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Pro human flourishing. Anti monetary debasement, government/corporate surveillance, and postmodernism. Freedom to, not freedom from. Eikon Tou Theou.
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ETT 1 year ago
I have huge respect for @Jameson Lopp for doing something he thought "terrifying" and going on @Thank God For Bitcoin's podcast to talk about issues outside his core competencies. It was a cordial discussion that touched on a range of topics like epistemology, textual criticism, dogmatism, and of course the similarities between bitcoin culture with religion. A lot of Christians can relate to Jameson's journey: we learn Christian truths as a young person and then later grapple with deeper worldview issues that seem to undermine Christianity. Jordan did a great job responding to Jameson's points, but I would just add this for anyone on a similar journey: It helps to recognize that our cultural moment favors scientism/naturalism and this heavily influences how we determine whether ideas are "true." This tendency is particularly strong in people whose careers are in the hard/empirical sciences like computer science. Setting aside the major problems of scientism and naturalism as epistemologies, believers should always remember that there is truly nothing new under the sun. All the modern "defeaters" of Christianity are not modern at all and thanks to the internet, we have easy access to thoughtful counterpoints to all reasonable objections to Christianity. And JLopp I pray you keep searching/contemplating sir! Christ is risen. He is risen indeed.
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ETT 1 year ago
Good morning nostr. Christ is risen. He is risen indeed!