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Outline for a Sermon to be delivered one morning at the parish of St. Chuancius, Steeple Bumstead, Essex

天地不仁, 以萬物為芻狗. 聖人不仁, 以百姓為芻狗. 天地之間, 其猶橐籥乎. 虛而不屈. 動而愈出. 多言數窮. 不如守中 Heaven and Earth have no 仁; They regard all things as straw-dogs. The sage has no 仁; He regards the people as straw-dogs. Between Heaven and Earth, it is like … Continue reading

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St Paul’s Personal Penis

early church people make a big thing about the judaising controversy, especially the penis part, and make these remarks about how “circumcision would get you nowhere, simply on a practical level!” but then like 500 years later along comes mr … Continue reading

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Paul the Theosophist

I suspect, but can’t prove, that the relationship of the early Christians, or at least the Pauline Gentile churches, to the Jews was more like that between Theosophists and Indians than people like to think. … specifically i mean things … Continue reading

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A Parable

Imagine Gautama Buddha had something against Tamils. Like seriously, he thought Tamils were everything that was wrong with the world, and Shakyans were good people and some day everyone, but not the Tamils, would realise this. Imagine he span elaborate … Continue reading

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Astrological Recurrence

either astrological recurrences are more sparse than i thought or i have a Destiny. according to this ephemeris, the last time all seven classical planets were in the same sign (never mind exact degrees) as at my nativity was during … Continue reading

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Questions to a Roman Catholic Praising Mary as Queen of Heaven

Do you really think the universe is organised like an oriental despotism? Do you really think Jesus intended to set up a royal court in Heaven? Does he seem particularly fond of court ritual and pageantry to you in the … Continue reading

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A Lacuna in Crossananity

you get a jesus take instead because jesus is always alive and present in your heart so write that down it’s a john dominic crossan take actually because i found some interviews of him on YouTube and he is a … Continue reading

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Competitors to Esoteric Molinism

Esoteric Molinism has the advantage of Semitegmarkian Many Worlds Moralism in that counterfactuals provide contributions to the world, but are not in any sense real so you don’t have to think the inhabitants of them are people and you can … Continue reading

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Assisted Suicide, So-Called

the person that ppl who call it “assisted suicide” have in mind as most deserving of this right are, i think, usually physical cripples of some kind – paralysed, demented etc, the idea being that this person would kill themselves … Continue reading

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On a Feminist Reading of the Gospel

the new testament *also* says “women should remain silent in church” and “i do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet”, and rather conspicuous in their absence are revelations abrogating … Continue reading

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