Theme: Religion
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The Church Of Tomorrow?
“ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHURCH OF TOMORROW? If you went to the same church, and had similar rituals, but they drew from all of our history, not just Biblical, and tried to apply the lessons of history to (apolitical) current life and family affairs would that make you more interested in it? If you went to the same church and the people who performed the rituals were married, and had the best educations possible from the best universities possible, in both the sciences and the arts, would that make you more likely to go?
If you went to the same church and every week you had a guest speaker on a ‘meaningful’ subject. would that make you more likely to go? If you went to the same church, and they offered education by professionals with lifetime experience in ‘real life, household management, craftsmanship, business, industry, finance, and science, would that make you more interested? If you want to that same church and they provided credit union and banking, legal, tax, services – not by employees but by devotees – what would you think of it? If you went to that same church and they organized emergency and disaster services, what would you think of it? What does this sequence of ideas make you think and feel?” – Curt Doolittle. -
The Church Of Tomorrow?
“ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHURCH OF TOMORROW? If you went to the same church, and had similar rituals, but they drew from all of our history, not just Biblical, and tried to apply the lessons of history to (apolitical) current life and family affairs would that make you more interested in it? If you went to the same church and the people who performed the rituals were married, and had the best educations possible from the best universities possible, in both the sciences and the arts, would that make you more likely to go?
If you went to the same church and every week you had a guest speaker on a ‘meaningful’ subject. would that make you more likely to go? If you went to the same church, and they offered education by professionals with lifetime experience in ‘real life, household management, craftsmanship, business, industry, finance, and science, would that make you more interested? If you want to that same church and they provided credit union and banking, legal, tax, services – not by employees but by devotees – what would you think of it? If you went to that same church and they organized emergency and disaster services, what would you think of it? What does this sequence of ideas make you think and feel?” – Curt Doolittle. -
An Information Approach To Ritual & Religion
(by James Augustus Berens) Position Along Spectrum of Information:
(-)<–(-2)-(-1)-(0)-(1)-(2)-(*)–>(+) |<——————————->| (+) Truth Empiricism Individualism Markets Sovereignty Eugenic (-) Lies Mysticism Collectivism Discretion Submission Dysgenic Religion and Ritual: (*) Ratio-empirical Consequentialism: human action under complete, operational information produces deterministic consequences. (2) Stoicism: partial but actionable information. Action and cognition directed towards the immediately calculable, operational, actionable. (1) Shinto: partial (approaching random) information. Action and cognition directed towards the replicable: precise repetition of ritual in addition to ancestor and nature worship, respectively. (0) Buddhism: random, in-actionable information. In-actionable information creates a preference for avoidance/disassociation. Action directed towards escaping conceptualization, accounting and calculation: escapism via meditation. (-1) Christianity: partial construction of collective misinformation. Action and cognition directed towards group in attempt to extend kinship altruism and create feelings of [physical] security + belonging (social security). (-2) Islam: near-complete construction of, and dependence upon, collective misinformation. Action and cognition directed towards demonstrating and enforcing submission through high-cost of ritual and opportunistic warfare against dissenters -
An Information Approach To Ritual & Religion
(by James Augustus Berens) Position Along Spectrum of Information:
(-)<–(-2)-(-1)-(0)-(1)-(2)-(*)–>(+) |<——————————->| (+) Truth Empiricism Individualism Markets Sovereignty Eugenic (-) Lies Mysticism Collectivism Discretion Submission Dysgenic Religion and Ritual: (*) Ratio-empirical Consequentialism: human action under complete, operational information produces deterministic consequences. (2) Stoicism: partial but actionable information. Action and cognition directed towards the immediately calculable, operational, actionable. (1) Shinto: partial (approaching random) information. Action and cognition directed towards the replicable: precise repetition of ritual in addition to ancestor and nature worship, respectively. (0) Buddhism: random, in-actionable information. In-actionable information creates a preference for avoidance/disassociation. Action directed towards escaping conceptualization, accounting and calculation: escapism via meditation. (-1) Christianity: partial construction of collective misinformation. Action and cognition directed towards group in attempt to extend kinship altruism and create feelings of [physical] security + belonging (social security). (-2) Islam: near-complete construction of, and dependence upon, collective misinformation. Action and cognition directed towards demonstrating and enforcing submission through high-cost of ritual and opportunistic warfare against dissenters -
( If you thought islam was messianic and aggressive, wait until you see Part VII
( If you thought islam was messianic and aggressive, wait until you see Part VIII of The Law of Nature. …talk about retaliation… )
Source date (UTC): 2016-11-24 18:17:00 UTC
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AN INFORMATION APPROACH TO RITUAL & RELIGION (by James Augustus Berens) Position
AN INFORMATION APPROACH TO RITUAL & RELIGION
(by James Augustus Berens)
Position Along Spectrum of Information:
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Truth
Empiricism
Individualism
Markets
Sovereignty
Eugenic
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Lies
Mysticism
Collectivism
Discretion
Submission
Dysgenic
Religion and Ritual:
(*) Ratio-empirical Consequentialism: human action under complete, operational information produces deterministic consequences.
(2) Stoicism: partial but actionable information. Action and cognition directed towards the immediately calculable, operational, actionable.
(1) Shinto: partial (approaching random) information. Action and cognition directed towards the replicable: precise repetition of ritual in addition to ancestor and nature worship, respectively.
(0) Buddhism: random, in-actionable information. In-actionable information creates a preference for avoidance/disassociation. Action directed towards escaping conceptualization, accounting and calculation: escapism via meditation.
(-1) Christianity: partial construction of collective misinformation. Action and cognition directed towards group in attempt to extend kinship altruism and create feelings of [physical] security + belonging (social security).
(-2) Islam: near-complete construction of, and dependence upon, collective misinformation. Action and cognition directed towards demonstrating and enforcing submission through high-cost of ritual and opportunistic warfare against dissenters.
Source date (UTC): 2016-11-24 02:40:00 UTC
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Mindfulness In Different Religious Traditions
shinto achieves mindfulness through precise repetition of ritual in a respectful manner. stoicism achieves mindfulness through small daily task completion in a virtuous manner. buddhism achieves mindfulness through meditation and escape from reality. Islam achieves mindfulness by many memorizations and ritual prayers during every single day. christianity achieves mindfulness by personal and collective prayer (and song). Bill Joslin’s Order: 1 Stoicism – 2 Shinto – 0 Buddism – -1 Christian – -2 Islam 1 engages reality purposefully 2 engage reality arbitrarily 0 avoid reality -1 engages fantasy (excluding Christian mystic practices) or could be listed above 0 because it is also engaging community…. tough one -2 vigorous assimilation of fantasy
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Mindfulness In Different Religious Traditions
shinto achieves mindfulness through precise repetition of ritual in a respectful manner. stoicism achieves mindfulness through small daily task completion in a virtuous manner. buddhism achieves mindfulness through meditation and escape from reality. Islam achieves mindfulness by many memorizations and ritual prayers during every single day. christianity achieves mindfulness by personal and collective prayer (and song). Bill Joslin’s Order: 1 Stoicism – 2 Shinto – 0 Buddism – -1 Christian – -2 Islam 1 engages reality purposefully 2 engage reality arbitrarily 0 avoid reality -1 engages fantasy (excluding Christian mystic practices) or could be listed above 0 because it is also engaging community…. tough one -2 vigorous assimilation of fantasy