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Linda's avatar

Simply brilliant Isaac, I can't argue with a word of it.

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Funny that this post didn’t appear in my app until today, days after you posted it. Yesterday, I had a meeting with this preacher from a local church where I did a play prior to covid. He and I struck an unlikely friendship, him trying to convince me that Jesus is the right path and me softly explaining that although I appreciate the teachings of Jesus, it isn’t the only path, just the path that some people resonate with. I brought up Terence McKenna and Alan Watts and said their truth resonates with me just as deep and maybe you get closer to understanding god being a psychonaut. We’ve had these kinds of conversations for the last four years and not until yesterday did he concede that his religion can be exclusive. The whole Isaac thing came up as he argued that it was a true test of faith and I argued why test someone that way? Wouldn’t you forsake your humanity if you agree to do something so violent in the name of ideology? I brought up the whole conversation between O’Brian and Winston in 1984 where Winston answers with a resounding ‘yes’ to the question of throwing acid in a child’s face if it served the Brotherhood in destroying the Party. Well, who wants to be in a Brotherhood that asks for that? Incidentally, Charles Eisenstein just published a six part essay on this subject and if you have the time I would love to hear your thoughts on it. It’s on Substack.

Anyway, I wish I had come across this essay before meeting with my preacher friend because you, ever so eloquently and with a pinch of humor, get to the heart of it. I really love reading what you have to say, Isaac. Grateful to make a connection with you this year and looking forward to more.

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