All Our Gods Were War Gods – We Were an Army First. https://propertarianism.com/2020/05/29/all-our-gods-were-war-gods-we-were-an-army-first/
Source date (UTC): 2020-05-29 00:43:00 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1266168128800796672
Mar 15, 2020, 3:53 PM –“The Norse/Germanic war gods can be distinguished by – among other things – the fact that each are connected to a particular aspect of war. Thor, for example, is involved in the brute physical combat; Odin in the magical and psychological forces at work; and Tyr in the legal decisions and principles of justice surrounding war.”–
Mar 15, 2020, 3:53 PM –“The Norse/Germanic war gods can be distinguished by – among other things – the fact that each are connected to a particular aspect of war. Thor, for example, is involved in the brute physical combat; Odin in the magical and psychological forces at work; and Tyr in the legal decisions and principles of justice surrounding war.”–
Multiculturalism as The Origin of Christmas https://propertarianism.com/2020/05/29/multiculturalism-as-the-origin-of-christmas/
Source date (UTC): 2020-05-29 00:42:33 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1266168015114178560
Mar 15, 2020, 9:57 PM Sol Invictus (“the Unconquered Sun”) or, more fully, Deus Sol Invictus (“the Unconquered Sun God”) was a religious title applied to at least three distinct deities during the later Roman Empire: the syrian sun god, El Gabal, the Persian god, Mithras, and the patron god of emperor Arelian, Sol. The earlier cult of Sol Indiges (“the native sun” or “the invoked sun”) was agrarian. The title Deus Sol Invictus was formed similar to the imperial titulature pius felix invictus (“dutiful, fortunate, unconquered”). The Romans held a festival on December 25 called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, “the birthday of the unconquered sun.” The use of the title Sol Invictus allowed several solar deities to be worshipped together, including Elah-Gabal, a Syrian sun god; Sol, the patron god of Emperor Aurelian (AD 270-274); and Mithras, a soldiers’ god of Persian origin. Emperor Elagabalus (218-222) introduced the festival, and it reached the height of its popularity under Aurelian, who promoted it as an empire-wide holiday that was the inspiration of Christmas.
Mar 15, 2020, 9:57 PM Sol Invictus (“the Unconquered Sun”) or, more fully, Deus Sol Invictus (“the Unconquered Sun God”) was a religious title applied to at least three distinct deities during the later Roman Empire: the syrian sun god, El Gabal, the Persian god, Mithras, and the patron god of emperor Arelian, Sol. The earlier cult of Sol Indiges (“the native sun” or “the invoked sun”) was agrarian. The title Deus Sol Invictus was formed similar to the imperial titulature pius felix invictus (“dutiful, fortunate, unconquered”). The Romans held a festival on December 25 called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, “the birthday of the unconquered sun.” The use of the title Sol Invictus allowed several solar deities to be worshipped together, including Elah-Gabal, a Syrian sun god; Sol, the patron god of Emperor Aurelian (AD 270-274); and Mithras, a soldiers’ god of Persian origin. Emperor Elagabalus (218-222) introduced the festival, and it reached the height of its popularity under Aurelian, who promoted it as an empire-wide holiday that was the inspiration of Christmas.
John Mark Renders Judgement https://propertarianism.com/2020/05/28/john-mark-renders-judgement/
Source date (UTC): 2020-05-28 21:38:45 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1266121761302753281
Mar 18, 2020, 11:22 AM If we ask them to give up the supernatural belief aspect (to not believe the Bible is literally true), all they feel is that we are trying to take away from them their identity and a massive security blanket. So my current thinking is, in the short term the angle “Real Christianity is reciprocal, and ir-reciprocal/baiting-into-hazard Christianity is not real Christianity” will succeed, while the angle “You should convert to a non-supernatural version of Christianity” will fail.
Mar 18, 2020, 11:22 AM If we ask them to give up the supernatural belief aspect (to not believe the Bible is literally true), all they feel is that we are trying to take away from them their identity and a massive security blanket. So my current thinking is, in the short term the angle “Real Christianity is reciprocal, and ir-reciprocal/baiting-into-hazard Christianity is not real Christianity” will succeed, while the angle “You should convert to a non-supernatural version of Christianity” will fail.
Mar 19, 2020, 3:36 PM You can appropriate language, philosophy, and theology for your purposes, in order to justify your priors. Sure. You can’t steal the LAWS to justify your priors. Sorry. That’s the whole point of laws. THERE ARE THREE QUESTIONS THAT DECIDE ALL PHILOSOPHY 1 – CHOICE: “Why should I not suicide?” 2 – ETHICS: “Why should I not kill you and take your stuff?” 3 – POLITICS: “Why should we not kill you and take your stuff?” The only answer is “If the proceeds from cooperation past present and future are more valuable than not. Otherwise predation, parasitism or avoidance are preferable to cooperation.” THERE ARE THREE LAWS THAT DECIDE ALL CONFLICTS UNDER THE ANSWER TO THAT PHILOSOPHY 1 – The Physical Laws of Nature 2 – The Natural Law of Sovereignty and Reciprocity 3 – The Evolutionary Law of Transcendence. All questions are decidable by those three sets of laws. THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL PHILOSOPHY. Really. That’s all there is.