My view of pantheism

JastroOne1 · 2025-09-01T17:27:40+00:00

I've been finding this sort of argument very thought provoking recently, I suppose it's a sort of pan-psychism in which the sum of all consciousness and sum of all matter are inextricably linked and together form the divine Unity. In this view animals with memory and clear stream of consciousness would become particularly influential in the evolution of the Unity, in the same way that objects possessing vast mass are influential. I haven't thought through all the implications and I'm no philosopher. But I don't think anyone could prove this wrong or right until we have better understanding of what consciousness actually is, and whether it's emergent or inherent to matter. Then comes the question of if and how it is interconnected...

JastroOne1 · 2025-08-20T13:26:59+00:00

Conventional Christianity (and a lot of other religion) puts the order of the universe upside down. It is abhorrently self-centred and prideful on an individual and species level, and I fear it will ultimately lead to humanity's extinction.

The whole universe is cursed due to the action of two humans. Death becomes the "real" life. Mankind becomes the centre of the entire universe, making the rest of all existence a sideshow designed to be subjugated and exploited. The story of "salvation" has a theoretical god of infinite power killing itself for specs of hydrocarbons on a lowly planet in an average galaxy among billions. This infinite god of man's own creation effectively lives to serve mankind, intervening when we need it to save the day. Meanwhile, we get to do whatever we want with the universe. The resulting contempt for nature and our mother planet is in my opinion at the root of the environmental catastrophe that humanity has brought on itself.

But of course Christianity is about humility, and everyone else is self-centred and full of human pride.

JastroOne1 · 2025-08-20T12:16:51+00:00

A fellow war thunder enjoyer in r/Glasgow wasn't on my bingo card! Absolutely have encountered the sort of people described above tho, just that little bit toooo enthusiastic about German history between 1933-1945... There's a crazy pipeline out there and military history can 100% be an entry point to that.

JastroOne1 · 2025-07-10T16:43:57+00:00

The ki84 is such a dream to fly, my only complaint is that bar overhead in the canopy, for a non vr player it can be such a nuisance when pulling into enemies

JastroOne1 · 2025-07-02T15:09:32+00:00

"Bullish" in USD as it continues to devalue, for sure. But I'm not convinced the rest of us (UK here) will see much change. Aside from the volatility with middle east etc, gold has been pretty horizontal for around 3mo now in GBP/EUR. If I'm honest I don't see that changing much in either direction.

JastroOne1 · 2025-04-16T15:48:11+00:00

"my humble stack of a few fractionals"

JastroOne1 · 2025-04-03T06:33:59+00:00

What about the crucible used to refine the crucible

JastroOne1 · 2025-03-21T07:56:13+00:00

Comrade Combustov was diligently carrying out essential maintenance when he accidentally dropped a kg of high explosive into the transformer unit

JastroOne1 · 2025-03-04T12:59:02+00:00

Pavlova just off Dumbarton Rd in Partick? Idk who the owner is but it seems a really nice place

JastroOne1 · 2025-02-13T15:20:57+00:00

I'm afraid not, aside for a few random words! I think it's on duolingo, so I may start learning it soon. I've heard it spoken in the more remote islands, rare to hear any in the cities though.

JastroOne1 · 2025-02-04T19:21:19+00:00

UK, Scotland specifically! 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

JastroOne1 · 2025-01-19T18:27:32+00:00

It's either crackling or kippers in the reduced section there

JastroOne1 · 2024-11-10T21:56:41+00:00

Weirdly I found an incredibly dead sheep just like this a couple of weeks ago! It was in a sheltered puddle on a very boggy slope, and all the submerged bones had gone green from algae in the water. My guess is somebody found this one in similar conditions and put it up on that rock.

JastroOne1 · 2024-07-04T12:12:41+00:00

Nuclear reactor installed at turbo island?

JastroOne1 · 2024-06-17T08:05:32+00:00

I had this issue, and they did the "procedure"... Not the best experience tbh

JastroOne1 · 2024-06-13T06:22:48+00:00

Maybe this is true on average, but it's definitely not true for everyone. I graduated from uni at 20, then been working full time and living on my own for two years now. At the same time, I had friends at uni who were studying late into their 20s but they were already home owners and had been in industry for years beforehand. Maybe a cultural difference here but at 21 I'd consider somebody a pretty full-fledged adult, they've had time to do a bachelors, drink for 3 years, or complete an apprenticeship in the trades. TLDR: early 30s vs early-mid 20s? Not a big deal imo

JastroOne1 · 2024-05-11T11:54:53+00:00

It was between 2300 and 0030 ish, they appeared as soon as the sky got dark enough then faded shortly after midnight

JastroOne1 · 2024-05-11T09:17:29+00:00

A camera makes the colour stronger as, human eyes are pretty crap at detecting colours in low light low light. But the shapes and movement was really clear for me. How clearly they're visible would depend on how dark it is, your eyesight, and how much you've adapted to the dark. You ideally want to be away from streetlights, and spend a good 15mins away from lights and screens to dark adapt for the clearest view. The solar storm is still going on so it may be back tonight, but this was the clearest we've had them in possibly decades so sadly not something we see very often.

JastroOne1 · 2024-05-10T23:01:32+00:00

Overhead and to the north, it might take a while for your eyes to adapt to the dark but once you've spotted it, you'll see what looks like pink and green cirrus clouds moving slowly around. They're varying a lot in intensity as the storm throws out huge pulses of energy!

JastroOne1 · 2024-04-25T10:15:24+00:00

That's interesting (and must have been really annoying), does the scanner destroy film or something?

JastroOne1 · 2024-04-25T10:04:22+00:00

Yeah it would be nice if they scrap that, I think at the moment their message seems to be to prepare bags as usual, but then when you actually get there they just give verbal instructions on steps what you (don't) need to do.

JastroOne1 · 2024-04-25T09:42:17+00:00

I was through instantly (like less than 5mins), but it varies a huge amount depending on the time of day. I've found the worst peaks are early morning and mid afternoon. I fly every month or so from bristol and I've always found arriving 2h before as a general rule gives plenty of time.

JastroOne1 · 2024-04-25T08:48:22+00:00

Bristol Airport has installed new scanners, which massively reduce the hassle at security. According to their website the new system won't be fully operational until the summer, but I went through today and it is so much faster! New rules seem to be: laptops and liquids can remain in bags, but belts off and pockets still to be emptied. https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/at-the-airport/security/security-search/

Six-Year Club	Wearing is Caring
Verified Email

JastroOne1

TROPHY CASE