The Voice of Reason: An Australian review of my presentation on Secular Koranism

Friday, 1 November 2024

An Australian review of my presentation on Secular Koranism

https://t.co/vcauO39j3N
— Robert Cobb (@SgtLeoGLambert) November 1, 2024

5:00 Space begins.

1:32:00 CLAIRE KHAW joins.

Sam Hyde Explains Why Diversity Is Important To The Corporate World https://t.co/iecDwMRqV9 via @YouTube
— Cyborg of Secular Koranism (@Book_of_Rules) November 1, 2024

1:37:00 The best product of activities are already available to the public.

1:38:00 The refined product of my intellectual exertion is already publicly available online.

1:40:00 "It was a little bit scary."

1:41:00 Asking the logical next question to show you understand

1:42:00 Incentive scheme

1:43:00 Sam Hyde

Narratives

1:44:00 Convincing the ruling classes to follow my advice

1:45:00 I am a "rogue force".

1:46:00 I meant to exude warmth and humanity in that interview.

"It was quite scary!"

https://thevoiceofreason-ann.blogspot.com/2024/11/josie-and-i-meet-some-antisemites.html

https://thevoiceofreason-ann.blogspot.com/2024/11/flow-state-calls-me-super-muslim.html

1:47:00 Jay Dyer

1:48:00 King Charles is more likely to convert to Islam than Orthodox Christianity.

1:50:00 Scientology

1:51:00 Roosh V

Inventing new wrong ways to try

1:52:00 Sam Hyde

Million Dollar Extreme

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Extreme

1:54:00 Tony Hinchcliffe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hinchcliffe

Garbage dragged by ocean currents is washing up on PR's shores.

Tony first primes us to expect he's going to mention the existence of a garbage patch in the Atlantic.

We're then surprised by the mention of PR, something no one had anticipated.

His joke led us on a garden-path. https://t.co/dfiKMzcCma
— Arturo Calderón🕵️‍♂️(Philosophus Autodidactus) 📚 (@Meta_Myself) October 28, 2024

1:57:00 Caleb Maupin, Jews, Muslims and Commies, Dugin calling him the Messiah

1:59:00 War Hammer 40K

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000

2:06:00 Nagging Americans to vote

2:07:00 Biblical lore

Beowulf

2:09:00 Women looking for men

2:14:00 Bullying people for comedic value

2:15:00 Weekend house party

2:16:00 Epstein Island

Chequers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chequers

2:21:00 Khalid and me

2:22:00 Bobby Fischer

Magnus Carlson

2:23:00 Benedict Cumberbatch

2:24:00 The Queen's Gambit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Gambit_(novel)

2:27:00 Little policewomen

2:30:00 Aztecs

2:31:00 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypto

2:32:00 The Emperor's New Clothes

2:34:00 The children of married parents

2:35:00 Marriage is not a matter of getting someone to have sex with you.

2:36:00 Marriage is making women aware of the rule about having sex after her wedding and sticking to it.

God's authority over the monarch

2:38:00 Warlords wanted the divine right of kings.

2:39:00 Charlemagne did not crown himself, but Napoleon did.

2:40:00 Mandate of Heaven

2:41:00 MRAs and Roosh

2:42:00 The marriage ceremony

2:43:00 The Tragedy of Oedipus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_Rex

2:45:00 Anointing the king

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anointing

2:47:00 Geometric forms

2:49:00 Opposites attract

2:50:00 Vladimir of Kiev

Russia's conversion to Christianity is largely associated with the adoption of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in the late 10th century. Here's how it unfolded:

1. **Pre-Christian Era**: Before Christianity, the Slavic tribes in the territory of what is now Russia practiced paganism, which involved the worship of various gods and nature spirits.

2. **Viking Influence**: The Rus', a group often identified with Vikings, played a significant role in the early formation of the Kievan Rus', a loose federation of East Slavic and Finnic tribes. The Rus' were exposed to Christianity through their interactions with the Byzantine Empire.

3. **Missionary Activities**: Christian missionaries had been active in the region, but the conversion process was gradual. The Eastern Roman Empire, or Byzantium, was particularly influential due to its economic and cultural ties with the Kievan Rus'.

4. **Vladimir the Great (Vladimir I of Kiev)**: The pivotal moment in the Christianization of Russia occurred under Prince Vladimir I of Kiev, also known as Vladimir the Great, around 987-988 AD.

- **Motivations for Conversion**: Several factors influenced Vladimir's decision:

- Political alliances: Marriage alliances with Christian states could bring political stability and economic benefits.

- The need for a unifying ideology for his realm, which was composed of various tribes with different beliefs.

- The impressive nature of Byzantine Christianity compared to other religions he considered, like Islam and Western Christianity.

- **Baptism**: After sending envoys to study different religions, Vladimir opted for Christianity, reportedly due to the grandeur of the Orthodox liturgy in Hagia Sophia. He was baptized in Crimea in 988 or 989, and upon his return, he ordered the mass baptism of the inhabitants of Kiev in the Dnieper River. This act is traditionally seen as the "baptism of Rus'."

5. **Spread of Christianity**: After Vladimir's conversion, Christianity slowly spread among the Kievan Rus'. Monasticism, the establishment of churches and monasteries, and the use of the Cyrillic alphabet (developed by the brothers Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius for Slavic languages) were instrumental in spreading literacy and Christianity.

6. **Cultural and Religious Development**: Over time, Christianity became deeply integrated into Russian culture, influencing art, literature, architecture, and statecraft. The Russian Orthodox Church emerged as a central institution in Russian life, with the Metropolitan of Kiev initially under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Constantinople but later gaining autocephaly (independence).

This conversion to Christianity not only provided a spiritual foundation for the Russian state but also tied Russia culturally and religiously to the Byzantine Empire, setting the stage for its future development as a major Orthodox Christian nation.

2:52:00 Consumers Guide to Religion

2:53:00 Written Tradition > Oral Tradition

2:54:00 Reason and emotion have to fuse for religious feeling.

2:56:00 King Solomon died an idolater.

The Book of Enoch

2:59:00 E Michael Jones

3:00:00 Narrative, science, art, culture, music

3:01:00 Celtic Christianity superseded by Roman Catholicism.

3:02:00 Council of Nicaea

3:03:00 Trinitarianism > Arianism

Heretic burning was a Christian practice.

3:04:00 Anabaptists