Chook @Chimp_Chook

A lot of Orthodox Christians seem to think the answer to modern liberal society is fascism, which in their view, is the natural antidote or polar opposite of liberalism. The problem with that however, is that fascism itself is a revolutionary and modern ideology, it is not reactionary. But before talking about that, it is worthwhile to understand proper Orthodox Christian political thought, and while there isn't one modern ideology that fully encapsulates an Orthodox political way of life, it is generally agreed that looking to Byzantium for answers, as a kind of agreed upon standard, is the correct way to go about it. There isn't enough room to go into great depth on this post but some of the hallmarks of Byzantine society and political thought would include: Taxis- The properly arranged order of things. What is on Earth should be a reflection of that in Heaven. State, Church, Oikonomia are placed in an inalienable harmony. Innovation is seen as heresy. Symphonia- Priesthood and Empire are two separate gifts of God that should work in harmony. Neither absorbs the other. The state always remains faithful to the teachings of the Church and the Church entrusts the state to carry out divine rule. Philanthropia/Philotimo- The much strived for virtue of every emperor expressed as mercy, charity and always looking for what is best for fellow man. Romanity- Byzantines can be described as cultural supremacists, and took pride in their ancestry, in their love of Greek learning and writing. But this does not equate to fascist views of race. Romanity was open for anyone to embrace, while still recognising ethnic boundaries. The Church was not a national one, it was the Ecumenical Church open to all people and for all people. Ethnophyletism (meaning my church for my people) was a completely foreign idea to Byzantium. Mussolini himself wrote that monarchism belongs to the past, as well as the importance of Church in society. Fascism is about changing the established social order, bringing about a new change in man, much like communism and every other ideology born from around this time period. The main driving force of fascism, that the nation is the most highest and sacred value, is simply an innovation (kainotomia) and foreign to a true heavenly & imperial civilisation.

Time lapse of the entire history of Rome. 753 BC to 1453 AD

One paragraph from C. S. Lewis can change your life

Remember how good we had it?

"Shock report" from Australia. Are we shocked? No, we are not shocked.

Tired of this excuse. First of all, social security is not something you “pay into.” If it were, you wouldn’t need younger people to “pay into it” in order to get your check. But you do. Because this is a Ponzi scheme, not a retirement account. What you really mean to say is that your money was stolen from you — which it was — and now you want to steal from younger people to get restitution. That’s the actual case you’re making and it’s exactly as morally deranged as it sounds. Second, your generation continually for decades voted for politicians who would keep the scheme going. You might not have invented social security, but you damn sure made certain it kept going. Why should younger people have to pay the price for the shitty policies you supported? Third, you “paid into” social security in a different time. The country is now bankrupted and 40 trillion dollars in debt, and basic things like housing are prohibitively expensive. It wasn’t like that when you were young, because your generation of leadership created this problem. So the theme here is that there are a bunch of problems you guys either created or contributed to. You can choose to pay the price for that now, or force your grandchildren to pay the price so you can live comfortably until you die and leave them holding the bag. You’ve chosen the latter, and I think that’s wrong. Simple as that.

Colin O'Brien @RadioCarpenter

3 weeks ago

@MattWalshBlog Matt, the older people expecting Social Security have PAID INTO IT their entire lives. Young people are just doing the exact same thing we did. They're not getting some special punishment to subsidize older people. And older people have a higher net worth BECAUSE THEY'VE WORKED!

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The contact between Islam and Buddhism in the early period of the Caliphate was marked with conflict and philosophical rejection Buddhists having threatening degree of sophistication were able to so thoroughly defeat them in debate that it lead to heresies like of Jahmiyya sect

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King Hit/Coward Punch discourse on radio. "Why is this still happening?" "Why doesnt the government make it superillegal?" First off, in the class of people who largely are involved in hitting and being hit these are called Dog Shots. When the laws came in everyone agreed, yes these are weak dog shots and you should be standing face to face, dont hit when theyre down and fucked etc. The problem is youre also not allowed to do that either, media is even now calling any fight a Coward Punch. So culturally there is no safety switch. What we need is to be allowed to fight properly face to face with no weapons and no hitting on the ground with the only police involvement being crowd control. Just like what happens in remote aboriginal communities.

An Orthodox prayer alternating with Arabic & Greek. The beauty of the Apostolic faith. ☦️

Talk theology with Protestants long enough, and you will repeatedly discover that many of them are, in substance, Arians, Nestorians, Sabellians, Marcionites, iconoclasts, Gnostics, or some strange combination of the above. This raises an uncomfortable question. If Sola Scriptura is supposed to safeguard the Apostolic faith, why has it proven so incapable of preventing Christians from continually falling back into ancient errors the Church condemned centuries ago?

A Family is around 10 people A Band is 3-4 families together. A Horde/Estate is a couple of Bands A Clan is multiple Hordes A Tribe is multiple Clans 1000+ people. A lot of these claims are catering to Bands.

Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇫🇷🇺🇦🇹🇼 @DrewPavlou

4 weeks ago

I did not know that the Gadigal clan of Sydney was only like 50 to 80 people when the British settled in 1788.

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Every day I log into this app and find out the prots have gotten even worse

Douglas James Cheatham @BTalk712

a month ago

Making Jesus the Almighty God is blasphemy. Just a fact.

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God bless you Tony you have never been even a little bit normal a day in your life and I appreciate that you have never once lied to us about that.

Jed I. Goodman © @jedigoodman

4 weeks ago

Tony Ferguson: "You touched my face. You touched my face. The last person that touched my face was my mom. I'm gonna touch you." #MisfitsBoxing #CejudoWalton

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When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. — Psalm 27:10:

“Beyond them is more than memory.” Is one of the strongest lines Tolkien has ever written After we die, we have more to look forward to than just memory of this life.

The Middle-earth Mixer @MiddleearthMixr

a month ago

“In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.” - Aragorn on his death bed to Arwen

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Remember Joshua Van using oblique kicks in R3 to stop the forward progression of Royval and help seal a career changing win? Yeah, let's eliminate real techniques from MMA. Great idea.

Real.

My eyes are not dry I promise you that.

The West is Greek Wisdom. The West is Roman Order. The West is Germanic Fervour. The West is Iberian Devotion. The West is Celtic Imagination. The West is Slavic Perseverance. The West is Christian Faith.

Charlie Downes @cfdownes_

2 months ago

Our time is coming. The world-conquering spirit of European Man, long dormant, is beginning to stir.

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