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This is all I have to say on this subject and I have no desire to discuss epistemology let alone theology until you can at least acknowledge the simple fact that evolution is a progressive myth rooted in paganism and embraced by technocracy.
You are proving to be a sophist and I don't suffer fools.
I never even brought up evolution and it's not remotely relevant to this discussion. Instead of answering what I said, you keep insisting I denounce a tangential position I may have. In fact the whole discussion on paganism and evolution is just you deflecting from criticism by responding with ad hominem style attacks against what you assume I believe in. Instead of addressing any points or criticism I have you just respond: "We can't talk until you say paganism and evolution is bad and false". That's fucking retarded. Do you honestly think after your conduct in this discussion a neutral observer would say I'm the sophist and not you?
Can you define what you mean here? Even most Christians believe in at least natural selection/artificial selection and microevolution. Do you not believe in macroevolution only or the whole thing?
So am I incorrect to state that you believe most European pagans were listless savages until the Jews and/or Jesus came along to civilize them? Also, Christians destroyed a lot of things when they came along. It's entirely possible that included additional written records. Runes existed before Christians arrived, the majority of pagan society wasn't literate as far as we know as was overwhelmingly the case across most of the world even in the literate parts at the time. These illiterate people also built advanced ships, established expansive trade routes, and were near unparalleled in battle. They also built complex structures. Their legal structure was also fairly advanced and well balanced and allowed for a lot of freedom to the point that we would possibly be envious of even to this day.
I would argue they had to make Christianity more pagan and lie about a lot of its characteristics in order to make it appealing to the pagans and other people who they converted. This is what syncretism was. It was lying about tolerating things that were heretical as a means of slippery sloping them into Christianity. I would argue there were a lot of positive things that fell along the wayside from the elimination of pagan ideals and beliefs.
Is creating a world hegemonic government something I'm supposed to praise? I would argue most more distributed systems were more free than the concentrated hegemony we have today, which is generally in line with what Hoppe found.
Why? Do you even know enough about paganism to say such a thing? What about it is so bad? Be specific and stick to ancestrally European paganism since that's the scope of the discussion.
Satan himself says 2+2=4. Does that make it 5?
What ideas and why were they bad?
Why was Christianity vulnerable to such subversion? Were there epistemological weaknesses to exploit that are fundamental to the faith?
Christianity mocks itself everyday. It hardly needs the help. Didn't the pope declare support for the migrant invasion? Didn't Erika Kirk publicly forgive her husband's killer? Didn't Austin Metcalf's father do the same? Don't many preachers say we have to support the state of Israel because the bible says so? That being said, I obviously disagree with the Olympics thing. Honestly though, oftentimes I think the things that get mocked most about Christianity is the tendency to call everything "demonic", the self-flagellation over sin, and the over indexing on forgiveness (without contrition oftentimes). I think those things warrant criticism and some Christians themselves criticize these things. I also think a lot of criticizing Christianity is just a backdoor way of insulting white people.
I don't advocate hedonism. Obviously I have my own beliefs and belief structure which I find to be life affirming and positive, but I'm not going to lay it out here. That's besides the point. For the sake of this discussion we'll leave it at: I don't endorse hedonism and I recognize the importance of spirituality in human direction and fulfilment.
I already asked earlier for you to be more specific about what you mean by evolution. Can you point me to the arguments and sources that you find compelling against evolution? I'm open to looking into it and potentially challenging my beliefs if the critiques are well founded.