It's ugly and it doesn't work

ASIATIC RELIGION IS SORT OF AN AMERICAN TROPE

WE LIKE TO ADOPT IT TO SEEM PROFOUND

THAT WAS THE POINT OF CHARLTON'S CITING THAT ARTICLE ABOUT AMERICAN HINDUS

WHO TAKES THE BEATLES SERIOUSLY?

Roman religion is orthopraxic, not orthodoxic.

THEN AGAIN, GEORGE HARRISON TOOK IT SERIOUSLY

The Beatles is the most overrated music in all of history

It's about right action, not the right words.

He said that the traces weren't consciously known to the people he interviewed

Their only contribution was in technique, figuring out how to have more sustain on a guitar in Helter Skelter

basically his conclusion was that the land affected them in subtle ways.

if you believe in Divine stuff this isn't too far fetched

Connections between races and lands are real

But I don't think it works like that

I'm not too interested in that stuff as you know

@sdlkfmbklfnldneg INCLUDING CLEAR/REALISTIC THINKING

Which is what the Romans gave us.

AND THE GREEKS

AND THE HINDUS

Exactly.

ECKHART IS UNDER-READ

We can't separate Roman philosophy from Roman religion.

Cicero, Aurelius, these men's words still echo in modern thinking.

ANCIENTS VIEWED THEIR RELIGION AS PART OF THEIR CULTURE

CUSTOMS

IT KEPT IT FROM BEING TOO DOGMATIC FOR A LONG TIME

Exactly.

Rome didn't really have religious wars, it had practical wars.

Religion was the foundation of their culture without dominating it.

ALL THINGS WORKING IN PARALLEL

RELIGION, CULTURE, LEADERSHIP, ECONOMY

THIS IS TRADITION

Don't forget nation.

Faith, nation, culture, government, economy... all of these things, in one.

https://youtu.be/xYONRn3EbYY any STEMcucks out there I'd love hear your opinion on this.

DEFINITELY

NATION = A PEOPLE

AN ETHNIC GROUP OF SHARED VALUES

EXCLUDING DELETERIOUS MUTATIONS

STEM people shouldn't be given public platforms at all.