/lit/ - Literature

>identity politics

>globalism

>Communism/Bolshevism

>National Socialism

>Democracy in general

>feminists / men's rights

>privilege

>the term racism

>I deserve ___ from the government

>America

>disinformation

>not understanding basic symbolism and where terms come from such as Maritime law in the English language

>belief systems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LcIHwanRqs

>geopolitics and European integration

>people who deny human nature i.e. tribal system and hierarchy

>blanket racism (this goes for Talmudic Jews as well)

>"I am blind to race"

>melting pot theory

>>4816670

>"IQ is not a measure of intelligence"

I have an intense disdain for people who say this.

hi lit. i've been uploading massey lectures to youtube. i think you guys would like this one from George Steiner on Nostalgia for the Absolute, which talks about the impact the decline of the relevance of theology which fields inherited its authority and were created by theology's absence, and such things.

here's the playlist. it's a couple of hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VukOvcwOx_c&list=PLXl0aiMiaPjWqejuRPSr5r2JyDfIUkevJ&index=1

if you want any of the other massey lectures uploaded let me know. here's a list of them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massey_Lectures

>>3200246
>Old testament is a reference to this demiurge and New testament is reference to the supreme father?


It's not really as simple as that with the NHL. Some books makes positive use and reference to the books found in the Old Testament, one is filled with direct quotes from Ezekiel and Jeremiah and the Psalms with no reference to the Demiurge at all. Meanwhile, other books like Hypostasis of the Archons, The Apocryphon of John, and On the Origin of the World are pretty much alternate tellings of the Genesis story from this perspective of there being an evil and/or ignorant demiurge (who is typically called 'Yaldabaoth') and perfect and invincible God high above him. For example, Yaltabaoth is quoted as saying "I am a jealous god, no other gods are there before me." Pretty much directly quoting the Old Testament. So, on one end, some of these texts seem to venerate the Jewish prophets as being inspired themselves by the truth from God, while perhaps interpreting their stories and teachings a little differently in light of this demiurge, while others explicitly condemn them as being misled by the demiurge. Works like The Treatise on the Resurrection and On the Exegesis of the Soul don't condemn the Jewish prophets but quote the Old Testament books and mention them with great respect.

Some books state the demiurge is rebellious and malevolent, taking on the role of the Devil, while others portray him as just a little ignorant. Some say he is doomed to burn in a coming day of divine judgement, while other books say that he himself is repentant and rejoiced when the existence and splendor of the Heavenly Father was confirmed for him. Some books state right out or imply that Heavenly Father himself did create the universe, albeit through a demiurge or group of demiurges who may or may not have been consciously aware of his influence in the affair. So there's a strong amount of diversity here.