντα πάντων τῶν γινομένων συναίτια καὶ οἵα τις ἡ σύννησις καὶ συμμήρυσις.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 4, ch. 40 (4.40) (AD 161-180) [tr. Farquharson (1944)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2677…

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Constantly think of the Universe as one living creature, embracing one being and one soul; how all is absorbed into the one consciousness of this living creature; how it compasses all things with a single purpose, and how all things work together to cause all that comes to pass, and their wonderful web and texture.
 
[Ὡς ἓν ζῷον τὸν κόσμον, μίαν οὐσίαν καὶ ψυχὴν μίαν ἐπέχον, συνεχῶς ἐπινοεῖν καὶ πῶς εἰς αἴσθησιν μίαν τὴν τούτου πάντα ἀναδίδοται καὶ πῶς ὁρμῇ μιᾷ πάντα πράσσει καὶ πῶς πάντα πάντων τῶν γινομένων συναίτια καὶ οἵα τις ἡ σύννησις καὶ συμμήρυσις.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 4, ch. 40 (4.40) (AD 161-180) [tr. Farquharson (1944)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2677…

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Constantly think of the Universe as one living creature, embracing one being and one soul; how all is absorbed into the one consciousness of this living creature; how it compasses all things with a single purpose, and how all things work together to cause all that comes to pass, and their wonderful web and texture.
 
[Ὡς ἓν ζῷον τὸν κόσμον, μίαν οὐσίαν καὶ ψυχὴν μίαν ἐπέχον, συνεχῶς ἐπινοεῖν καὶ πῶς εἰς αἴσθησιν μίαν τὴν τούτου πάντα ἀναδίδοται καὶ πῶς ὁρμῇ μιᾷ πάντα πράσσει καὶ πῶς πάντα πάντων τῶν γινομένων συναίτια καὶ οἵα τις ἡ σύννησις καὶ συμμήρυσις.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 4, ch. 40 (4.40) (AD 161-180) [tr. Farquharson (1944)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2677…

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Η πεποίθηση ότι ένα θεϊκό ον ξεκινά το σύμπαν και στη συνέχεια «κάθεται» και παρακολουθεί τα συμβάντα να ξεδιπλώνονται, χωρίς να συμμετέχει άμεσα στις υποθέσεις, είναι γνωστή ως #ντεϊσμός. Εδώ ο #Θεός θεωρείται ένας κοσμικός μηχανικός. Αντίθετα, ο #θεϊσμός είναι η πίστη σε έναν Θεό που είναι δημιουργός του σύμπαντος και ο οποίος επίσης παραμένει άμεσα εμπλεκόμενος στην καθημερινή λειτουργία του κόσμου, ειδικά στις υποθέσεις των ανθρώπων. Ο Θεός διατηρεί έναν προσωπικό και καθοδηγητικό ρόλο. Τόσο στον ντεϊσμό όσο και στον θεϊσμό, ο Θεός θεωρείται εξ ολοκλήρου εκτός, και πέρα ​​από το φυσικό σύμπαν. Στον #πανθεϊσμό, δεν γίνεται τέτοιος διαχωρισμός μεταξύ του Θεού και του φυσικού σύμπαντος. Ο Θεός ταυτίζεται με την ίδια τη φύση: όλα είναι μέρος του Θεού και ο Θεός είναι σε όλα.

Belief that a divine being starts the Universe then `sits back' and
watchs events unfold, taking no direct part in affairs, is known as
#deism. Here #God is considered a cosmic engineer. In contrast, #theism is
the belief in a God who is creator of the Universe and who also remains
directly involved in the day-to-day running of the world, especially the
affairs of human beings. God maintains a personal and guiding role. In
both deism and theism, God is regarded as wholly other than, and beyond,
the physical Universe. In #pantheism, no such separation is made between
God and the physical Universe. God is identified with Nature itself:
everything is a part of God and God is in everything.

(https://web.archive.org/web/20210507000939/http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec14.html)

#RobinLePoidevin - Alternative Concepts of #God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6edahUXYuxc

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#RobinLePoidevin - Alternative Concepts of #God

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#RobinLePoidevin - Alternative Concepts of #God

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#RobinLePoidevin - Alternative Concepts of #God

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#RobinLePoidevin - Alternative Concepts of #God

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Matts then continues with a quote from Dov Baer:

If the material world were constantly attached to the Creator without any forgetting, the creatures' existence would be nullified, [since] they would be attached to the root, to ayin. Thus they would do nothing, considering themselves to be ayin. So there had to be a breaking [of the vessels], which brought about forgetting the root. Everyone could then lift his hand and act. Afterwards, through Torah and prayer, they attach themselves to the root, to ayin... and thereby raise the sparks of the material world,... bringing pleasure to God.

Especially this last quote addresses two major issues that both sound like the same question, "why are we here?"

'Why are we here?' as in, if God is One, how can "we" perceive ourselves as separate. and
'Why are we here?' as in why would the infinite manifest itself in a physical world, why even do a creation?

#jewish #monism #pantheism #panentheism
#mazeldon #kabbalah #philosohy

Occasionally I'll mention jewish monism, pantheism, or panentheism... and reading Essential Papers on Kabbalah with my rabbi has thoroughly confirmed that all my reads on this are pretty on target.

there's a ton of examples, but one that rung clear for me was in this chapter on Ayin/Nothingness by Daniel C. Matts:

Underneath it all, God is the only "thing", the only existent. "Apart from Him, all are considered nothing and chaos." The world, though, is allowed to enjoy the illusion of separate existence, so that it not lie utterly passive in the pool of ayin.

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#mazeldon #kabbalah #philosohy

#JohnLeslie - Is #Consciousness #Irreducible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p18CyYhNlfM

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#JohnLeslie - Is #Consciousness #Irreducible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p18CyYhNlfM

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #SelfAwareness #Awareness #Qualia #HardProblem #Emergent #Emergence #Pantheism #Value #Ethics #Morality #Happiness #Suffering #Good #Goodness #IntrinsicValue #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#JohnLeslie - Is #Consciousness #Irreducible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p18CyYhNlfM

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #SelfAwareness #Awareness #Qualia #HardProblem #Emergent #Emergence #Pantheism #Value #Ethics #Morality #Happiness #Suffering #Good #Goodness #IntrinsicValue #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#JohnLeslie - Is #Consciousness #Irreducible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p18CyYhNlfM

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #SelfAwareness #Awareness #Qualia #HardProblem #Emergent #Emergence #Pantheism #Value #Ethics #Morality #Happiness #Suffering #Good #Goodness #IntrinsicValue #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#JohnLeslie - Is #Consciousness #Irreducible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p18CyYhNlfM

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #SelfAwareness #Awareness #Qualia #HardProblem #Emergent #Emergence #Pantheism #Value #Ethics #Morality #Happiness #Suffering #Good #Goodness #IntrinsicValue #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

Non-theistic God Beliefs - WTF?
https://www.tiktok.com/@answersinreason/video/7362504807392742688

theism, in the broadest sense, is understood as belief in at least one deity, so it's not surprising that when someone says deism or pantheism are not forms of theism it raises a few eyebrows. hopefully this will clear up the reason some god beliefs like #deism #pantheism #pandeism are not regarded as forms of #theism and we therefore have #nontheistic #god #belief

#Philosophy #Epistemolog

#atheism for #lent, days 34 and 35(belated): #sublimation and Abraham’s dick

http://courtcan.com/2023/03/29/atheism-for-lent-days-34-and-35belated/

#RichardBoothby
#JacquesLacan
#DasDing
#Christianity
#Judaism
#pantheism
#faith
#God
#Jesus
#LoveYourEnemy

#atheism for #lent, days 34 and 35(belated): #sublimation and Abraham’s dick

http://courtcan.com/2023/03/29/atheism-for-lent-days-34-and-35belated/

#RichardBoothby
#JacquesLacan
#DasDing
#Christianity
#Judaism
#pantheism
#faith
#God
#Jesus
#LoveYourEnemy

#atheism for #lent, days 34 and 35(belated): #sublimation and Abraham’s dick

http://courtcan.com/2023/03/29/atheism-for-lent-days-34-and-35belated/

#RichardBoothby
#JacquesLacan
#DasDing
#Christianity
#Judaism
#pantheism
#faith
#God
#Jesus
#LoveYourEnemy

#atheism for #lent, days 34 and 35(belated): #sublimation and Abraham’s dick

http://courtcan.com/2023/03/29/atheism-for-lent-days-34-and-35belated/

#RichardBoothby
#JacquesLacan
#DasDing
#Christianity
#Judaism
#pantheism
#faith
#God
#Jesus
#LoveYourEnemy

#atheism for #lent, days 34 and 35(belated): #sublimation and Abraham’s dick

http://courtcan.com/2023/03/29/atheism-for-lent-days-34-and-35belated/

#RichardBoothby
#JacquesLacan
#DasDing
#Christianity
#Judaism
#pantheism
#faith
#God
#Jesus
#LoveYourEnemy

#PhillipClayton - What is #PerfectBeing #Theology?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZXN2KbU31A&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

#Philosophy #History #TheologicalHistory #Perfection #God #Infinity #Being #PerfectBeingTheology #Divinity #TheDevine #Ultimism #Pantheism #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

In much #indigenous #mesoamerican #spiritual thought, there is no enemy of the Gods, no enemy of creation. Every agent of #teotl, every being, lives in conviviality with every other being and has a purpose that serves creation.

#Mexicayotl #Huehuemexicayotl #Aztec #Chicano #Xicano #polytheism #pantheism #animism

“We need to go to the #earth, as the source from whence we came, and ask for its #guidance, for the earth carries the psychic structure as well as the physical form of every living being upon the planet.” #ThomasBerry #integralchristianity #mysticism #permaculture #SpiralDynamics #pagan #spirituality #quotes #wisdom #consciousness #transcendence #devotion #wholeness #earth #nature #newcosmology, #pantheism #interconnectedness #beauty

7 more books to get to know me, or rather, 7 #nonfiction influences on the #scifi I'm writing [1/2]

— The Hebrew Bible: A Translation With Commentary by Robert Alter
— Plato's Republic by Alain Badiou
— Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism & a World Without Work by Nick Srnicek & Alex Williams
— Spinoza’s Religion: A New Reading of the Ethics by Clare Carlisle.

#accelerationism #theology #socialism #plato #badiou #spinoza #pantheism #postcapitalism #sciencefiction #speculativefiction

What is PANTHEISM? Spinoza vs Paganism https://youtu.be/EDgKzwOOkd8
#pantheism #pantheistic #pantheist #Spinoza #paganism #spirituality #religion #philosophy #theology #TheNatureOfGod