Hey there.
I go back and forth on Europe's Protestant Reformation, which kicked off 500 years ago
this year.
But I have come back around, and I think it really does represent the birth of the Modern
World.
Let me explain.
The Reformation is part of the standard story of the Progress of Western Civilization.
Typically it's white washed as a courageous stand for individual conscience and freedom.
Our modern Enlightenment ideas of individual rights are supposed to have grown out of the
stand that people like Martin Luther and John Calvin took against the Catholic Church.
In the early 1900's German Sociologist Max Weber took it farther, arguing that there
was something called the Protestant Work Ethic that explained capitalism and the "natural
dominance" of Germanic and Anglo-Saxon cultures.
The closer I have looked into it, the more convinced I've become that this is largely
bullshit.
The true ideological successors of the Reformation aren't Bill Gates and Barack Obama, they
are Osama Bin Laden and Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
Yes, it's great that the power of the Catholic Church was broken, but it was broken because
these guys believed that religion should be more extreme, and should dominate life more
than it already did.
The reformation was not about freedom.
The followers of John Calvin in particular thought that everybody should live in a Theocracy.
Some protestants were just as happy to burn heretics as the Catholics were, and some were
even more bloodthirsty.
But the Reformation jihadis did bring us the modern world.
It was an unintended consequence, but it may be one of the most important things that has
ever happened.
The reformers believed that everyone should read the bible.
This meant that everybody should learn to read.
In 16th century Europe this was a pretty revolutionary concept.
Back then it was only a subset of priests, merchants and government officials who were
literate.
80 to 90 percent of everybody else worked the land, and there was no reason for them
to read.
From the 1500s on, certain rulers, most notably in Scandinavia, started to make broader literacy
a priority.
I've thought a lot about development lately, and I've become convinced that widespread
literacy is the most important thing that can happen to a country.
I love all eras of history, and have spent years studying ancient Rome, and Medieval
Europe.
But I sometimes question whether any history before widespread literacy really matters.
It's the ability to read and write that makes a person a real actor in society.
Knowledge really is power.
The story of the world before 1700 or so, in every country, may look different, but
it's basically the same thing.
Most of us human beings are agricultural laborers.
There's a small elite with all the power, and they squabble.
They fight over lands and people, and the suffering is often terrible.
New elites come out of the steppes, or across the seas, replace the old elites, increase
the suffering for a bit, introduce some new ideas, but never really improve things all
that much.
We like to romanticize these old Kings, Conquerors and Caliphs, but they are all really just
gangsters.
What changed all this was literacy.
Mass literacy gave us the world we know.
Mass literacy eventually led to mass politics, and makes power for a broader slice of people
possible.
Perhaps unwittingly the religious fanatics of the Protestant reformation set all this
in motion.
Places like Sweden and Switzerland are widely admired for their levels of development.
Their development leadership started because their rulers wanted everybody to read the
bible.
Weirdly, The unintended consequences of that choice made the modern world.
Thanks for watching, please subscribe, and there are only 17 days left to save this channel.
I've been humbled and amazed by the outpouring of support, but we've still got 43 bucks
to go before this channel can be considered viable.
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Hey there.
I go back and forth on Europe's Protestant Reformation, which kicked off 500 years ago
this year.
But I have come back around, and I think it really does represent the birth of the Modern
World.
Let me explain.
The Reformation is part of the standard story of the Progress of Western Civilization.
Typically it's white washed as a courageous stand for individual conscience and freedom.
Our modern Enlightenment ideas of individual rights are supposed to have grown out of the
stand that people like Martin Luther and John Calvin took against the Catholic Church.
In the early 1900's German Sociologist Max Weber took it farther, arguing that there
was something called the Protestant Work Ethic that explained capitalism and the "natural
dominance" of Germanic and Anglo-Saxon cultures.
The closer I have looked into it, the more convinced I've become that this is largely
bullshit.
The true ideological successors of the Reformation aren't Bill Gates and Barack Obama, they
are Osama Bin Laden and Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
Yes, it's great that the power of the Catholic Church was broken, but it was broken because
these guys believed that religion should be more extreme, and should dominate life more
than it already did.
The reformation was not about freedom.
The followers of John Calvin in particular thought that everybody should live in a Theocracy.
Some protestants were just as happy to burn heretics as the Catholics were, and some were
even more bloodthirsty.
But the Reformation jihadis did bring us the modern world.
It was an unintended consequence, but it may be one of the most important things that has
ever happened.
The reformers believed that everyone should read the bible.
This meant that everybody should learn to read.
In 16th century Europe this was a pretty revolutionary concept.
Back then it was only a subset of priests, merchants and government officials who were
literate.
80 to 90 percent of everybody else worked the land, and there was no reason for them
to read.
From the 1500s on, certain rulers, most notably in Scandinavia, started to make broader literacy
a priority.
I've thought a lot about development lately, and I've become convinced that widespread
literacy is the most important thing that can happen to a country.
I love all eras of history, and have spent years studying ancient Rome, and Medieval
Europe.
But I sometimes question whether any history before widespread literacy really matters.
It's the ability to read and write that makes a person a real actor in society.
Knowledge really is power.
The story of the world before 1700 or so, in every country, may look different, but
it's basically the same thing.
Most of us human beings are agricultural laborers.
There's a small elite with all the power, and they squabble.
They fight over lands and people, and the suffering is often terrible.
New elites come out of the steppes, or across the seas, replace the old elites, increase
the suffering for a bit, introduce some new ideas, but never really improve things all
that much.
We like to romanticize these old Kings, Conquerors and Caliphs, but they are all really just
gangsters.
What changed all this was literacy.
Mass literacy gave us the world we know.
Mass literacy eventually led to mass politics, and makes power for a broader slice of people
possible.
Perhaps unwittingly the religious fanatics of the Protestant reformation set all this
in motion.
Places like Sweden and Switzerland are widely admired for their levels of development.
Their development leadership started because their rulers wanted everybody to read the
bible.
Weirdly, The unintended consequences of that choice made the modern world.
Thanks for watching, please subscribe, and there are only 17 days left to save this channel.
I've been humbled and amazed by the outpouring of support, but we've still got 43 bucks
to go before this channel can be considered viable.
Click on the Patreon link to find out how you can help save this channel.
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I Am Losing Weight - Duration: 4:04.
I went to visit with my Jewish brother in Christ and friend, some weeks ago.
It was his 87th birthday.
He shared with me how the Lord Jesus visited him in a night vision.
He was so happy and humbled that his "…Lord would visit with him."
The Lord spoke to him quickly and turned to leave.
Just as He started walking away, my friend reached out to the Lord and interjected:
"I am very concerned that I am losing weight."
It would appear my friend was talking about his natural weight, but in a vision, such
as this, he was dealing with reality occurring in a spiritual atmosphere.
However, who would have imagined the Lord's response?
My friend expected the Lord to be sympathetic towards his concern.
Instead, the Lord responded firmly "…that's holy weight!" and just walked away.
My friend asked me what this could mean since I have exhorted, ministered to, and done Bible
study with him and his community for several years (Heb 10:25).
I had no idea then what the Lord meant, but the more I dwelt on it, prayerfully, the more
it became instructive for all of us.
Remember, the Lord said in the Bible "Come to me if you are fatigued with excessive (religious
and traditional) burden.
Worship, work, and associate with me; and you will lose all that weight so you can live
freely and lightly" (Mat 11:28-30).
I would have expected the Lord Jesus to say to my friend, "…it is okay, you are just
losing unholy weight."
It was not so because heaven's worldview is so different from ours (Isa 55:8-9).
We tend to regard the things we lose (e.g. weight or waste) as bad if we lose them to
gain something better.
However, the Lord focuses on results.
He views anything you do to gain holiness, as holy
(e.g. persecution is a holy thing—Mat 5:10-11, Psa 116:15).
For my 87-year old friend, each dysfunctional attitude, religious or traditional junk we
got rid of during our fellowships and Bible study, was a holy weight loss for a holy lifestyle.
Moreover, the Lord acknowledged him for that; and it was a blessing.
So how much holy weight are you ready to lose to live faithfully for God, our Heavenly Father
who loves you without measure?
Lose the weight of religion, live freely and share the lifestyle.
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heyyyyyy guys !! :) :P
so Alyssa ( my friend) and I are going to play never have i ever.
Sorry about the cards I know it's hard to see the writing :)
We both have :)
me being weird :P
it's ok it's true sadly
oh noooooo 'and; says Alyssa looking at the ground sadly thinking should i say it
Oh no gigiling is it a bad sign or a good sign..
nooooo please say neverrr
Oh nooo more stories when are the tales going to stop 'kidding'
When you imagine it all happening again and you just can't help but laugh..
Red llickerish with milk chocolate inside of it sooo yumm
BLAH BLAH BLAH
wait did she say fake or fate .. i wonder
noooooooooooooooooooooo
WOOO go Alyssa lol
FINALLY
OOOH Alyssa please tell
Them memes
oooh go on
awkward silence....
wait I thought you could read?? nevermind :)
But hasn't everyone
acterally five hours do sound a bit right
im joking we are joking
Noooo that's mine!!
oh my i guess ill never get that dollar back
my room is where you find all the treasures?
my left hand hates me
Emily: looks at the camera covers her mouth thinking- oh no i do this alot
that face lol
i remembered it was my chocolate lickerish lolly the thing that Alyssa was eating earlier
IT'S A PUPPET
yes please do that it would mean alot :)
Hey i have more than 30
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