I haven't read the interview yet, but I'm really looking forward to it. I recently subscribed to Dr Erdmann when he was mentioned by Hrvoje Moric (Geopolitics and Empire SS) and have the book marked for future purchase. I have been saying for some time that the foundational problem with trying to persuade 'normies' of what is going on, and particularly of the military-grade act of terrorism that was perpetrated against us in 2020-21, is nothing to do with evidence, which is largely irrelevant and impotent as a weapon of defence in most circumstances. The problem is that most people - including most Christians, unfortunately - are state worshippers who believe, without the slightest real evidence or any curiosity to look behind the curtain, that the state and its institutions (from politics to schools and universities to 'healthcare' systems') are benign. I think it is not an accident that many who 'woke up' around 2020 (in the west, anyway) were either Christians or latent Christians, who were fortunate enough to have belief in something bigger to fall back on. If you take away most people's assumptions of the insitutions that surround them as being well disposed towards them, they have no anchor and will put up a formidable resistance to the truth (i.e. having their comfort blanket pulled from them).
Historically, in the United States the historical definition of Republican Democracy was not a "matter of which political candidate gains the favor of the majority of voters", elections were only one small piece of democracy. The United States once had genuinely democratic governance structures, however imperfect and limited, fundamentally based around decentralized and publicly accessible mass-member parties. The Democratic Party, as a small "d" democratic institution, and the Republican Party, as a small "r" republican institution, were honest in their naming and functioned within a politically, economically, governmentally, financially, and scientifically decentralized and pluralized system that had legal and regulatory variability, policy variability, an intentionally diffused and pluralized private sector, and local fiscal dominance. These parties, while far from flawless, allowed for real representation, genuinely participatory governance structures even for very serious policy matters with real participation, and a level of public accountability in political, economic, governmental, financial, and scientific decision making.
However, after WW2 a long multi decadal transformation began due to the dirty deeds of a convergence of several interests and an assortment of powerful special interest groups, and then our parties were transformed into centralized, exclusionary membership organizations. The so called Democratic Party has become a technocracy party, and the so called Republican Party became a conservative party. Neither really represents their original principles of democracy or republicanism, and they don't offer meaningful access or representation to the public. This transformation of the parties has been accompanied by a broader centralization of political, economic, and scientific decision making, which has caused the effective loss of most democratic governance structures.
"Different religions have all sorts of ideas and beliefs about the nature of God. But none of those dogmas or doctrines will ever do anything to change the simplest and most intimately human experience of encountering face to face - inside a doorway, a kitchen, out in the garden - the crushing reality that you realize can kill you in an instant. And, once you have glimpsed this, it will never leave you the same again.
I am referring to the reality of God as omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent: as knowing everything because of being everywhere and the power behind the whole of existence."
I contemplate that every Christian in a church thinks they’re in the right church or denomination. It is tormenting at times. It’s difficult living in the world and giving every it all to following Christ. Who are the one another’s in the New Testament? What denomination is correct or the most correct? It’s seems with modernity that
God has been replaced. Just thoughts to contemplate.
Constitution say no religion in government. 🤷🏼 The plot thickens. Religion is a trap and how foreign fingers got in our cool aid. Even Jefferson made his own version because the kjv was so toxic. They removed your ability to question authority and religious figures. No creator would ask that. Thomas Paine would have much more to add as well. 🍻♾️🙏🏼
I haven't read the interview yet, but I'm really looking forward to it. I recently subscribed to Dr Erdmann when he was mentioned by Hrvoje Moric (Geopolitics and Empire SS) and have the book marked for future purchase. I have been saying for some time that the foundational problem with trying to persuade 'normies' of what is going on, and particularly of the military-grade act of terrorism that was perpetrated against us in 2020-21, is nothing to do with evidence, which is largely irrelevant and impotent as a weapon of defence in most circumstances. The problem is that most people - including most Christians, unfortunately - are state worshippers who believe, without the slightest real evidence or any curiosity to look behind the curtain, that the state and its institutions (from politics to schools and universities to 'healthcare' systems') are benign. I think it is not an accident that many who 'woke up' around 2020 (in the west, anyway) were either Christians or latent Christians, who were fortunate enough to have belief in something bigger to fall back on. If you take away most people's assumptions of the insitutions that surround them as being well disposed towards them, they have no anchor and will put up a formidable resistance to the truth (i.e. having their comfort blanket pulled from them).
Very impressive interview.
Thank you!
A most wonderful insight for future wellness, thank you.
Historically, in the United States the historical definition of Republican Democracy was not a "matter of which political candidate gains the favor of the majority of voters", elections were only one small piece of democracy. The United States once had genuinely democratic governance structures, however imperfect and limited, fundamentally based around decentralized and publicly accessible mass-member parties. The Democratic Party, as a small "d" democratic institution, and the Republican Party, as a small "r" republican institution, were honest in their naming and functioned within a politically, economically, governmentally, financially, and scientifically decentralized and pluralized system that had legal and regulatory variability, policy variability, an intentionally diffused and pluralized private sector, and local fiscal dominance. These parties, while far from flawless, allowed for real representation, genuinely participatory governance structures even for very serious policy matters with real participation, and a level of public accountability in political, economic, governmental, financial, and scientific decision making.
However, after WW2 a long multi decadal transformation began due to the dirty deeds of a convergence of several interests and an assortment of powerful special interest groups, and then our parties were transformed into centralized, exclusionary membership organizations. The so called Democratic Party has become a technocracy party, and the so called Republican Party became a conservative party. Neither really represents their original principles of democracy or republicanism, and they don't offer meaningful access or representation to the public. This transformation of the parties has been accompanied by a broader centralization of political, economic, and scientific decision making, which has caused the effective loss of most democratic governance structures.
Amazing!
"Different religions have all sorts of ideas and beliefs about the nature of God. But none of those dogmas or doctrines will ever do anything to change the simplest and most intimately human experience of encountering face to face - inside a doorway, a kitchen, out in the garden - the crushing reality that you realize can kill you in an instant. And, once you have glimpsed this, it will never leave you the same again.
I am referring to the reality of God as omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent: as knowing everything because of being everywhere and the power behind the whole of existence."
- Peter Kingsley, Catafalque
Greed over God . 😢
I contemplate that every Christian in a church thinks they’re in the right church or denomination. It is tormenting at times. It’s difficult living in the world and giving every it all to following Christ. Who are the one another’s in the New Testament? What denomination is correct or the most correct? It’s seems with modernity that
God has been replaced. Just thoughts to contemplate.
Constitution say no religion in government. 🤷🏼 The plot thickens. Religion is a trap and how foreign fingers got in our cool aid. Even Jefferson made his own version because the kjv was so toxic. They removed your ability to question authority and religious figures. No creator would ask that. Thomas Paine would have much more to add as well. 🍻♾️🙏🏼
This is most interesting, thank you!