theology

[arabaliozian]

THEOLOGY
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God didn't just introduce the Serpent
in the Garden; He also gave it detailed instructions.
"xxxx happens" doesn't apply here.
And if you say, freedom comes with a price,
I say, if the price is countless innocent victims,
i join Dostoevsky in saying "I am not buying."
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[lampron]

Re: theology

THEOLOGY
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And if you say, freedom comes with a price,
I say, if the price is countless innocent victims,
i join Dostoevsky in saying "I am not buying."
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Those who say "freedom comes at a price", do not normally ask any of the potential victims if they are willing to die for it!

[arabaliozian]

Re: theology

MEDITATIONS ON SOLITUDE
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I live alone
and as far away from my fellow Armenians as possible
not because I love solitude
but because the alternative is unbearable.
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Our treatment of writers when alive
has been abominable. In Armenian
“he is a writer” and
“he is insane” are synonymous assertions.
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Have you ever heard anyone say,
“Our 1% are deranged”?
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If the blame game is stacked in favor
of our leadership it may be because
it is our leadership that sets
the rules of the game,
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The system whereby we choose our leaders
has stayed the same before, during,
and after the Genocide.
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Now you may know why
the idea of progress
does not enjoy much popularity among us.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: theology

GOD & CO.
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Religion (or God and all His angels and prophets)
have created more problems than they have solved.
To those who say, God does not create problems,
men do, I ask:
And who then created man?
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God can run but the Devil can run faster:
that’s the secret of his survival.
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Speaking of God and the Devil:
there is a well-known medieval heresy
(of Armenian origin) that says
it was not God who created the world
but the Devil.
Makes sense.
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[arabaliozian]

Re: theology

NOTES / COMMENTS
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Man is a reasonable being –
especially when it comes to explaining,
justifying and rationalizing
his own brand of insanity.
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Convictions are more dangerous than lies,
Nietzsche says somewhere,
and he is absolutely right.
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A lie is a lie but a conviction
is a potential fountain of lies.
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God and Truth are points of reference.
Even if they don't exist,
we must assume they do.
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My sarcasm is always directed at charlatans
who pretend to understand God
and to know the Truth,
when they in fact know NOTHING!
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