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I wasn't going to respond but I'll bite - and I will probably regret it - but here we go. I'm taking your comment as mostly tongue-in-cheek but with a bit of an edge.

There is a very rich vein of thought from Christian ethics and theology that has had a big impact on how we think in the modern Western world. For example, the idea of an individual having inherent dignity of the person in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is inspired in large part from the concept of the Imago Dei in Judaism and Christianity.

I'm only about a quarter of the way through the book but it is interesting to see how Christianity tried to merge ethical thinking from the ancient Greek world (natural law and virtue ethics) and Judeo-Christian approaches (rules for a particular people situated in a social context). It would be stupid …

started reading Christian Ethics by D. Stephen Long

D. Stephen Long: Christian Ethics (Paperback, 2010, Oxford University Press) No rating

Christian ethics, writes theologian D. Stephen Long, is the pursuit of God's goodness by people …

I love the Very Short Introduction series and this year I want to read more of them. In grad school I had an opportunity to take two courses in theological ethics and I have since had an interest in Ethics more generally and religious ethics more particularly. Looking forward to brushing up a bit and learning more in 2025!

#Christianity #Christian #Ethics #Theology #Philosophy #Religion #ReligiousStudies

Hellfire and brimstone is history’s most successful advertising campaign

The Christian Church teaches that their god is a divine Nazi that throws sinners into the divine Auschwitz oven. What is a god of 'love' doing running an eternal crematorium in an everlasting concentration camp? Hmm?

The stock market in hell shows sales of fire extinguishers and charcoal on the rise. The devil is selling charcoal and fire extinquishers to the slaves of religion. The real last supper of the Church religion is a divine barbecue at the Devil’s Deep Down Shindig. Is it not written in the BBQ version of the Bible?

https://blog.nightbulb.net/theocapitalism-and-the-sale-of-incendiaries-versus-the-divine-clock-or-zodiac/


The Gospel of Cain

The gospel of Cain is a gospel of religious works and pretended declarations of spiritual superiority. The false teachers say that one must keep a law or set of rules to be saved and accepted by God.

And we know that Cain was a murderer and hated righteous Abel. So we should examine the difference between the sacrifices of Cain and Abel to understand how Cain perverts the gospel.

https://blog.nightbulb.net/the-gospel-of-cain/


”In a technological society [..], we have made a cult out of the belief that each new incremental innovation should mark a turning point in history, or at least that it should be significant. In this way, when we make or even simply adopt some new gizmo or app, we are encouraged to feel that we are part of the answer to what comes next.”

”Tech Agnostic” by Greg Epstein
https://a.co/0PFInPN

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 -

Both spectacular reads after we get past Milton's narratological problem; and my take: Regained is the stronger work!

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