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September 13th, 2024
- tweets about supercooperation cluster, religious conversion, Christianity in particular, grace, Calvinism
June 19th, 2024
- convo today
- friend > god as anthropomorphism of reality
- we sometimes try to negotiate with god
- me > it's not only possible but wise to negotiate with god
- in part because what you're negotiating with is your conception of god
- friend > I don't like the conflation of god and my conception of god
- but... I can't escape the fact that whatever god I'm relating with is always my conception of god
- now I'm naked
- other friend > tracing a self-reference loop
- dereferencing a pointer
- a paradox associated with the fact that you have an icon meant to represent something that [can't be readily referred to]
- the icon is self-dissolving
- so you might as well pick a form of the icon that's easiest for you to interface with
- friend > story of chimps buying food with tokens
- but they can't buy themselves out of the environment with tokens
- helplessness
- me > that situation is contrived
- there's a being that outclasses you, that exists outside your reality, and is controlling your situation in a contrived/arbitrary way
- that has been how many people have conceived of god
- but, it seems to me, is incorrect
- huhhh Uncle God instead of Father God
- avuncular vibes instead of paternalistic vibes
- will generally love you and be there for you, but will let you make your own mistakes rather than trying to force you to do it all right
- friend > I was talking about not negotiating with god in the sense of like
- saying "I won't do my taxes if I don't get the green light"
- it makes no sense to threaten to not cooperate with the supercooperation cluster
- I was missing the positive negotiation part
October 26th, 2022
- > You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
- vaguely related sermon
- based on this scripture