What do you guys think of Trump now that he won
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@S-Holmes Respectfully, this looks like the work of one of the RNC's propaganda wings. I don't see serious analysis here. Even before suspending my disbelief that a US president could actually oppose The Plans.
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@Rah1woot I am going to continue to derail this thread with discussion of Islamic esoterica. For the last time. Next up will probably be a separate thread.
I think all of it is related to Materialism. Especially if we take Julian Jaynes' conclusions in Origin of Consciousness to be correct.
I found a small confirmation of this view in this blogpost from a Russian Orthodox monk who converted to Islam:
https://www.honeyfromparadise.com/from-moscow-to-mecca-preparing-for-umrah/
It is not a secret that there is disunity in Islam, also. There is disunity anywhere there is more than one person. (And truth be told, there’s often disunity within one’s self!) It’s just human nature. But having said that… The core of Islam has held up remarkably well. The essential beliefs are all there among different Muslim groups — Sunni, Shia, or what have you. ‘lā ʾilāha ʾillā -llāh, ‘muḥammadun rasūlu llāh. “There is no god but God, and Muhammad is His prophet.” The shahada. The ONE faith. Islam. The sharp clarity of the profession of the Muslim faith. Reflecting on it calls to mind the words of Ernst Jünger:
Why is Islam, even without telescopes, so much closer to infinity? One has the impression that only a thin veil separates the worlds. [La ilaha illa Allah] is the formula, the steadfast pillar on which they rest. And the (Muslim) mind has sharpness because it sharpens its teeth at this diamond.This Oneness. “La ilaha illa Allah! La ilaha illa Allah! La ilaha illa Allah! La ilaha illa Allah!…” In groups of invocations, in private, into the sacred stillness of the night, Muslims around the world chant this invocation of God. All of us returning to that One. Al-Haqq, or ‘the Real’, as the Sufi tradition loves to refer to Allah.
A bonus. Brand-new publication on the aliveness of Mitochondria.
