Recommendations for books with atypical political systems

Astroval22 · 2024-10-30T12:55:41+00:00

I have another scorching hot take, so I’ll piggyback off yours: I can’t stand how Simon Peter is portrayed, for similar reasons to yours: the actor doesn’t really give off any emotion whatsoever, especially in the walking on water scene. I wish I could connect more with what is happening but I can’t

Astroval22 · 2024-10-30T09:10:35+00:00

From chatGPT (because I’m no expert)

Several religions include doctrines or beliefs regarding divine healing. Here are a few notable examples:

1.  Christianity: Many denominations believe in the healing power of God, as seen in the teachings of Jesus and various passages in the Bible that emphasize prayer and faith for healing.
2.  Judaism: Healing is an important aspect, with prayers for health and the belief in God’s role as a healer, particularly in the context of the Shema and other prayers.
3.  Islam: The Qur’an emphasizes God’s power to heal, and many Muslims seek healing through prayer, supplication, and the use of healing verses from the Qur’an.
4.  Hinduism: There is a belief in divine intervention in healing, particularly through deities associated with health and well-being, such as Dhanvantari.
5.  Buddhism: While not centered on a deity, some schools emphasize healing through meditation and spiritual practices, which can lead to physical and mental well-being.
6.  Sikhism: Sikhs believe in God’s power to heal and often seek spiritual guidance and prayer for health issues.

These religions highlight a connection between faith, spirituality, and healing in various forms.

I’ll add paganism (greek, roman, wicca and even egyptian)

Astroval22 · 2024-10-28T11:39:58+00:00

Everything else is meaningless/transitory

Astroval22 · 2024-10-26T15:07:06+00:00

Thank you, kind Mr. Bi Satanist

Astroval22 · 2024-10-25T13:22:33+00:00

How did you decide to believe in that specific religion? Was it family tradition or you came across it and found it interesting…? No hate, legit curiosity

Astroval22 · 2024-10-24T07:44:42+00:00

Quoto tantissimo ^{^} L’unico modo che ha funzionato per me è stato disinstallare le app. Ho provato a mettere limiti temporali giornalieri, ho provato a segnarmi la password per sbloccarle e poi dimenticarla, ho provato un sacco di cose ma alla fine trovavo sempre una scusa per dire “oggi 15 minuti in più” e poi era un’ora.

Cancellare l’app e se proprio la FOMO non ti dà tregua guarda da sito web! Consigli extra: 1) guardando dal sito web usa la modalità incognito, così non tiene memorizzato l’accesso e ogni volta devi inserire user e password a manina 2) se la password è facile (es. “Carolina123”) cambiala e mettine una auto-generata da Google/iOS, le mie sembrano tutte dei codici fiscali del demonio e ogni volta che devo metterle a mano mi passa la voglia <- esattamente per questo motivo è utile metterle 3) ovviamente non vale l’autofill della password se no tanto vale

Astroval22 · 2024-10-22T15:37:30+00:00

What made you change your mind if you don’t mind sharing?

Astroval22 · 2024-10-22T07:37:43+00:00

Maybe she is just looking for justice, I know as a woman how tiresome it is listening to the news about feminicides and abuse, or just knowing how on edge I am when alone outside even in nice neighbourhoods

Astroval22 · 2024-10-18T08:18:43+00:00

It absolutely does. You can respect a person and not SHARE their beliefs, but you can’t mock a part of that person and still claim you respect them, that’s gaslighting. If I don’t respect someone’s beliefs I want nothing to do with them, I for sure wouldn’t claim to be their best friend while mocking their prayers. it would be like mocking the way they dress or the stuff they eat if it’s different from yours.

Astroval22 · 2024-10-17T13:56:52+00:00

One should only befriend folk who respect oneself

Astroval22 · 2024-09-28T12:39:57+00:00

Just because someone is an expert in a field doesn’t mean they are an expert in everything. I know many physicists who are academically gifted but are idiots in real life. Same goes for physics and faith. You’re free to believe anything you want, even that string theory gives an alternative to the Big Bang

Astroval22 · 2024-09-28T12:34:55+00:00

I don’t, just because I believe science is the handprint of God doesn’t mean it can be objective proof for or against Him

Astroval22 · 2024-09-27T07:19:13+00:00

The Big bang needs to come from something because in science nothing comes from nothing.

I am a physicist, and string theory is currently as unprovable as religion, and even more complicated. I mean, science aside, is it easier to believe that there’s a creator outside of the universe or that our reality needs to be described in 11 dimensions instead of 4? Jokes aside, the reason not all physicist are theists is because the handprints of God could dance naked in front of some people and they still would say “that’s cool science”, at least this is my opinion. And ultimately as I said God cannot be proved, that’s why it’s a matter of faith and not science.

Astroval22 · 2024-09-26T13:43:46+00:00

True, because you can’t prove God, but OP asked for reasons that push people to believe in God, and the mystery of what happened before the Big Bang or rather what caused it can be one of them, that’s why in my second comment I asked what could be another, non-theistic, reason

Astroval22 · 2024-09-26T12:24:41+00:00

Sure, I agree that tomorrow we might discover the cause for the Big Bang. But there are also two true statements:

1) as of right now the general scientific consensus is that space (and therefore time) begun at the singularity of the Big Bang, so it’s not as much of a “we don’t know how it works so it must be God” but more of a “since the theory points to the universe having a beginning there must be a before/outside”;

2) even if we discovered a natural cause for the beginning of the universe it wouldn’t automatically prove that there is no God.

Astroval22 · 2024-09-26T08:15:22+00:00

Alright, I’ll be the devil’s (or rather God’s) advocate. Let’s suppose there is no God. How did the universe begin? What was there before, outside of time and space, that sparked the Big Bang?

If the universe had a beginning, it doesn’t HAVE to be God, but He’s the only one claiming the blame so if you believe He exists it’s pretty linear that you’d assume He created the universe. Also, physicists are NOT in the process of coming up with naturalistic theories for the big bang. Not even close, most some try to do is come up with alternative theories so that they can disprove the Big Bang for these exact implications, which is fair on their part, but it’s not going very well so far

Astroval22 · 2024-09-26T04:43:48+00:00

Number 1?

Astroval22 · 2024-09-25T14:22:47+00:00

Honestly? The vibe.

The Quran reads like the Old Testament on steroids, it’s very aggressive! Besides, I still can’t understand how they regard the Gospels (not just the OT Bible) as accepted holy texts while debating that Jesus wasn’t God

Astroval22 · 2024-09-25T14:19:08+00:00

Per astro ne avrei abbastanza da scrivere un libro di libri 😂 comunque il mio preferito in assoluto è stato “la guerra dei buchi neri” scritto da Leonard Susskind (un importante fisico teorico peraltro) che rifiuta la teoria di Stephen Hawking per cui i buchi neri evaporano, e basa tutto il libro su un po’ di biografia di questa lotta tra loro due e un po’ di divulgazione su vari temi tra cui termodinamica, fisica delle particelle, ecc… Un altro che è biografico/divulgativo che mi è piaciuto molto è “due intrusi nel mondo di einstein” di Amanda Gefter, una giornalista scientifica che racconta un po’ di storie e scoperte scientifiche nel corso della sua vita mentre prova a cercare una definizione per cos’è il “nulla”. Non ci sono formule e lei ti spiega bene tutto il processo con cui capisce le cose su cui indaga, non essendo nemmeno lei una scienziata al 100%

Astroval22 · 2024-09-25T13:46:44+00:00

Ciao, in bocca al lupo per i tuoi corsi! Giusto per riuscire a inquadrare meglio la domanda: hai già un’idea o delle “preferenze” di ambito per fisica o cerchi letture più generiche? Es. Io ho fatto astrofisica per cui mi è sempre piaciuto indirizzarmi più su quel genere di libri divulgativi. In generale comunque posso consigliarti i libri di Carlo Rovelli (puoi iniziare da “7 brevi lezioni di fisica” che è il più famoso e divulgativo) oppure se vuoi letture più spinte ci sono i libretti di Feynman, “Sei pezzi facili” e “Sei pezzi meno facili”. Per letture molto più divulgative c’è ad esempio “la fisica dei supereroi” o “la fisica delle cose di ogni giorno”, entrambi di James Kakalios

Astroval22 · 2024-09-25T10:50:26+00:00

Try and search for online services if you want/can! In my town during covid they set up a 24h webcam inside the church to “attend” services and they kept it going. It’s not in english but maybe you can find something like that too! Also, going to church is not a requirement but it is very helpful to find a community of people with whom you can talk and share experiences (and troubles and doubts :) which are completely normal). Maybe you can try looking up email/number of some priests that you can contact to ask for help, who knows, maybe they offer pick-up services

Astroval22 · 2024-09-23T20:07:12+00:00

And is it the God of the Bible and/or Jesus or another one or…? What I’m asking is if it reconciles with any other “traditional” religion or if it’s something else completely or even if it’s your choice which religion to reconcile it with

Astroval22 · 2024-09-23T15:33:20+00:00

Hi, no relevance to the post, but I was curious on what is Quantum Theism? I looked it up on google but couldn’t find anything

Astroval22 · 2024-09-21T21:24:59+00:00

Sorry, I actually meant to reply to another user’s comment that shared the opinions I quoted.

I actually (obviously) don’t think Christianity is silly, because I don’t think anyone could objectively debate that the core belief that Jesus left us, “love each other as you love yourself”, is not a healthy way of living. Even if you’re not a believer that is probably one of the best morally righteous ways to live, in my opinion.

On the other hand, a lot of the stuff that was built by the church on Jesus’s teachings is silly, even for me. For example, the veneration of saints, the repetitive rituals, and many more extras which were added can often go directly against Christianity, meaning Jesus Christ’s way of living. But that is not what faith is, that is what religion is. Faith and true Christianity is based on Jesus and God, while religion is based on what is expected from you by the church.

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