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1. Coffee (coffee@toot.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 11:22:09 UTC Coffee

   • Sean Tilley

   @sean

   Maybe you'd enjoy reading some Charles Eisenstein. I suggest the introduction to his book, "Sacred Economics". [Pay what you want - free to download]

   https://sacred-economics.com/

   You can ignore the bits about money if it distracts too much. He has some interesting insights though.

   • Sean Tilley (sean@social.deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 11:22:07 UTC Sean Tilley

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     @Coffee Yes, this encapsulates a lot of what I'm feeling, and why many of my views are probably closer to natural Paganism - the idea of essence vs some kind of concrete, eternal ruling figure.
     
     It has always bothered me that there is such an emphasis on "the afterlife", as opposed to the current life. Often, it feels as though the overt emphasis some religions have on the idea of Heaven causes people to care far less about what happens to the natural world.
     
     Anyway, thanks for the link! 😁
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   • Coffee (coffee@toot.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 11:22:08 UTC Coffee

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     • Sean Tilley

     @sean Here's a teaser:

     "Three or four thousand years ago the gods began a migration from the lakes, forests, rivers, and mountains into the sky, becoming the imperial overlords of nature rather than its essence. As divinity separated from nature, so also it became unholy to involve oneself too deeply in the affairs of the world. The human being changed from a living embodied soul into its profane envelope, a mere receptacle of spirit,"

   • Coffee (coffee@toot.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 11:22:24 UTC Coffee

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     • Sean Tilley

     @sean You're welcome!

     Yeah, what better way to control people than to convince them they aren't divine, to lock that divinity away in the sky, and set your group up as the sole arbiters of it?

     What better way to get people to die for you than to convince them real life only begins after death, but only if they die for your cause?

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