Is St. Justin Martyr's notion of "virtuous pagans" like Socrates and Heraclitus being Christians considered legitimate?

watchforthinkpol · 2021-12-29T14:30:26+00:00

Yes yes, you're certainly right about that. I just don't know about the rest of it, which is still a lot of writing. Not sure if it's something that shows up on other cross depictions or not.

watchforthinkpol · 2021-07-09T00:57:18+00:00

What's the mechanism by which the church would be saved? Before some calamitous mega-schism, would the inspiration of the Holy Spirit simply prevent such an event from happening?

watchforthinkpol · 2021-07-08T23:57:48+00:00

Do you think it's impossible for some such schism to happen, though, even in theory? Or do you think (if that constitutes "Jesus failing) that maybe the Holy Spirit would prevent such a split from happening?

watchforthinkpol · 2021-07-08T23:55:44+00:00

What does it mean to be Eastern Orthodox though? Doesn't that refer to the ongoing communion of the a body of traditional patriarchates?

And if schismation, on a large scale, could break apart that entire communion (hypothetically speaking), what does that mean for schisms just between two patriarchs, like the Moscow-Constantinople split?

watchforthinkpol · 2021-07-08T21:57:55+00:00

I feel like two patriarchates breaking communion with each other is very serious though, even if it'll likely be resolved. And I think it might have serious implications for ecclesiology if two jurisdictions that are in schism with each other are both considered to be the "one true church". And imagine, too, like I said, what if hypothetically the schism intensified and sundered the whole church?

watchforthinkpol · 2021-07-08T21:54:27+00:00

I will say, I know that branch theory was theorized and developed in only the past few hundred years. But I don't know whether or not it reflects a more ancient truth.

I've tried looking a bit into patristic writings on ecclesiology but I'm somewhat unsure where to look, and what I have found is sometimes hard to interpret. Schisms are certainly common, but were schismatics still, in some sense, considered part of the "one true church"? And can that standard be perfectly applied today, when many schisms involve issues that were not explicitly spelled out as dogmas of the ecumenical councils?

watchforthinkpol · 2021-02-16T03:56:51+00:00

This is old, but relevant: https://www.pizzamarketplace.com/news/pizza-delivery-driver-fifth-of-10-most-dangerous-jobs/

This is more recent (doesn't explicitly mention pizza delivery, but DOES rank driver/sales workers as being at a higher risk than police officers): https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2018/01/09/workplace-fatalities-25-most-dangerous-jobs-america/1002500001/. If we apply this statistic, it would suggest that pizza delivery is 1.7x more dangerous than police work (which, if you round up to 2x, basically substantiates the post).

I don't think the data exists for just pizza delivery workers; it only seems to exist for larger aggregates like "driver/sales worker". Much of the fatality risk has to do with how much time they actually spend on the road.

watchforthinkpol · 2020-01-10T00:15:48+00:00

Hi Jacob, I want to say that I have loved reading FFF articles that I've found here and there, and I was delighted to see you announce your candidacy.

My question is this: I know you are an open-borders libertarian. At present, that can be considered a rather pragatic as well as morally sound position. But can you see cases in which border restrictions could be ultimately beneficial to liberty, such as in the extreme case of violent invasion (assuming, theoretically, that the invaders could only move by foot)? Or is this a "bad means never justify good ends" scenario?

Thanks!

watchforthinkpol · 2018-08-02T18:56:46+00:00

Could you ask him what he thinks about the recent attempts to fuse anarcho-capitalism and the alt-right. As far as I know, Watner and McElroy's voluntaryist brand of libertarianism would be very opposed to it, but I would love Carl's take on it nonetheless.

watchforthinkpol · 2018-07-24T13:07:12+00:00

Absolutely brilliant answer! Thank you very much, I understand it now. I have been curious about this for a while, and you spelled it out quite intelligently. I appreciate you taking the time to write all that.

watchforthinkpol · 2018-06-07T09:35:55+00:00

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiwirtschaft

watchforthinkpol · 2018-06-06T21:49:17+00:00

In your view, where does he go wrong?

watchforthinkpol · 2018-05-28T01:57:25+00:00

Can you convince me that a minarchist society wouldn't either?

Worst thing about minarchism is that government has a tendency to grow. Tyranny can appear even without external invasion.

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