10:59 AM
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Western philosophy is mostly toxic to truth and logic.
11:00 AM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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Parasocial v irl
11:05 AM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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There is comfort in commitment.
11:05 AM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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You cannot commit to something if you have no convictions.
11:06 AM
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The closed system we want for our group is religion.
11:07 AM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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You either believe in right and wrong or you don't. If you don't want to talk about it or refuse to discuss moral principles, you lack conviction. If you have no convictions, you are just cattle.
11:10 AM
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Some pseudo-intellectuals I knew were already talking about Godel years ago.
11:12 AM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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You should ignore theories you don't understand and you don't understand if you cannot explain. Avoid being a victim of charlatanry. Black Box Theories are a charlatan's toolbox.
11:13 AM
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By identifying as Christian, he has the immediate trust of gullible Christians too gullible to recognise snake oil.
11:14 AM
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Godel's Theorem is useful for producing content.
11:16 AM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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The First Amendment is supported by 2:256 of the Koran.
11:19 AM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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Ideas are immaterial. Lies are immaterial. But lies are capable of being believed in and acted on.
11:20 AM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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He is telling you to ignore truth and logic and go with your feelings.
11:22 AM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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What has Ethan said that is so profound? Can either of you remember?
11:22 AM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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You don't know what a black box theory is.
11:24 AM
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Catholics, Anglicans, Orthodox Christians, Calvinists, Jehovah's Witnesses etc have all called each other heretics.
11:25 AM
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The Koran does not even mention blasphemy.
11:28 AM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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Are you talking about the Noahide laws?
11:56 AM
@chrishoward8473
@JimClatonII thanks! That's not the way I've heard it but maybe my sources are overly biased somehow
11:58 AM
@chrishoward8473
@JimClatonII are you interested in implementing Secular Koranism?
12:02 PM
@chrishoward8473
understood!
12:15 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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The Sabbath democratises a day of rest.
12:16 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
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@JimClaytonII Thank you for your helpful comments [since deleted]. The First Amendment is supported by Islam, even if the overwhelming majority of Muslims don't know this!
12:16 PM
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@JimClaytonII There would be no Mormon Wars if Americans had already been Muslim!
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1:08:00 CLAIRE KHAW joins to make the point that the dominant culture must be supported by moral principles.
1:10:00 The enemy is always within.
1:11:00 Heresy
1:13:00 The Koran does not mention the crime of heresy.
1:14:00 The idea of religious freedom spread from America to Europe beginning with the French Revolution and ending Christendom with the Russian Revolution in 1918 when the three absolute monarchies in Austria, Germany and Russia ended.
1:15:00 Does the Koran really have it all covered?
1:16:00 In the entire 1400 years of Islam, only the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs of the Rashidun were rightly guided because they were not absolute monarchs. This means the rest of the Caliphs who were absolute monarchs were not rightly guided.
William Tyndale who only wanted to translate the Bible into English was burned at the stake over the translation of certain words.
AI Overview
William Tyndale was executed in 1536 by strangulation and burning at the stake, primarily for translating the Bible into English from Hebrew and Greek originals, which was considered heresy. His translation challenged Catholic Church authority, leading to his arrest and execution in Vilvoorde, near Brussels.Key details about Tyndale's execution:The Charge: Tyndale was tried for heresy, not only for the act of translating but because his English Bible was deemed to contain erroneous, Protestant-leaning interpretations (e.g., using "congregation" instead of "church" and "elder" instead of "priest").Final Words: Before his execution on October 6, 1536, his final words were reported as, "Lord, open the King of England's eyes".Legacy: Despite his execution, his work became the foundation for the King James Bible.Context: While he was killed on the continent, his works were banned and burned in England, and his work was viewed as a major threat to the established religious hierarchy.
AI Overview
The US Declaration of Independence framed King George III's actions as characteristic of a tyrant unfit to rule a free people, effectively condemning absolute monarchy. It cited 27 specific grievances, focusing on the abuse of power, dismantling colonial self-government, and imposing rule without consent, asserting a right to overthrow such despotism.
Key points regarding the Declaration's stance:
Condemnation of Tyranny: The document frames King George III as a tyrant, not a legitimate constitutional monarch, emphasizing that "a Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people".
Grievances Against Absolute Power: It lists abuses aimed at creating absolute authority, such as dissolving representative houses, maintaining standing armies without consent, and imposing taxes without representation.
Assertion of Natural Rights: The declaration asserts that governments derive their power from the "consent of the governed," directly opposing the concept of absolute, divinely ordained, or unrestrained monarchical power.
Justification of Revolution: By characterizing the King's rule as a "long train of abuses and usurpations" designed to establish absolute despotism, the document justifies the Colonies' right and duty to throw off such government.
27 Specific Grievances:
What were the 27 specific grievances cited by the Founding Fathers?
The 27 grievances in the Declaration of Independence are a list of specific complaints against King George III, used to justify the American colonies' break from British rule. These grievances generally fall into three categories: individual rights, representation, and the abuse of military power.
The specific grievances cited are:
- Refusal of Laws: The King refused to approve laws that were necessary for the public good.
- Blocking Urgent Laws: He prevented governors from passing important laws unless they were suspended until he gave his consent.
- Denying Representation: He refused to pass laws for large districts unless the people gave up their right to representation in the legislature.
- Inconvenient Meetings: He called legislative bodies to meet at unusual and distant places to tire them into following his orders.
- Dissolving Assemblies: He repeatedly dissolved representative houses for opposing his "invasions on the rights of the people".
- Delaying New Elections: After dissolving houses, he refused to let others be elected for a long time.
- Stopping Immigration: He worked to prevent the population of the colonies by obstructing naturalisation laws and land appropriations.
- Obstructing Justice: He refused to approve laws for establishing judiciary powers.
- Controlling Judges: He made judges dependent on his will alone for their jobs and salaries.
- Sending New Officers: He created many new offices and sent "swarms of officers" to harass the people.
- Keeping Peacetime Armies: He kept standing armies in the colonies during times of peace without the consent of legislatures.
- Military Superiority: He made the military independent of and superior to civil power.
- Foreign Jurisdictions: He worked with others to subject the colonies to a jurisdiction foreign to their constitution.
- Quartering Soldiers: For "quartering large bodies of armed troops among us".
- Protecting Murderous Soldiers: For protecting soldiers from punishment for murders committed against colonists.
- Cutting Off Trade: For cutting off the colonies' trade with all parts of the world.
- Taxation Without Consent: For "imposing Taxes on us without our Consent".
- Denying Jury Trials: For depriving colonists of the benefit of trial by jury in many cases.
- Trials Overseas: For transporting colonists across the sea to be tried for pretended offences.
- Abolishing English Laws: For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighbouring province (Quebec) to set an example of absolute rule.
- Taking Charters: For taking away colonial charters and altering the forms of their governments.
- Suspending Legislatures: For suspending the colonies' own legislatures and declaring British power to legislate for them in all cases.
- Waging War: For declaring the colonies out of his protection and waging war against them.
- Attacking Coasts and Towns: For plundering seas, ravaging coasts, and burning towns.
- Hiring Foreign Mercenaries: For transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries (Hessians) to complete the "works of death, desolation, and tyranny".
- Forcing Captives to Fight: For forcing captured American citizens at sea to fight against their own country.
- Inciting Domestic Insurrections: For exciting domestic insurrections and encouraging Native American attacks on the frontier.
1:19:00 Having a dominant culture and low status beliefs would allow you to deal with your external and internal enemies.
1:21:00 Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael
1:23:00 The government and the ruling classes
1:24:00 The answer in theory and in practice
1:25:00 WW3 is a religious war.
1:26:00 The Abrahamic religions have a similar eschatology.
There is only one Abrahamic God.
1:27:00 Jews rely on gentiles to live in Israel.
1:28:00 Jews are religiously obliged to exterminate Amalek.
1:29:00 Fatwa just means legal decision or, in the case of Salman Rushdie, a bounty.
1:30:00 Jews forcibly converted to Edomites to Judaism. The Herods were Edomites and it didn't work out well for Jews.
1:31:00 The Elephant and the Blind Men
Les Miserables
1:35:00 Javert
1:36:00 Theory and Practice
1:37:00 The French Revolution was meant to happen.
1:38:00 Leibniz's Best of All Possible Worlds
1:39:00 Dr Pangloss
1:40:00 The Benedict Option is not an option.
1:41:00 Secular Koranism on Folding Fitted Sheets
1:43:00 Daylight Saving Time
1:44:00 Special Administrative Areas as a pilot scheme for Secular Koranism
1:45:00 Founding Fathers were Unitarians
1:46:00 The Special Economic Zone was used by China to introduce the market economy under Deng Xiaoping.
America could have its Special Koranic Zone ("SKZ") but it may be preferable to call it Secular Koranism with, for example, Alabaman to Wyomingite Characteristics which would resolve the issue of states' rights and federal supremacy. I like to think that the Founding Fathers would be delighted with this elegant resolution!
The Rise and Fall of Unitarianism in America
America had four Unitarian Presidents.
1:47:00 Miranda warnings
The Fifth Amendment
1:47:00 America is the Borg!
1:49:00 Blame America for the end of Christendom!
1:50:00 Secular Koranism is not a cult!
Claire Khaw on Tucker Carlson would start the ball of Secular Koranism rolling.
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