rob hardy
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Worry Is Sin
The Manifesto
Worry is sin. Worry is blasphemy. It is doubt against reality, against creation. Each anxious thought spits in GOD's face. Your fear is faithlessness. A cancer of the soul that spreads until it paralyzes and kills. Worry is to wage war against the divine order. Against what must be. Every second spent in anxiety is a sin. B
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Great conversations give us this gift: we receive more than we sought.
We find ourselves saying things we didn't know we knew, wanting things we didn’t know we wanted, becoming someone we didn’t yet know we could be. The path matters because the path changes us, and in changing us, it changes where we can go next.
We find ourselves saying things we didn't know we knew, wanting things we didn’t know we wanted, becoming someone we didn’t yet know we could be. The path matters because the path changes us, and in changing us, it changes where we can go next.
A Philosophy of Conversation
Conversation isn’t the exchange of finished ideas but the collective creation of understanding that neither party could have reached alone.
A Philosophy of Conversation
“A conversation has a spirit of its own,” Gadamer writes, “and the language in which it is conducted bears its own truth within it.” This insight directly challenges information-transfer models of communication. Language isn’t just a vehicle for pre-formed thoughts; it’s the medium through which thinking itself happens. Or as Soleio writes, “Knowle... See more
A Philosophy of Conversation
Knowledge isn’t transferred; it’s born through the dialogue itself. The teacher becomes not an authority delivering pre-packaged wisdom but a partner in bringing forth what was somehow already there, unrecognized.
A Philosophy of Conversation
the most transformative dialogues often feature exploration rather than predetermined outcomes. We don’t know what we want, and we use conversation to get closer to articulating our desire. Some conversations are infinite, like games for their own sake.
A Philosophy of Conversation
There are only so many ways to begin talking, but with each exchange, the combinatorial space of what might come next expands dramatically. By the tenth turn of a genuine dialogue, we’re navigating billions of potential conversational states.
A Philosophy of Conversation
A conversation’s trajectory shapes not just what is said, but what becomes possible to say, in turn.
A Philosophy of Conversation
No one ever begins anything, except by grace. To sin means to think that one can begin something oneself. We never start anything; we always respond.
— René Girard
— René Girard