Message from @Mr. Byzantium
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No
You expect people to convert and willingly get us to a godly government
With nothing being forced
Force conversion is not a real conversion
"forced conversion" is a meme used to refer to laws taking the soul into account rather than the body
And who is going to be the absolute monarch?
They could hate God in their heart but outwardly preform rituals
That is like saying that "forced determination that murder is wrong is not actual determination"
@Daniil God works that out in ways
But thats not how real life works
Again, democracy. "maybe they will not like it, but they will understand they have to vote for it"
I was okay with fascism up until a few months ago. What changed my mind of Jay Dyer’s talks and how fascism isn’t exactly even a total rejection of the enlightenment theory
@Daniil See Constantine the Great
Fascism is a rejection of the rule of the majority
Fascist leaders need to give into the church as well
They are not above the church
I don’t see that being a thing
I guess Christianity isn't good, since Christianity didn't protect us perfectly from the elightement theory happening, which means it didn't reject it completely.
Dude, Franco
Orthodoxy has always rejected the Enlightenment
What happens when I disavow Catholicism?
And the pope?
I don't even understand what that mess is supposed to be
Do you really think that your dear countries where there are no orthodox do not share the same "rights" and "democracy" and "enlightement" nonsense?
Do you thinks Orthodox monks are big fans of democracy?
Do you really think 99% of them aren't?
Monasteries are what really connect heaven and earth
What is that supposed to mean in this context?
That monasteries keep tradition pure and are not as nearly as corrupted as the outside world. They will hold to correct understanding of the world
And what does that have to do with anything?
That your claims of Orthodoxy being Enlightenment crazed is nonsense
First, orthodoxy isn't just "monasteries"
Second, I have just applied your logic that something is bad and must be hated if it doesn't magically protect you against enlightement nonsense. Nothing is going to make the world inmune against that
For the best understanding I am saying it is to be found in monasteries
Monasteries alone can't rule a country.
But without monasteries a country can’t be worth anything
and we look at fascism
and we see that tere were plenty of monasteries
Like during Franco's rule, for example
Plenty of them to steal from apparently