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Damon Linker: Passionate Skepticism S2 E4

Meditations with Zohar

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Selling Seats Is a Paradigmatic Story

The myth of Sinai and specifically or you know I shouldn't say myth in the pejorative sense I mean the cornerstone story but right that's a that's an ambivalent tale because it's one in which the prophet and the law giver leaves society to go get the law. When he when Moses returns he is confronted by a scene of idolatry and complacency and an axe out in anger. In Ignatian meanwhile his brother who's the priest has been providing the people with what they want  which may not be good for them. The job of the priest in a cynical sense is to be a kind of entertainer entertainer he's a he's trading in

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