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Paul Dohse’s early thoughts about Blight in the Vineyard

John Immel — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:46:42 +0000

If you haven’t caught it yet, here is a review of Blight in the Vineyard.

This article was originally posted at Pauls Passing Thoughts.… Read the rest

Campy Camping Camper

John Immel — Wed, 18 May 2011 01:57:31 +0000

OK … so, I just heard that the world is supposed to end in a few days. I should be excited but, I must confess, I’m sad. I have been so stoked about my plan to rule the world, my “zeal” and “Concern” have been driving me towards that expression of leadership. I can’t believe that the plan will be thwarted before it ever has opportunity to come into beautiful reality.

I mean… Mystic Despotism is still running rampant through people’s lives, and the angelic utopian socialism and her evil twin Marxism is running amuck all over the globe. There was so much work to be done to eradicate the Kantian Altruistic Ethic and restore moral clarity to the minds of men. And Platonist/Augustinianism is metaphysically wrecking man. On the bright side, TRUTH and freedom was getting closer as I played puppet master to important people. But … sigh… It seems like it is not to be.… Read the rest

Intellectual Humility

John Immel — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:47:50 +0000

A poster offered this addition to the ongoing spiritual tyranny conversation. While I am not familiar with the whole of Dr. Linda Elder’s work and it is possible that I’d find myself in agreement with much of what she says, I must confess that as I pondered Dr. Elder’s points that follow, I found myself taking issue with an underlying presumption, the theme that runs throughout the quoted section: that being “an intellectual” necessarily means a need for humility. And she presumes that humility is a self-denigrating, self-imposed denial of the corrupting force of ego: pretentiousness, conceit, and emotions.

From Valuable Intellectual Traits:

Intellectual Humility: Having a consciousness of the limits of one’s knowledge, including a sensitivity to circumstances in which one’s native egocentrism is likely to function self-deceptively; sensitivity to bias, prejudice and limitations of one’s viewpoint. Intellectual humility depends on recognizing that one should not claim more than one actually knows.

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Zen of War

John Immel — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:04:37 +0000

By John Immel

Men of DIFFERENT Principles cannot sustain fellowship because the one who is more intentionally (or unintentionally) evil, wins.

In war between men with the SAME Principles, the one who most zealously pursues his ideological outcomes wins.

Moral Autocracy is the absolution for the zealot’s evil outcomes: compulsion, pillaging, slavery.

Moral Clarity is the internal aid for individual action: truth, responsibility, liberty.

Humanity is governed by Force — Violence or Ideas.

The Zealot is advantaged by an irrational battle of hidden, obscure principles.

The Individual is advantaged by a rational battle of open, clear principles.

Find the zealot enforcing mindless darkness and know the evil.

Find the individual defending reality’s rational light and know the good.… Read the rest

The Foundations Harden

John Immel — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:36:52 +0000

Who would have thought that so much needs to be accomplished to take over the world?

At the first of 2009, I made my first State of the Blog address called The Plot Thickens, detailing the course and effort for Spiritual Tyranny, and revealing my plan. I am back again in the first of 2010 to recap and then project the details of eventual world rulership.

Over the last year, we became acquainted with the five elements of tyranny: Universal Guilt, Incompetent Masses, Dictated Good, Abolition of Ambition, and Collective Conformity.

We have seen a glimpse of where and how the Destroyers rise, and their methods of Moral Seduction. We’ve detailed the headwork behind the tyranny, how the ideas go together to produce a result. And then we’ve shown examples of those ideas in action. The collectivists are on the march, and the elements that I am pointing out are there for all to see.… Read the rest

Revisiting the Fun

John Immel — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:39:25 +0000

I’m going back through and recording core posts. This, of course, means that in my never-ending pursuit of perfect, I end up re-writing. Which I did with the post Defining Insanity. Have a re-read or have a listen; the fun just keeps getting better.MP3

Further Comments can be made on the original page.… Read the rest

Shoutout Page

John Immel — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:34:40 +0000

Say hello to your fellow commentators. Tell a joke or two.

Have fun…

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