Philosophy

COVID-19 as a Lesson in Humility: Gilbert Mercier on Radio Free Sunroot

This is a partial transcript of an interview of Gilbert Mercier with Kollibri Terre Sonnenblum, host of Radio Free Sunroot, on May 5, 2020. The following excerpt was transcribed by Kollibri. Kollibri: We’re at a point now with this pandemic where capitalism is facing a crisis, perhaps an existential crisis. Gilbert: To me, this is […]

Debating God, Relativism & Perspective Philosophy! Apologetics Class 3

Discord’s home for politics. The official politics discord for debate, history, philosophy, polls, & live events. One of the most active politics discord communities! The large politics discord hosted another AMA with myself and Fr Dcn. which led to a couple debates.  Here, we include two recent AMAs that developed into debates in various forms and fashions.  We discuss St. Maximos and the Logoi, relativism, TAG and more! In the other, a different type of chat / AMA with a gnostic-minded host and his politics server.

Introduction to Philosophy: Aristotle – Jay Dyer / Fr Dcn Dr Ananias


Tonight we will examine the introductory elements of Aristotle and consider how he was highly influential on the Eastern fathers, especially St. Maximos and St. John of Damascus.  Together with the Neoplatonists, we want to uncover the delicate balance of ferreting out pagan assumptions from truth. Fr Dcn. Dr. Ananias can be found here. Tonight at 5PM CST! 

Debating Divine Conceptualism & Perspective Philosophy! Jay Dyer& Fr Dcn Dr Ananias

Discord’s home for politics. The official politics discord for debate, history, philosophy, polls, & live events. One of the most active politics discord communities! The large politics discord hosted another AMA with myself and Fr Dcn. which led to a couple debates. Perspective philosophy, a YouTuber who has long desired a debate, hops on to promote his brand of philosophy and modified skepticism against TAG.

The Americans – Cold War Secrets Revealed – Jay Dyer / Mark Hackard


Russia Analyst Mark Hackard returns to discuss the Illegals program and Directorate S now that I completed the FX series.  The 6 season show chronicles and illegals family in the US and its (exaggerated) operations towards the end of the Cold War as perestroika approaches.  We will discuss the fiction and fact, fantasy and reality, noting how the show strove, for the most part, to attain realism.

 

The Characteristics of an Initiation Ritual


From Truthstream Media
“This new language imparts a new understanding through definitions the ritual generates; meaning pegged to signposts of its own self-referential process, even if the original purpose is lost in the repetition of action. A ritual initiation introduces and inducts one into “the way” … a new way of life or worldview, a program to guide beliefs and actions enabling the initiate to become a full and true member of the new society.