Tag: history

Responding to the claim the Trinity is “unavoidably biblical”

Posted on by Lone Candle

Generations of Christians went by before the idea of the Trinity was created. In much of the Bible, Jesus is treated as separate from God, but in some places, Jesus is more identified with God. The Trinity is an attempt to unify the different perspectives as one, but is not clearly spelled out in the Bible. The Biblical authors were writing from different perspectives and had different takes on Jesus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpq4bdisHRU

The Surprising Reason Luke Removed Atonement from His Gospel

Posted on by Lone Candle

Luke doesn’t see Jesus’s death as a sacrifice so God will forgive humans for their sins, but rather a key example of how sinful humans are–they killed God’s prophet! If you want to be forgiven, you have to turn back to God, but don’t need a sacrifice, according to Luke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdtRG4QTLNs

Yes, It’s Fascism

Posted on by Lone Candle

A year ago, Rauch said Trump is not a Fascist, he’s a patrimonialist. Patrimonialist governments don’t follow the rule of law and bend the rules to enrich and empower the leader. They are not ideological. Later, Rauch concluded that Trump was doing too many things associated with Fascism, so decided he is best labeled as a Fascist.

He doesn’t think Fascists will fully take over the US like they did in Germany, so that should limit the extremes, but nevertheless, the actions of the administration fit Fascism. The government isn’t fully Fascist yet, but it has a Fascist leader.

There’s no one true definition of Fascism.

Trump’s demolition of norms about civility is a classic Fascist action.

Trump glorifies violence in his rhetoric. When agents of the state hurt or kill US citizens, he and his supporters make fun of the injured and killed, and lie about them and what happened. His communications revel in the extrajudicial killings of suspected drug smugglers.

Rauch discusses 16 more Fascist actions in his article.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zq9Zh8DjZo