/lit/ - Literature

>>14099736

My thoughts...

Jesus went to the root of humanity's problems.

Hume identified that at the root of any ethical framework is sentiment. In the field of psychotherapy, any modality has presuppositions or foundations - again rooted in sentiment.

Jesus embodied and commanded Agape. Not 'self-actualization', hedonism, or 'follow your bliss'... Agape.

Jesus embodied Agape, and told humanity to strive for Agape in thought, word, and deed.

It's profound IMO that Jesus never taught a political system, nor comprehensive ethical framework, nor systematic code of customs (unlike other religious figures, that people build religions upon). The focus is entirely put on transformation of self, through relationship and praxis.

Being a good parent, partner, friend, relative, would alone create a social revolution. As contemporary research is showing, a lot of our early experiences as our brains are developing, have a profound (often lifetime) affect upon us. Eg. the A.C.E. (Adverse Childhood Experience) studies. The studies that show that how important benevolent and nurturing parenting is for future psychological and physical health. etc.

Earnestly striving for win/win situations, in regards to economic and governance - due to agape being the foundation for your values and decisions - would arguable lead to better social organization.

Jesus, and Early Christians were about Praxis. Exposition came later. Jesus called people to transformation, not intellectual sophistication.

The gospels were a call to the transcendent. Arguably a person can only be increase their awareness of the transcendent through praxis. The Christian philosophers and theologians, arguably just help remove intellectual objections to Christianity, by attempting to provide a coherent reconciliation between experience and Christian theism.

Christianity is arguably about Praxis and Relationship, not about semantic theological arguments and institutions.

Non Fiction...

Sinner's In The Hands Of A Loving God By Brian Zahnd
Lies We Believe About God by Wm Paul Young
A More Christlike God By Bradley Jersak
The Unbearable Wholeness Of Being By ilia Delio
The Signature Series By C.S. Lewis.

>>14038166
>Media and feminists are irreligious? Rich aren't revered by the religious? Nonsense. By what data did you reckon that secular humanists revere the rich more than others?

I didn't make any of those claims.

I also never made the claim that people who state they are religious, practice religion.

>Lol are you in Japan or Korea?

Money, Career and Status are important here in the West too. People treat poorer people worse than they do rich people. They treat Janitors and Cleaners, worse than they do C.E.Os and Corporate executives.

>our post bewrays a complete trivialization of the individual's will, where the irreligious is helplessly condemned to a life of hedonism and material worship.

I never wrote, that and if you watched the vids I posted (I don't think you did), you'll understand the following point..

>Don't like those things? Just avoid them; you don't need to get permission from a religion you don't even believe.

Human psychology doesn't work like that.

Our preferences and motives can be influence by our social environment, and the various practices and structure of religion (like Atheist Philosopher Alain De Botton points out in the vid that I posted), attempts to motivate us to be virtuous.

Secular society leaves people to their own devices, with little to no guidance or motivation regarding happiness and interpersonal behaviour.

If a person isn't self motivated to be minimalist, kind hearted, forgiving, then secular society provides little to try to encourage them to be better.