JD Vance's conversion aided by Peter Thiel
JD Vance's Catholic conversion narrative credits Peter Thiel as a divinely sent emissary who showed him that smart people could be religious.
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Jane Coaston: POTUS's Racism Notches Another Win
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Kirk claims 70% of all global Christian mission work originates from Americans, who make up only 5% of the world's population.
Karma = accumulated memory across evolutionary timescales
Sadhguru defines karma not as cosmic punishment but as the full spectrum of evolutionary, genetic, and experiential memory that shapes who we are.
Yoga = conscious obliteration of individual boundaries
Sadhguru defines yoga not as physical postures but as the conscious dissolution of the boundaries of one's individual nature to experience union with everything.
A small distance from body and mind ends suffering
Creating even a small experiential distance between yourself and your body and mind is, according to Sadhguru, the end of all suffering and the end of identity-based karma.
3 truths: Shut up, Look, Listen
When asked for his three final lessons for humanity, Sadhguru distilled everything into three words: shut up, look, and listen.
Spinoza's God = substance = nature
Baruch Spinoza identified God, substance, and nature as three names for the same thing — a conception Einstein endorsed when asked if he believed in God, saying 'I believe in Spinoza's God.'
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26
Nadia Bolz-Weber planned a big Rally Day event with food for 80 people, only to find just 26 attendees — a humbling moment that led to her deepest insight about failure and grace.
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2008
Nadia Bolz-Weber founded House for All Sinners and Saints in 2008, a congregation designed to have very few rules, a lot of fun, and room for everyone to be their whole self.
Cotton candy handed to strangers
While Nadia Bolz-Weber sulked over her failed Rally Day, her congregation spontaneously handed free cotton candy to every car stopped at the nearby stop sign — a grace she nearly missed entirely.
