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Dec 3, 2023Liked by R. Toney Brooks, PhD

Sinners always inevitably create hell on earth - the wages of sin are quite literally death. A "culture" of death now patterns and controls every aspect of human culture - the death-saturated values of Pentagon based military-industrial-"entertainment"/propaganda complex now controls the destiny of life on Earth (both human and non-human).

Does the all pervasive Indivisible Living Divine Reality have a will?

The Indivisible Living Divine Reality pervades every minute fraction and the paradoxical slices and dimensions of space-time.

Who chooses such a person or persons to serve and on what basis?

Being merely ideas about the nature of Reality all religious and theological ideas reduce The Living Divine Reality to the mortal human scale only. They are thus used to justify all of the inevitable horrors created by institutional religionists.

Do you by any chance know that the director of the Federalist Society is a member of Opus Dei and that First Things is closely associated with Opus Dei too. First Things also openly pretends that the Catholic church as defined by them is the only source of Truth in the world. And that all other religious world-views, including that of Protestant Christianity are in serious error and therefore, in one way or another have to be converted to the "one true way".

This site describes the in-and-outs of the totalizing way promoted by Opus Dei

http://www.odan.org

Various Islamic apologists also erroneously claim that Islam is the only True and final "religion". Islam being the supposed "final" revelation.

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Dec 3, 2023·edited Sep 14Author

Thanks for your insights, Jonathan. I, too, disdain Opus Dei, as well as other forms and manifestations of religious exclusivism and absolutism. I support God-fearing thinkers. Neither Judaism nor Christianity nor anything else can lay legitimate claim to being the One True Religion.

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Dec 2, 2023Liked by R. Toney Brooks, PhD

There is of course no such thing as a holy country, or empire.

Jesus gave an explicit criticism of such via his very angry criticism of both the ecclesiastical and political establishments of his time and place.

Only individuals one-at-a-time can be in any sense holy. Such holiness has been manifested all over the world throughout human history, in the case of Illuminated Saints, Yogis, Mystics and Sages.

Speaking of reshaping the world, especially in the case of America that is exactly what this outfit intends to do if it gains the necessary political power to do so. It has a very detailed manifesto of what it intends to do. If re-elected Donald Trump would empower this project.

http://www.project2025.org

It is funded by at least 72 deep-pockets right-wing think tanks (etc). Most/all of which are closely associated with right wing back-to-the-past Christian true-believers. And very much associated with both the money-lenders of our time and place, and the ecclesiastical establishment too as promoted by such outfits as First Things, and the Federalist Society too.

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Dec 2, 2023·edited Sep 14Author

Thank you for your comment, Jonathan, and for the link. I don't know much about 'Project 2025' or First Things. These days, I simply hope and pray we humans make it to 2025. The Bible defines 'holy' as some-thing or some-one that is chosen to serve and fulfill the will of God. I believe it is in this context that the term 'Holy Rus' should be understood.

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Thank you for sharing your insights on this topic. I'm superficially aware that Vladimir Putin has encouraged the Church's resurgence, and that interests me a great deal. I have wondered if his promotion is due mainly to shrewd pragmatism (ie religion being a unified force to strenghthen 'Mother Russia' nationalism) or if he himself holds the faith in his own heart and mind. Or, do his personal convictions matter? One hears of Russia's own moves towards a digital currency and all that that entails, which he must surely see as antithetical to a re-spiritualized society and culture (?).

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Spiritualized like materialistic and consumer-driven cultures? Some might argue that such cultures themselves are at odds with spiritual values. There are so many textual considerations that remain to be sorted regarding CBDCs, which appear to be on our horizon whether we like it or not. It seems the alignment or misalignment of CBDCs with a spiritualized culture is subject to the broader socioeconomic and ethical environment in which they exist. Personally, I have concerns if our "ethical environment" is subject to the World Economic Forum's Great Reset. We in the U.S. appear to be fully onboard with their godless globalist agenda. Thanks for your comment, Joanie!

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I am just seeing this response from you now (no email notification this time).

I said "all that that entails" (an economy built around cbdc banking) meaning utter loss of privacy and control of our lives economically, materially, and socially. I don't see how it could be otherwise.

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Sep 21Liked by R. Toney Brooks, PhD

Problem is, this idea that Russia is for a multipolar world with everyone co-existing clashes with Russia supposedly about preserving traditional values. The theory hence, doesn’t make sense.

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I don't see the contradiction. Russia's "traditional values" involve family and spirituality. You might like to read Alexander Dugin. https://open.substack.com/pub/hybridwar/p/traditionalists-of-all-countries?r=g6u5j&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Sep 22Liked by R. Toney Brooks, PhD

I’ve read Dugin. What he says is ambiguous—very dreamy sounding too. He should be more explicit. The contradiction is this—how can you have a multipolar world and promote traditional values—when there are perspectives against traditional values. Dugin can’t have it both ways. He’s got to choose. Both is an impossibility.

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Sep 22·edited Sep 22Author

I don't wish to belabor the point. To tidy up, in a multipolar (multinodal) world, different regions or “nodes” can embrace and uphold their own values and systems. This diversity is a fundamental aspect of multipolarity, allowing for a variety of cultural, political, and social norms to coexist.

On the other hand, unipolar hegemony typically involves a single dominant power imposing its values and systems on others. This can lead (and is intended to lead) to a more homogenized global culture, where alternative perspectives and traditional values might be suppressed or marginalized; to wit, Davos-style 'globalism.'

So, your argument that Dugin (Russia) can’t have both multipolarity and traditional values seems to overlook the fact that multipolarity inherently supports the coexistence of diverse values, including traditional ones. Each node in a multipolar world can maintain its own set of values without being forced to conform to a single dominant ideology. Thank you for your comment, Katharia.

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First of all, thank you for being so polite. It’s refreshing to be able to discuss this way. I do agree on the point that today, where control seems at a great maximum, a multipolar world is better since it will allow those with traditional values to go about their own way. But in terms of the ultimate end (which I understand, as an Orthodox country, Russia is concerned with), multipolarity is a contradiction. Isn’t the ultimate goal a global Christian monarchy, where Church and State are united? Isn’t this the inevitable of Christianity?

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*the inevitable end of Christianity?

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Sep 22·edited Sep 22Author

I believe any government that would, as policy, advocate for the end of Christianity would invite Divine destruction upon itself. (In fact, I fret about this often.)

To your point, Dugin believes that the Orthodox Church is an integral part of Russian identity and tradition, and he often criticizes the secularization and liberalization of Western societies. His vision includes a strong, unified state that upholds and promotes Orthodox Christian values, suggesting a form of governance where the church and state work closely together, e.g. Holy Rus, but not "a Christian monarchy." Multipolarity implicates religious freedom, a concept under far greater threat from the Unipolar West than from any Civilization State such as Russia.

As the political arm of the New (Global) World Order, I understand why the Roman Church takes issue with multipolarity just as Washington takes issue with its loss of Supreme Hegemony.

As for the inevitable end of Christianity, I believe that the West and Roman Catholicism, are far more likely to bring an end not only to Christianity but to all unfavored religions, i.e. any belief system that challenges the One World Church (Rome). The unipolar world we live in is driving straight into the abyss of totalitarianism -- and the inevitable end of Christianity, Islam, etc. Zionism will, of course, survive and thrive.

Civility is one of the aspects of Substack I most enjoy. Thank you for yours!

https://alexanderdugin.substack.com/about

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Just as i already claim as 'hanaghgamy' there are a war going on (3e worldwar called 'roman kingdom war, what is the outcome of this war', a war wherein a 'anti-christ' vs 'Pro-christ' is fight out between 'evil people' vs 'People who support the true,christ!'... Better than this world happing can not otherwise explain as in the bible already predict as the present time events. A fourth kingdom under the 'anti-christ' may never be come a reality... Because they live a live based on lies,aggression,hate,choas,unresponsible behave,and want a anti human beign society! Therefor i support a new time of the world end that lives in true en ethiek and good behaviour of mankind! Good historical story as describe the problems of the WWIII war going on in this world to get a other world what we do not know what comes to us as all!

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