Fundamentals and understanding of Deism and drama of Deistic moments of 18th century in Europe. Discussion upon European religious civilization and how it faced various religious oppression.
Would love to know who the lecturer is, what lecture series this is from, and what institution it's associated with. It's customary to put such information in the description.
I seriously doubt that if there was no gravity, that you would spin off the earth. Your relative speed would be simply be the same as the earth below. The only time you could spin off the earth, is if there WAS gravity, and the earth suddenly stopped. Then at the equator you would go flying at 1000 MPH. At mid latitudes you'd spin off at 500 MPH. At the poles you might fall down but probably not get hurt.
I sincerely believe GOD speaks to us as INDIVIDUALS - HE writes the "laws" on our hearts. That's also why I believe that there are no longer "prophets", because they are no longer needed. Another way of saying that is there are no FALSE Prophets, {today} because there are no PROPHETS.
One reason VOLUNTARISM fits so well with the Christian life is because in the case of economics, economic transactions can be dynamic and flexible. If you wish you can give away goods and services no questions asked. In some cases you can make "even" trades, or break even moneywise {at cost} - I spent $3.00 making a sandwich, and I sold it for $3.00 OR you can sell for a profit. Either way is totally fine. What is NOT moral or ethical, is when an entity with guns says to let's say an individual, "ah ha !!! Citizen !!! "We" see you "made" 100,000 dollars last year. By decree, we DEMAND you send us a check for 35,000 dollars and if you don't pay it, we will send men with guns to put you in a cage". Thay my friend is ABSOLUTE EVIL !!!
I have heard a form of this argument a lot from Christians. The rich man or ruler asks Jesus what he should do to attain eternal life, and Jesus says sell all and give to the poor. Even in ancient Jewish society, there were provisions made to prevent inequality, such as the jubilee and the allowance of the poor to pick from the far edges of the crop fields. What surprises me is how anti Bible Christianity has become. They would, either knowingly or not, rather protect the interests of the wealthy than to protect those who have been marginalized by society. Jesus didn't care about the money. His concern was for the poor, the widow, the orphan, the lame, the weary, etc. I've heard Christians argue that God only helps those who help themselves. Jesus, on the other hand, helped those incapable of helping themselves. I wish Christians were more like Jesus. Jesus cared about the migrants. Jesus cared about the outcasts. Jesus cared about the Samaritans or those different from himself. Jesus gave his life. He didn't fight for the rights to open carry swords. We need more people like Jesus, but we know when a person becomes woke, they will be viciously attacked by the religious elite just like Jesus, and sometimes even killed like Martin Luther King Jr.
@@christopher4688 So EVERYTHING you said is PERFECT. Now please tell me that in no way you were implying that when a government receives taxes and creates programs for the poor, that - that is a good thing. Because that is not. In fact it's EVIL and I'll tell you why - it's simple math - If I force my neighbor to give me a thousand dollars {and if they refuse I'll lock them up in a cage} but I tell the neighbor, "don't worry, your money will help the poor - have a good attitude about me taking your money" and I take the $1000 and split it up 90/10. 900 dollars I keep for myself for "administrative" costs, and only $100 I use to help the poor, that my friend is the DFINITION of EVIL. Because what I have done is richen myself at the poor's expense. And that's EXACTLY what governments do. The neighbor could have just given $200 DIRECTLY to the poor and saved 800 bucks and the poor received twice as much.
@MUSTARDseed SOCIETY First, taxes are not just helping the poor. Even if it did, I fail to see how it's necessarily evil. Do you drive on raods? Do you use bridges? What about stop signs and stop lights? Have you ever been to a state park? Have you ever been to a library? My roads require salt. What about law enforcement? Taxes are not simply going to the poor. Are there areas where we can have meaningful dialog about the misuse of funds within government, sure. Taxes have existed for as long as societies have. Jesus himself said, "Render unto Cesar's what is Cesar's." To neglect the poor is to miss one of Jesus's primary messages. We should want to help those in need. For some reason, not all Christians agree with Jesus on this point. By the way, Jews had laws in the Old Testament to protect the poor. My point is that Christians disagree with the very book they call the Holy Bible or Word of God. This is why I believe Jesus calls the Scribes and Pharosees hypocrites.
I absolutely believe that it is possible for a human who has never seen a "Bible", if they sincerely asked GOD to reveal Themselves, that GOD would do it. However, if one seeks after the "dark side", they might get a "revelation" of an entity that might appear to look like GOD, but is a fake - an evil entity if you will.
Well, I certainly can NOT accept that we {humans} will ever know ALL there is to know about GOD. That would be absolutely totally IMPOSSIBLE. GOD is infinite. I think the reason GOD created the universe so vast, was to get it through our thick skulls how BIG GOD really is. We look through the Hubble telescope and see the most far away galaxies that we can imagine, then realize the Hubble telescope has only scratched the surface.
@@karlanthoni3253There's a difference between knowing GOD, and knowing everything about GOD. Knowing GOD is absolutely possible - that's what the Bible points us to. However, you will NEVER in all of eternity know all there is about GOD. Proof of that is start asking yourself who created GOD ?? Your brain will go into a ROADBLOCK, because GOD is eternal, HE's always existed, but it still doesn't answer the question, but by the same token it does answer the question. Also if we look at the tree of the Knowledge of Good & Evil, GOD originally intended for man to NOT know about evil. Sadly humanity had to learn about it, and the Gospel helps us to UNLEARN evil.
Deism is not a religion. I has no book ,no hierarchy , leaders or structure. It's a belief that we were created and that God does not intervene in our lives.
Well said.
Very good!
"Birth of the Modern Mind," by The Great Courses, and a course that is absolutely essential to understanding western culture.
Nature leaves the choice open. Ideologies and religions limit it and handover the power to the controlers.
We have brains. We can find the cause with reason and logic.
Yes, the truth is evident. It is not hidden and does not need revelation.
Well, I'm all onboard with Calvin in regards to tree leaves !!!
Hell yeah, this was awesome!
14:06 I'd love to hear the mental gymnastics involved in how he arrived at this conclusion.
The name of the speaker is?
Would love to know who the lecturer is, what lecture series this is from, and what institution it's associated with. It's customary to put such information in the description.
Those of you in the comments need to do a little research on the Anunaki. We may not be exactly who we think we are.
Agreed!
I seriously doubt that if there was no gravity, that you would spin off the earth. Your relative speed would be simply be the same as the earth below. The only time you could spin off the earth, is if there WAS gravity, and the earth suddenly stopped. Then at the equator you would go flying at 1000 MPH. At mid latitudes you'd spin off at 500 MPH. At the poles you might fall down but probably not get hurt.
I sincerely believe GOD speaks to us as INDIVIDUALS - HE writes the "laws" on our hearts. That's also why I believe that there are no longer "prophets", because they are no longer needed. Another way of saying that is there are no FALSE Prophets, {today} because there are no PROPHETS.
One reason VOLUNTARISM fits so well with the Christian life is because in the case of economics, economic transactions can be dynamic and flexible. If you wish you can give away goods and services no questions asked. In some cases you can make "even" trades, or break even moneywise {at cost} - I spent $3.00 making a sandwich, and I sold it for $3.00 OR you can sell for a profit. Either way is totally fine. What is NOT moral or ethical, is when an entity with guns says to let's say an individual, "ah ha !!! Citizen !!! "We" see you "made" 100,000 dollars last year. By decree, we DEMAND you send us a check for 35,000 dollars and if you don't pay it, we will send men with guns to put you in a cage". Thay my friend is ABSOLUTE EVIL !!!
I have heard a form of this argument a lot from Christians. The rich man or ruler asks Jesus what he should do to attain eternal life, and Jesus says sell all and give to the poor. Even in ancient Jewish society, there were provisions made to prevent inequality, such as the jubilee and the allowance of the poor to pick from the far edges of the crop fields.
What surprises me is how anti Bible Christianity has become. They would, either knowingly or not, rather protect the interests of the wealthy than to protect those who have been marginalized by society. Jesus didn't care about the money. His concern was for the poor, the widow, the orphan, the lame, the weary, etc. I've heard Christians argue that God only helps those who help themselves. Jesus, on the other hand, helped those incapable of helping themselves.
I wish Christians were more like Jesus. Jesus cared about the migrants. Jesus cared about the outcasts. Jesus cared about the Samaritans or those different from himself. Jesus gave his life. He didn't fight for the rights to open carry swords. We need more people like Jesus, but we know when a person becomes woke, they will be viciously attacked by the religious elite just like Jesus, and sometimes even killed like Martin Luther King Jr.
@@christopher4688 So EVERYTHING you said is PERFECT. Now please tell me that in no way you were implying that when a government receives taxes and creates programs for the poor, that - that is a good thing. Because that is not. In fact it's EVIL and I'll tell you why - it's simple math - If I force my neighbor to give me a thousand dollars {and if they refuse I'll lock them up in a cage} but I tell the neighbor, "don't worry, your money will help the poor - have a good attitude about me taking your money" and I take the $1000 and split it up 90/10. 900 dollars I keep for myself for "administrative" costs, and only $100 I use to help the poor, that my friend is the DFINITION of EVIL. Because what I have done is richen myself at the poor's expense. And that's EXACTLY what governments do. The neighbor could have just given $200 DIRECTLY to the poor and saved 800 bucks and the poor received twice as much.
@MUSTARDseed SOCIETY First, taxes are not just helping the poor. Even if it did, I fail to see how it's necessarily evil. Do you drive on raods? Do you use bridges? What about stop signs and stop lights? Have you ever been to a state park? Have you ever been to a library? My roads require salt. What about law enforcement? Taxes are not simply going to the poor. Are there areas where we can have meaningful dialog about the misuse of funds within government, sure.
Taxes have existed for as long as societies have. Jesus himself said, "Render unto Cesar's what is Cesar's." To neglect the poor is to miss one of Jesus's primary messages. We should want to help those in need. For some reason, not all Christians agree with Jesus on this point. By the way, Jews had laws in the Old Testament to protect the poor. My point is that Christians disagree with the very book they call the Holy Bible or Word of God. This is why I believe Jesus calls the Scribes and Pharosees hypocrites.
I absolutely believe that it is possible for a human who has never seen a "Bible", if they sincerely asked GOD to reveal Themselves, that GOD would do it. However, if one seeks after the "dark side", they might get a "revelation" of an entity that might appear to look like GOD, but is a fake - an evil entity if you will.
why does this have to be jewsplained? sigh.
Were is my reward?
For what?
Were?
Well, I certainly can NOT accept that we {humans} will ever know ALL there is to know about GOD. That would be absolutely totally IMPOSSIBLE. GOD is infinite. I think the reason GOD created the universe so vast, was to get it through our thick skulls how BIG GOD really is. We look through the Hubble telescope and see the most far away galaxies that we can imagine, then realize the Hubble telescope has only scratched the surface.
There are fundamentals to everything in existence. Even fundamentals of God. Know the fundamentals of God, then you will know God.
@@karlanthoni3253There's a difference between knowing GOD, and knowing everything about GOD. Knowing GOD is absolutely possible - that's what the Bible points us to. However, you will NEVER in all of eternity know all there is about GOD. Proof of that is start asking yourself who created GOD ?? Your brain will go into a ROADBLOCK, because GOD is eternal, HE's always existed, but it still doesn't answer the question, but by the same token it does answer the question. Also if we look at the tree of the Knowledge of Good & Evil, GOD originally intended for man to NOT know about evil. Sadly humanity had to learn about it, and the Gospel helps us to UNLEARN evil.
Deism is religious looneyism!
Deism is not a religion. I has no book ,no hierarchy , leaders or structure. It's a belief that we were created and that God does not intervene in our lives.