Tuesday, 7 July 2026

Paul Vanderklay talks about "givens" instead of Edward Gibbon


6:00  Free rider problem
7:00  Parental sacrifice and group solidarity
8:00  "Givens"
10:00  Are "givens" propositional tyranny?
Non-white Orthodox Christian complaining about ill-treatment
13:00  Christianity is axiomatic with what?
14:00  Heritage Americans hate themselves because they know their government no longer supports them unless they give up their support of Truth, Logic and Morality. 

14:30  The modus operandi of Christianity is to make the Christian feel guilty of not being the ideal and keep praying to Jesus instead of thinking through their problems logically.  

15:00  Blah blah blah

16:00  Being a fast-talking con man is not "brilliant". 

17:00  Is ecclessia "a gathering of heart"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia_(ancient_Greece)

22:00  So givens is propostiional tyranny.

23:00  Religion binds society.

24:00  Why not bond with Truth, Logic and Morality?

32:00  Every time  I hear "givens" I think of "gibbons".  Endlessly inventing unnecessary neologisms is just confusing,  perhaps intentionally so. The motives seem sinister to me.  

34:00  Is Jonathan Pageau saying Orthodox Christianity is in the best position to deal with intersectional Christianity?

37:00  Joining groups that might exploit you

41:00  The law is the minimum moral standard but Christians will keep sneering at that.  

47:00  The hidden cost

49:00  If American men have a problem with feminism or anything else eg the meaning crisis which just means they do not think things are fair for men,  why do they join a church instead of discussing what might be the problem? Don't Americans of all people understand that the church is separated from the state and that that Congress makes laws without consulting Christians of any denomination? Why do I feel I have to keep telling Americans this and why do I keep feeling that they have no idea what I mean when I say this to them again and again?  

51:00  An authentic gibbon

53:00  Fusion food and fusion restaurants

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Paul Vanderklay talks about "givens" instead of Edward Gibbon

6:00  Free rider problem 7:00  Parental sacrifice and group solidarity 8:00  "Givens" 10:00  Are "givens" propositional ...