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Is Unitarianism the true religion of the coming civilization?
Jefferson didn't quite get the dates right, but I offer the provocation that he was right in spirit about Unitarianism. Unitarianism takes the best of the Christian tradition and broader European philosophical tradition, and unifies and purifies it of supe... posted 3w ago with 27 replies philosophy gnon theology

Is Unitarianism the

You are right about these things. I will attempt what you have specified. But i'm still lacking two things: a good hook, and "what's the point". We can be as right as we like about philosophy and so on but if there isn't some actual operational program tha... 1d ago

You are right about

Is Islam a more appropriate starting point than Christianity for the modern Western elite?
I've been reading "Cities of God", about the history of early Christianity and how Christianity rapidly spread through the late antique Mediterranean world by filling a niche in the urban centers. (It was nearly absent in rural areas until forced conversio... posted 3w ago with 5 replies politics history theology

Is Islam a more appr

This will become especially true if we do end up with low-grade speciation from either some kind of genetic tampering or selective breeding between the elite. Already, you could argue that selection mechanisms in the West have led to a sort of situation li... 1w ago

This will become esp

Luther on Retroactive Prayer — Can you pray for someone in the past?
I was thinking about praying backwards in time when I was praying that something that had already happened, but that I didn’t know the outcome of. I think it was someone else’s driving test.... posted 2mo ago with 4 replies metaphysics theology

Luther on Retroactiv

FWIW, the Catholic idea of prayers for the dead is that it is only applicable to souls in purgatory, i.e., souls of those who died in a state of grace, and so are destined for heaven, but are still in need of spiritual purgation. The prayers help to facili... 2mo ago

FWIW, the Catholic i

Why religions are good but we need new ones
I think people in modern times do not understand religion and are far too quick to dismiss them, probably because of defects they can point to in existing popular ones. Like the tenets of the popular Abrahamic religions. Sure, Abrahamic religions do have l... posted 14mo ago with 6 replies ideology philosophy theology

Why religions are go

Take it up in the materialism thread. >>1754 14mo ago

Take it up in the ma

On Religion
IMO, the #1 insight I've absorbed from our general sphere is a far better grasp of the holistic significance of religion and theology within human society. In this regard, I found Wolf's article on Abraham especially insightful. I especially owe him for hi... posted 14mo ago with 13 replies politics philosophy theology

On Religion

Glorious. Right on. With respect to the other transcendentals, I've recently been thinking the way we should launch this philosophical movement is radicalizing around the natural law ("The Idea") operationalization of Truth. Beauty is very charismatic, but... 14mo ago

Glorious. Right on.

The Structure of Exoteric Ideology
Zero HP Lovecraft wrote a series of post called "Toward a Functionalist Understanding of Religion" that culminated in a proposal for a "Christian-Nietzschean" synthesis. I'm not much interested in the latter. However, in the first post in the series, he sk... posted 1y ago with 5 replies ideology theology nietzsche

The Structure of Exo

I like this reframing. It's very much in the spirit of what I was thinking when I (re)posted the reference. 1y ago

I like this reframin

Six Sufficiencies of "Religions"
I really wanted to like Religions. There were philosophical cores there that no one else was anywhere close to. They were ambitious, elite, curious, systematic, and utterly unashamed. That's what drew many of us in.... posted 1y ago with 11 replies ideology funposting theology

Six Sufficiencies of

I will reformulate your six points as I see them from the Nietzschean perspective, especially as articulated by Dr Alamariu:... 1y ago

I will reformulate y