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I just found the other thread that inspired this one. I haven't read up on that one and don't intend to at the moment. Although I have read the end of your last post. I'm also assuming this Sun-god and Son-god idea is fairly common knowledge. There are numerous interpretations as to why that is.

Perhaps "touching upon" would have been a better to say than "hammering". I will agree with you that the Bible itself is a natural occurring phenomenon, among others. It is an expression of the natural world.

Yes. You've made a lot of analogies. But I believe you're trying to hammer a deeper point. Are you intending for science and the natural world to mean the same thing?

Interesting topic. Einstein quotes are often taken out of context. I would be cautious. You might look into Jean Piaget. I've heard he spent his career trying to to "solve" the relationship between science and religion.

I also wonder about people in solitary confinement. They're not getting The Word. They're not getting The Media, either. So is Nothing better than The Media?

Hi Maya, I was a child in TWI and can recall getting called out in front of entire Limbs as well. I loathed manifestations and witnessing. I left and got "drug back" to TWI a number of times by the Corps working with family in many areas, even though I was non-corps. I hope to hear more from you.

I never said I believe scripture is not truth. Far from it. I was teasing out the comparison Rrobs was making between the media and scripture. Maybe he can elaborate. I'm not sure what prerequisite you're referring to as far as the doctrinal forum or if it is important.

I meant "wiring" as in how our brains function. The circuitry that has developed for a multitude of reasons. Not evolved writing. I don't think we are at completed odds, though. You're welcome for the laugh.

The Bible is an expression of our collective evolutionary wiring over generations. God is the sum of many abstracted ideal concepts haggled over millennia. That you think in such an absolute view about God is a misguided but practical survival skill for a group. The media you have cited is propaganda. To be used over the short-term. Not the long-term no-guarantee-but-best-bet that a god embodies. So you are somewhat comparing apples to oranges. Which is why I don't think there's a great point in your statement. You can't contrast the two like that, media and religion.

Armadillo eggs it is. Bacon wrapped. This is the internet. Eat at your own risk. I never check my source.

Evolution doesn't work by donning more armor. You're thinking of pokemon.

I've called him a troll before too. But logic doesn't encompass reality. Not enough to describe TWI. IMO.

Proverbs 22:3 might be a better application than what you proposed from the Bible. Does that work?

If I'm trying to eat healthy I don't purchase junk food and keep it in the house. Then I'm not tempted late at night. Or at least I'm forced to eat something healthier. I think about the problem beforehand and consider how future-me will think. Not how idealized me would think. Because "thought-life" varies throughout the day and days. If there are weapons available to kill many in a short time, that should have been thought of beforehand.

Probably. Would his followers have respected him more, or less, for citing sources?

The point of those fighting techniques is to never have to use them. Just having the confidence they're there if you need them. Kinda the opposite of what's taught in TWI. But here's some Bible Kung Fu. Luke 10:18. There kicks was fast as lightning.

You're saying Kung Fu is in the Bible?

This I believe is Game of Frames. Typically, arguments are won by beating the smaller opponent with a blunt object. Maybe your experience in TWI was different.

Yes, world wisdom, as VPW put it. A common hatred among many Americans. VPW won people's hearts without citing sources. Old-timers can look at VPW's books and the plagiarized sources side-by-side and not bat an eye.

Participation trophy? Sarcasm? Redirection? Boredom?

Maybe this would be a good time to mention how serotonin levels in lobsters relates to where the abstracted concept of god comes from?

God's word never comes back void. Meaning your perception will adapt as needed. The "word" you speak frames your thinking to see what others want you to see. F'ing brilliant.

TWI to my knowledge is composed of anti-intellectuals. Practically chanting "Uneducated Lives Matter" It sounds like VPW played to his market, so he didn't want to look too intellectual. Also to my knowledge, much of the names like Stiles and Bullinger, people he plagiarized from, were well known in TWI.

Had VPW cited sources in the modern way would he have been as "successful" as he was? Some might argue he made a tactful decision. (From the standpoint of getting The Word Over The World, and that's all that matters)