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"This is it." #Bitcoin

“A human body is like a whirlpool, there seems to be a constant form, called the whirlpool, but it functions for the very reason that no water stays in it. The very molecules and atoms of the water are also ‘whirlpools’—patterns of motion containing no constant and irreducible ‘stuff’.”

— Alan Watts, The Book

Make #Bitcoin Legal Tender

As far as Bitcoin has come, it has far further still to go.

I don't think either one ever had a mystical connection to God. I do appreciate the beauty of their rituals and singing and I think it helps in discovering that mystical connection yourself.

Protestantism lost its power when it was liberated from persecution. They no longer had anything to prove, so they decayed rapidly. The ability to read the Bible was like opening Pandora's box, and most of what came out was just too much for most people. So the stories became flattened, easy digestible, and lost the depth of symbolism. I don't think I've ever found a verse that didn't have at least two ways to understand it. Not that I've looked exhaustively... But you suggest a deeper meaning to people and they think you're crazy. The same person will then insist that every story is literally true, which is also crazy, when divorced of its symbolic meaning. So the result is, mainline Christianity is now mythology.

The political churches decayed slower, but they got a head start. Maryology is useful for teaching women and teaching tolerance and virtues, but it is not present before the churches were gathered together by threat of violence under the state of Constantine. What Maryology really represents is the cult of Isis, which went into hiding when Christianity took over. Its in line with the other saints, which are roughly analogous to the archetypal gods they replaced. Pray to them if you want ; I'm not going to judge whether a person's disposition to an ideal is idolotry - but to use them as an intercessor to the intercessor is absurd, imo.

Well... I criticize everything. Hope it doesn't hurt, haha

Good points. Orthodox churches have the most in-tact mysticism. Varies quite a bit depending on the church and preacher

“God also likes to play hide-and-seek, but because there is nothing outside God, he has no one but himself to play with. But he gets over this difficulty by pretending that he is not himself. This is his way of hiding from himself. He pretends that he is you and I and all the people in the world, all the animals, all the plants, all the rocks, and all the stars. In this way he has strange and wonderful adventures, some of which are terrible and frightening. But these are just like bad dreams, for when he wakes up they will disappear.”

— Alan Watts, The Book

Hinduism is deeply insightful, but it is too specific to the culture of India, and is in general a bit too chaotic.

Islam is fitting for the warrior culture that is the Middle East, but lacks the love and compassion and feminine aspect of God which Mary represents.

Protestantism is merely watered down Christianity, and lacks mysticism.

Judaism gets some things right, but the New Testament is far more profound than the Old Testament, and the denial of Christ as God is a major hindrance to finding The Way.

Paganism/animism/shintoism is an excellent and intuitive way of understanding the natural world, but is less relevant when living in the modern world build by man.

In my humble opinion, the truest religions, which give one the most direct path to the Godhead, are Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, and Mahayana Buddhism.

When did you first realize #Bitcoin will win?

https://m.primal.net/MyxK.mov

The name of the game is this:

How much #Bitcoin will you own once the fiat music stops?

Over a long enough time horizon, nothing beats real corn in cold storage.

Native Bitcoiners will see a 50% price drop and be like: Is that all you’ve got?

MSTR investors will see a 5% price drop and be like: The sky is falling!

Observation: The MSTR investor community is a lot more skittish than the native Bitcoin stacker community.

More like day traders than savers.

#Bitcoin is the greatest savings method ever devised.