Om en bortglömd flyktinggrupp.
Zelenskyj togs emot som stjärna - men en sak är det ingen som talar om
Friday, May 31, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Teknokrati
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Allt fler svenskar är skeptiska till demokrati. Att SD-väljare utmärker sig kommer knappast som någon överraskning. Det finns dock ett annat parti vars väljare inte heller gillar folkstyre. Ni kommer aldrig att kunna gissa vilket...
Krig via ombud
Börjar bli dags att sluta använda silkesvantarna. Två andra länder som borde utredas är Irak och, givetvis, Turkiet...
Shoot to kill policy nästa?
Every argument for atheism
"Every argument for atheism", featuring British atheist Alex O´Connor (Cosmic Skeptic) responding to a Christian YouTube content-creator called Redemmed Zoomer.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Study the notochords
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Could ruffle some feathers, since John Michael Greer argues that Pythagoras and his notochord isn´t The Only True Magick Musick...
Folkmord, vilket folkmord?
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Har liberalerna slutat gulla med den auktoritära tutsi-regimen i Rwanda? Undrar varför...
Tidigare var ju kritik av Rwanda närmast otänkbart.
Hen håle
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En språkvetare hävdar att "hen" ursprungligen var tänkt som ett politiskt korrekt pronomen kopplat till "icke-binära". Hen är sur på att ordet istället används som ett könsneutralt pronomen i allmänhet.
Det var ju intressant. Vilken tur att jag nästan aldrig använt ordet "hen", då.
Mere AI
Atheist content-creator Alex O´Connor (Cosmic Skeptic) apparently convinced ChatGPT that God exists. Haven´t watched the entire thing yet, but you´re free to give it a go!
When Jack met the aliens
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| Would you just preach the Gospel to these guys? |
So C S Lewis wasn´t *that* unique when he combined (mere?) Christianity with speculations about extraterrestrial intelligence. In other words, aliens.
A lot of interesting info in this article!
Therefore TAG
Jay Dyer defends the presuppositionalist "Transcendental Argument for God" (TAG) in this two-and-a-half-hour long lecture. Or a "Maximus the Confessor version of divine conceptualism", as he calls it at one point.
Good luck with this material...
The pig will like it
This is supposedly a "wild bear trap", but surely it should say "wild BOAR trap"? LOL.
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
The Francis faggotry (!)
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Is Pope Francis secretely a homophobe? Behind closed doors, the pontiff has supposedly claimed that Catholic seminaries (which train priests) are full of "faggotry" (sic). Ooookay...
På väg mot avgrunden
Helt otroligt. Lägg märke till att *exakt samma resonemang* kan föras om det liberala etablissemangets daltande med kriminella invandrargäng eller islamister. Dessutom är mekanismerna i samtliga fall antagligen likartade...
Nyttiga idioter?
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| - Titta, ett trollkonto! |
Är detta Aftonbladets sätt att låtsas vara objektiva? Eller deras sätt att hissa vit flagg? Vågar man gissa att Wolodarski snart kommer att anklaga AB för att vara nyttiga idioter åt SD...
Monday, May 27, 2024
Campaign season
Actual headline. Credit: Breitbart News. Apparently, the Secret Service confiscated rubber chickens from delegates at the Libertarian Party convention. The delegates, perhaps supporters of RFK Jr, wanted to throw the rubber chickens at Donald Trump, who spoke at the convention?!
Feral GOLDFISH
Feral *goldfish* are lose in Lake Ontario, growing extremely large (at least for goldfish) and being generally annoying (and, I suppose, invasive). Note also that the pest goldfish aren´t orange anymore, but rather turn grey! Another absurd fact: goldfish are "adapted" to the bad environment of goldfish tanks, and therefore thrive in environmentally degraded parts of the Great Lakes?!
1 x 1 = 2
"Professor" Dave takes on the weird ramblings of actor Terrence Howard (who claims that 1 x 1 = 2). Entertaining, after a fashion. Especially since Dave (the skeptic) doesn´t come across as particularly smart or balanced either.
Note the bizarre purge mentality at the end: Professor Dave claims that Howard is mentally ill, but then goes on to recommend that he´d be systematically bullied?! Dave is a "science educator" with a mostly high school audience...
Dude.
Sunday, May 26, 2024
The dance of the Shaktas
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| Not from the Radha Tantra |
“The Radha Tantra: A critical edition and annotated translation” is a
scholarly book published in 2017, containing a translation of an obscure 17th
century Hindu Tantra from Bengal, known as Radha Tantra (RT). The volume also
contains the original Sanskrit text (but in Latin characters) and an extensive
introduction discussing the manuscript history, dating and provenance. The
scholar responsible for this critical edition is Måns Broo, based in Finland. The
curious decision to render a Sanskrit text in the Latin alphabet is apparently
due to the fact that RT´s Sanskrit was written in Bengali script, which few
Western scholars can read.
It´s possible that RT is no longer as obscure as it once was, since some
Gaudiya Vaishnavas use it to “prove” certain aspects of their tradition. Thus,
RT claims that Radha was born from a lotus, gives the Hare Krishna mantra and supposedly
references a Vaishnava initiation ritual. There is just one problem: the Radha
Tantra is really a Shakta work…
The social milieu in which RT was composed seems to have been marked by fierce competition between Shaktism and Gaudiya Vaishnavism, but also by syncretism between the two traditions. For instance, Krishna is described as Kali´s son in some Shakta Tantras. RT uses this syncretism for Shakta ends. Vishnu, Krishna and Radha are depicted as subordinated to the Tantric goddess Tripura, who in turn is tacitly identified with Kali. Other goddesses also play prominent roles. Vishnu is said to be Tripura´s son and is said to fail in his quest for enlightenment, despite reciting a Tripura-related mantra. Tripura then tells him that he must take birth as a human (Krishna) and engage in Tantric sex rituals with Radha, who is an incarnation of Padmini, one of Tripura´s attendants. Kali stages a guest appearance…turned into the boat which takes Krishna, Radha and the gopis across a river?!
Another
important goddess in the narrative is Katyayani, apparently a form of Durga,
who guides Krishna at various points in his spiritual journey. RT tries to
claim Vrindavana for Shaktism, and at one point claims that the Hare Krishna
mantra is really suitable only for Shudras, the real mantra combining Krishna´s
name with that of Shiva. RT also attacks the Bhagavata Purana (Shrimad
Bhagavatam), claiming that this scripture – which is central to Gaudiya Vaishnavas
– is really a hoax.
It´s therefore somewhat ironic that a work originally intended to
subvert Vaishnavism have 400 years later become another apologetic tool for the
very same Vaishnavism (or rather its Gaudiya branch).
In contrast to other Tantras, RT doesn´t contain any complex ritual instructions.
Somebody has called the Radha Tantra “a Purana dressed up as a Tantra”. Måns
Broo believes that the purpose of RT was to tell a story to bolster the
confidence of the Shakta community, by portraying Krishna and Radha – the central
deities of Gaudiya Vaishnavism – as subservient to Tripura/Kali. Broo has
managed to find one reference in an Indian daily paper from 2012 about a single
family in Calcutta worshipping an idol combining Kali and Krishna “according to
the Vaishnav rituals in the Radhatantra” (although no such rituals exist in the
text). And two years ago, I found a picture of a Hindu deity at Quora which
seem to combine the traits of Kali and Krishna (see my post “Come and meet your
maker”). So it´s certainly a thing. Kind of.
I read most of the Radha Tantra two years ago (I think), but hardly
remember anything, so this review is based on a quick skimming of the
introduction!
Feral fauns
Another urban (or rather rural) legend...hopefully. Are there FERAL HUMAN CANNIBALS in the US national parks? Do they ATTACK and EAT hikers? The federal government denies knowledge...
Copilot Designer goes mustang
Sometimes Copilot Designer has a weird imagination. This is its response to the prompt "Commander Ashtar meets the divine light"!
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Cosby sweater Calvinism
Good luck with this material. Badass Orthobro Jay Dyer attacks Calvinists for Arianism or Nestorianism, and Catholics for modalism. Among other things. Note the explicit defense of the *Fifth* Ecumenical Council and the "bait theory". The full video is four hours long!
Friday, May 24, 2024
Skiten bara fortsätter
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| - Det här blir bara värre och värre! |
Eurovision-kaoset fortsätter. Två poliser är misstänkta för att ha stulit fyra påsar med Bjärechips (salt och vinäger-smak).
Beer bros
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| - Damn this shit, do we really have to join the climate change protests? |
At least this problem is easy to solve: don´t drink beer.
Bad Samaritans
What does the parable of the Good Samaritan in the Bible really mean? Have its true meaning been distorted by anti-Semites and/or anti-Catholics? Some interesting (scholarly) material in this one.
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Avhopp
Vad synd att han inte var anhängare av PFLP istället...
Tvingades hoppa av LO-valet - för att han var "Sverigevän" som 14-åring
The lesser game
Sheesh, the Russians better step up their game, dude! I mean, Moscow used to control one of France´s largest and best organized political parties. Yes, that would be the French Communist Party.
Is this the best they can do these days? Hire a bunch of Bulgarians to vandalize a Holocaust memorial.
Yeah, I´m being facetious. I *did* notice Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, New Caledonia, et cetera. Corsica next week, yes? But somehow, I just couldn´t help myself...
The answer is obvious
Can´t resist taking a screen-shot of this. "Dealing with haters". If you look like Damien, just show yourself! :D
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
"We had no sub-machine guns"
A 1987 interview with David Koresh, rerun on American TV on the eve of the 1993 Waco siege. Frankly bizarre stuff! One thing that struck me was that Koresh doesn´t seem particularly charismatic...
As far as I understand, James Tabor was the guy who tried to "talk Koresh down" during the siege, attempting to convince him that his Bible interpretation was in error!
Monday, May 20, 2024
A literal cold war
Russian scientists have supposedly discovered an enormous amount of oil in Antarctica, enough to last for 500 years. There is just one problem: it´s on territory claimed by the British. And very close to territory claimed by both Britain and Argentina. These territorial claims are invalid according to an international treaty, but who will care in the future? If Russia and/or China moves to extract the oil, all bets are off.
Argentina currently has a pro-Western government, but this could change in the future, and then Argentina´s old claims to the Falkland Islands might be dusted off. Thus, we could see a geopolitical confrontation over fossil fuels in the South Atlantic between a Sino-Russo-Argentine alliance and an Anglo-American ditto.
The consequences for the world´s climate if even more oil is used up is not mentioned in Daily Mail´s article (probably because of their right-leaning political sympathies), but Russia and China are not known for giving a damn about "green transitions". The massive use of aerosols to mitigate global warming is probably inevitable at this point...
Meditate on this
If you know, you know. When you realize the meaning of the above, you will know the Truth. And despair!
Recalled
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It seems the Devil´s grandmother has recalled one of her most trusted servants.
NOMA be damned
Charles Darwin and a chimp dancing with Krishna and Radha. Non-Overlapping Magisteria be damned!
Taxonomic vandalism (and then some)
Never heard of this matie before, but he is apparently some kind of local celebrity in Australia.
Science blogger Darren Naish isn´t impressed, and charges free-wheeling herpetologist Ray Hoser with "taxonomic vandalism" and "nomenclatural harvesting".
Or, not to put too fine spin on it, of being a real pain the ass! Apparently, the unhinged mate has named snakes after his pet dogs, when not busy running a snake-related road show, unsuccesfully running for office, and accusing other scientists of being rapists, thieves, and what not...
T-Rex the tool maker?
Was Tyrannosaurus rex just as smart as apes and monkeys? Could it use tools and transmit "culture"? Recently, a scientist claiming this made the headlines, but Darren Naish and a team of other scientists beg to differ.
The problem boils down to estimating how many neurons T-Rex had in its brain, but also that a large mass of neurons doesn´t necessarily make you smart. Apparently, giraffes have more brain cells than corvids and most primates, yet aren´t particularly clever...
Still, an interesting little splash.
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Oh no, not again
I do realize that many people believe (or want to believe) in the Rapture and similar things, but do the doomsday preachers believe in their own prophecies at this stage? The above clip features a collection of truly absurd "predictions" connected to - you guessed it - the solar eclipse of 2024. Well, we´re still here talking about it, aren´t we?
The speculations are centered on the United States, not on the Middle East, a more logical place for an "apocalypse" to start (both in Biblical terms and in more secular ones). The fact that the path of the eclipse supposedly passes seven towns named Salem and seven towns named Nineveh is very significant. Except that it apparently doesn´t. It seems the eclipse was also visible from towns with names like "Donald" and "Uncle Joe"...
The paths of the eclipse can apparently be patterned in shapes reminescent of various Hebrew and Greek letters, Alpha and Omega being the most prominent. And what did Christ call himself in Revelation? Exactly. The two paths cross in an area of the Midwest popularly known as "Little Egypt"...
The emergence of the cicadas makes a brief guest appearence. I´m still a bit surprised that this isn´t a bigger thing. I mean, the connection between cicadas and locusts, while far fetched biologically, seem obvious and ominous from a "Biblical" perspective.
As per usual, nothing will happen, and then it´s off to the next failed prediction "until Kingdom come" (pun intended).
When the unhanged vote for the undead
Is this some kind of sick joke? Bolton (who was fired by Trump for being too bellicose) is going to write-in Dick Cheney in the presidential elections. That is, the guy who got us into this bloody mess in the first place...
The irony is that Bolton probably was too belligerent even for the Bush Administration. But I suppose that depends on whether or not you think Cheney was behind 9/11!
Bad theology takes
A short Christian video from YouTube, trying to explain why the Devil cannot be pardoned. It fails.
The explanation given is that the Devil sinned outside time in eternity, while man sinned in time. Therefore God can redeem the latter, but not the former. LOL. By this logic, Lucifer was part of the Godhead since (of course) only God is outside of time.
Back to theology class 101, brothers!
PS. Looked at some of the other videos. It seems to be a Romanian "engagement farming" account, or whatever is the slangword this week. Half of the clips aren´t Christian, and one seems to deny the Biblical view of the apocalypse (despite being tagged "apocalypse")...
The man-eating octopi
This week in weird - are there gigantic fresh-water octopi in man-made lakes in Oklahoma?! Probably not, LOL, but the folklore (or fakelore?) is interesting.
Many suspect that this cryptid is completely fake, made up for a recent TV "documentary". However, the above YouTube channel managed to trace the story to a 1987 letter to the Fortean magazine INFO Journal. It was written by an American Indian, Russell Bates, and purports to retell a Native tradition about monstrous creatures in Oklahoma´s lakes, creatures never named but similar to...you guessed it, octopi. The YouTuber is too nice to say it, but of course the letter could have been a hoax. Bates was a script-writer associated with "Star Trek"!
I also find it curious that one of the man-made lakes in which the dangerous octopus supposedly lives is named after another cryptid: Lake Thunderbird.
The video ends with some (perhaps real) cases of regular octopuses found in freshwater, including a seemingly sensational photo. But alas, it´s probably a known species. In other words: some idiot deliberately released an octopus into a river. And here we are, decades later, still talking about it...
The alien god loves Darwin
Could be entertaining, if you are a theology nerd. Note his attack on Marcion! Apparently, Marcionism is the worst heresy ever, and is connected to Darwinism and atheism?! Wtf...
Upplopp i paradiset
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Kanaker och fransmän har ju aldrig gillat varandra, men den senaste tidens våldsamheter på Nya Kaledonien verkar vara orsakade av Kina, Ryssland och Azerbaijan (sic).
Kina expanderar i Söderhavet. Ryssland expanderar på Frankrikes bekostnad i Västafrika. Och Azerbaijan är sura på Frankrikes stöd till Armenien. Eftersom Ryssland för närvarande har dåliga relationer med Armenien (annars en traditionell allierad), så kan man väl inte utesluta något slags rysk koppling även här.
Frankrikes president Macron har åtminstone retoriskt intagit en offensiv hållning i konflikten i Ukraina. Säkerligen p.g.a. de geopolitiska spänningarna med Ryssland. Kinas expansion i Stilla Havs-regionen kolliderar givetvis också med franska intressen. Har för mig att vissa småländer i regionen faktiskt varit pro-ryska tidigare, men jag antar att Kina är huvudaktören där.
Återstår att se om detta bara är en försöksballong, eller ett allvarligt menat försök att öppna en ny anti-västlig front från Rysslands och Kinas sida.
The secret world of Incels
I recently watched two documentaries about Incels, Benjamin Zand´s “The Secret World of Incels” and the Swedish “Svenska Incels”, shown on TV4. The latter is probably a copycat of the former. Finnish Hufvudstadsbladet apparently wrote in a critical review that Zand comes across almost as a parody of an uninterested and moralizing BBC reporter. I thought he was just regular. TV4 mostly follows Zand´s lead. I don´t claim to be an expert on the Incel subculture, so I can´t really judge the docus from that angle. At least the productions tell us what establishment media wants us to think about Incels.
It´s a somewhat contradictory picture. On the one hand, the Incel forums
are filled with extreme misogyny, calls for violence, fascination with “gore”,
and eulogization of Elliot Rodger, a disturbed young man who identified as an
Incel and killed six people in California in 2014. On the other hand, the
Incels are portrayed as tragic and lonely, in need of a helping hand from
society or good Samaritans. TV4 also put some emphasis on the autistic aspect
and shows statistics suggesting that more young men than women feel lonely,
never had sex, and so on. This “nice” aspect surprised me, since it must be very
easy to run with the “dangerous extremist” angle.
According to Zand, the “ideology” of the Incels is called “the black
pill”. But surely, that´s just one term, albeit a fairly central one? One thing
that struck me was that the Incels interviewed had a kind of “inverted” version
of the PUA worldview. One even references Vox Day´s SSH, albeit without mentioning
it explicitly. The Incels are self-conscious “Beta males” or “Omegas” who
consider themselves genetically inferior to “Chads” or Alpha males. Weirdly,
the Chad is described in a very stereotypical way, almost as if taken from an
ironic Chad meme on Twitter. He has pronounced jaws, blue eyes, and what not. It´s
difficult to avoid the impression that the autists have been trolled by
somebody! The “black pill” is presumably the realization that everything really
is shit, and there are even forums with tips for how to commit suicide…
One thing never explained in the documentaries is why incels are
becoming more common – that is, why *really*. Autism is obviously a factor. So
why have the number of autists increased? Or virgins, or lonely young people in
general? What about changing dating patterns? The people interviewed (one of
Zand´s interviewees is a young woman or “Femcel”) have either broken with the
toxic subculture, or are on the way out, presumably one of the reasons why they
agreed to talk to reporters in the first place. Frankly, their face masks make
them seem quaint rather than dangerous. But what about all the rest? Or society
in general?
Those questions are left hanging in the air…
Thursday, May 16, 2024
16 maj 2024 e.Kr.
Prioriteringar...
Slovakisk politik:
Premiärministern kämpar för sitt liv efter skjutningen
Svensk politik:
The end of the Paris Accords
Sabine Hossenfelder tries to explain her position on anthropogenic climate change. Apparently, it´s not going very well.
My take is that she is pessimistic, not so much about whether something "can" be done, but rather whether it *will* be done. Her prediction is that the actions taken will be too little, too late. And then it´s off to 3 degrees centigrade increase in average temperature at the end of the century.
Or even higher...
Perichoresis
Lutheran theologian Jason B Cooper claims on YouTube that most pictures illustrating the obscure theological concept of perichoresis (at least it´s obscure to me!) show three female figures dancing together?!
So I asked Copilot Designer to generate a picture of, well, perichoresis.
It seems Brother Cooper was right...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
The Nicene ChatGPT
ChatGPT on the Trinity:
The Trinity, or the Holy Trinity, is one of the most central and profound mysteries in Christian theology. It is the doctrine that God exists as three persons, yet is one single essence: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each of these persons is fully and completely God, but they are not three gods, rather one God. This doctrine has been foundational to the Christian faith since the earliest days of the Church and has its roots in both Scripture and tradition.
The Bible and the Trinity:
The doctrine of the Trinity is grounded in the Bible. In the Old Testament, we find hints of God's multi-dimensional nature, such as in the creation narrative where God says, "Let us make mankind in our image" (Genesis 1:26). In the New Testament, God's triune nature becomes clearer. The baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River is a powerful example: when Jesus is baptized by John, we see the Son in the water, the Spirit descending as a dove, and the Father's voice from heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:16-17).
Theological Explanations:
Theologians have reflected over the centuries on why God is triune. A fundamental explanation is that the Trinity reflects God's very essence, which is love. Love cannot exist in isolation; it requires a lover, a beloved, and a love that unites them. In the Trinity, we find the Father as the lover, the Son as the beloved, and the Holy Spirit as the love that unites them. Thus, the Trinity is not just a theoretical construct but an expression of God's living and dynamic love.
Incarnation and Salvation:
The Trinity is also crucial for understanding the incarnation and the work of salvation. God the Father sends His Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to save humanity. Jesus, who is truly God and truly man, lives a sinless life, dies on the cross for our sins, and rises on the third day. The Holy Spirit then works in the world to communicate this salvation to people, renew their hearts, and bring them into fellowship with God. Without the Trinity, this dynamic of sending, salvation, and sanctification would be inexplicable.
Relationship and Communion:
Finally, the Trinity reveals the depth of God's nature as relational. God is, in His essence, an eternal life of communion. This also has implications for human life, as we are created in God's image and called to communion both with God and with each other. The Church, as the body of Christ, is meant to be a reflection of the trinitarian communion, where unity and diversity are united in love.
In summary, the Trinity is not just a doctrinal statement but a living reality that permeates the entire Christian faith and life. It reveals to us a God who is unfathomable and majestic, yet also close and loving, a God who invites us into deep fellowship with Himself and with our fellow human beings.
OK, Boomer
Min reaktion på TV4:s avslöjande om SD:s trollfabrik är...OK, Boomer. Har förresten inte sett TV4:s reportage, och tänker inte heller göra det. There!
Creationism in cryptozoology
Meanwhile, on the fringe...
An intra-mural Catholic polemic on young earth creationism (YEC), complete with the claim that dinosaurs survived the Flood and were still around...during the Middle Ages?!
Best comment: "I did expect them to read the Bible literally, I didn´t expect them to read Beowulf literally". Not to mention the legend of Saint George and the dragon!
Stegosaurs in Cambodia, theropods in China, sauropods (et. al.) around England´s greenest hills...the evidence isn´t exactly convincing. I´m honestly getting a bit tired of all this crap. Should I stop commenting fringe beliefs completely?
Sources say
Overheard on the Internet: "Theory can be no more than this: a trap set in the hope that reality will be naive enough to fall into it".
The real inversion
The question of "inversion" is a fascinating one. Many ancient Gnostic scriptures keep the Biblical narrative, while inverting it. Modern NRMs do the same thing.
Thus, there is the "classic" Gnostic myth claiming that Yahweh in the garden of Eden is really the Devil, while the serpent is the true god. There is also "The Gospel of Judas", in which Cain, Esau and Judas are depicted as good, while Abel, Jacob and Peter are the bad guys!
Examples of modern inversion abound. Often, these are attempts to recast Satan (Lucifer) as good. Another example is the name "Ashtar Command", supposedly an intergalactic fleet of benign space aliens, lead by a space bro somewhat unimaginatively referred to as Commander Ashtar. I think it´s obvious that Ashtar is really Ishtar, Astarte or perhaps Asera. In the Bible, of course, these are evil pagan goddesses. Another example could be the Egyptian spirit-entity Ambres, supposedly channelled by Swedish medium Sture Johansson. Could Ambres be a reference to Jambres, one of Pharao´s evil magicians confronted by Moses and Aaron? The Mormon prophet Joseph Smith was apparently fascinated by the figure of Baraqiel, the angel of astrology, but also one of the fallen angels in the "Book of Enoch"!
What is the point of all this inversion? Perhaps it´s a kind of magical technique, a bit like inverting a crucifix, since transgressive acts are said to generate magic energies. They can certainly "declutch" an individual (or even drive him mad). But here is an interesting idea: what if the Bible itself is one gigantic inversion of previous pagan mythology?
In Sumerian mythology, there was a council of divine beings who descended to Earth and taught the humans civilization. In the Bible, these good culture-heroes have been inverted into fallen angels. Apparently, Ugaratic mythology features a tree of life guarded by weird-looking spirit-beings. When humans eat of the fruit, they see the gods! In the Bible, this is inverted to something negative...
Pondering.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Mot kollapsens hjärta
Ett hårt uppvaknande? Undrar hur länge det tar innan AB låser den här artikeln.
Och nej, jag har inte plötsligt blivit pro-rysk. Jag bara konstaterar fakta. Och ett faktum är att AB (inklusive artikelförfattaren) i flera års tid påstått att Ryssland redan förlorat.
Återstår att se om Macron kan bli den nye Clemenceau...
Lost in translation
Atheist Bible scholar James Tabor stints as Bible exegete in these two videos. Nothing really new in his interpretation, but could be interesting going through anyway.
Short form: "justification by faith alone" isn´t an Old Testament teaching...but not a teaching from Jesus either. It´s 100% Paul. Tabor implies that James (the brother of the Lord) had the original message.
Drill, baby, drill
After exploring geoengineering c/o Björn Lomborg, we now take a look at geothermal energy. Can it help us avoid both peak oil and climate change?
It would be ironic if modern civilization saves itself from these twin dangers...only to be destroyed by, say, overpopulation, rampant hedonism, nuclear war, class conflict or low IQ, but I suppose no civilization can just choose its apocalypse.
Oswald Spengler may be proven right, after all!
See also here:
In control
This can be interpreted in several different ways. How many of those participating in the programs did so voluntarily? Isn´t it fascinating how the Argentine left commandeered the masses? And so on. Note the reference to the Trotskyist Partido Obrero.
Monday, May 13, 2024
MITTENS
Good luck with this material. I disavow...disavow...disavow...
How Genghis Khan´s MITTENS strangled Darwin
The Vacuous Rhetoric of Evolution
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