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Theodicy: Scrutinizing the 10 Commandments If a human can achieve higher moral standards than a god, then that god is either not moral, or it doesn’t exist at all; it just a product of the imagination of humans whose moral standard could not exceed that of their imagined deity. I don’t mean to offend. I mean to explore different perspectives, since philosophy is one of my highest values. Nothing is above criticism. Who am I to criticize God? I criticize beliefs in God. I…

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How to manufacture a pandemic: A short checklist for aspiring technocrats, theocrats & other shamans Engineer a **mild pathogen** with a distinct symptom for recognizability (e.g. taste loss). **Falsely attribute cases/deaths** via arbitrary interpretation of what constitutes sickness or cause of death *from* the pathogen, completely disregarding other underlying afflictions. **Obsessively test** healthy people, corpses, animals, and even sewage to pump up the falsely…

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Love vs. Attachment: A dangerous misconception There is a subtle difference between love and emotional attachment; one that assigns vastly disparate meaning to these two distinct sentimental statuses. If you can’t identify the difference, you are bound to make mistakes; erroneous life decisions that could prove destructive to you and those around you. Mistaking attachment for love may delude you into attributing unwarranted value to a relationship. In reverse, confusing love…

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What was COVID? An historical analysis In late 2019 to early 2020, Chinese media were marketing staged videos of random people supposedly collapsing and spasming in the streets… allegedly due to a “novel coronavirus.” Those instances were demonstrably fake. No sudden collapse, no spasming, no sudden death… none of these were associated with the later-named SARS-CoV-2 virus strain, nor its syndrome COVID-19. It was all fearmongering. The case of Hong Kong It’s most likely…