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Amazing Bible Facts (opens the original)
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In my previous post, I mentioned the study of religion. One of the things I’ve been doing lately is listening to podcasts and reading books about what’s been called “textual criticism” of the Bible. After a few years of absorbing this stuff, I thought I’d share the twelve most interesting and eye-opening things I’ve learned over the years from listening to these sources.Now, it’s important to note that I am NOT an expert in any of these topics. I’m merely passing along what I’ve heard and read f
Some Thoughts on Religion (opens the original)
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“There are no people, however primitive, without religion and magic.”—Bronislaw Malinowski, Magic, Science and Religion, and Other Essays, 1925I’ve gotten sick of talking about politics, so let’s talk about something non-controversial. Let’s talk about religion.Lately I’ve become very interested in the study of religion as a phenomenon. The sheer array and taxonomy of religions is fascinating—it’s like studying some kind of rare, exotic species like birds, or reptiles, or beetles. When you haven
Solutions that do and don't work (opens the original)
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Thanks to Ran Prieur for recently posting some of the links I sent him. I thought people might want to see the other half of our conversation, so I’ve posted some of it here, expanded and edited for Substack.Demurrage CurrencyThe fundamental problem Ran identifies is correct—the more money you have, the easier it is to make more of it, while the less money you have, the easier it is to lose what little you have. This is often called the Matthew Effect, after a passage in the Gospel of Matthew<a
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