In these politically charged times, how should Christians understand the role of violence during times of tumultuous political change. Ellul helps us through this with the concept of "necessity."
I seem to recall reading about how Christ whipped the moneylenders and kicked their tables over before chasing them out of the temple.
I also recall him saying something about selling scrips for swords
The Knights Templar fought the Muslim to free the holy city.
Violence is necessary to bring the kingdom.
The neat thing about ontology violations is that they code as magical experiences. Though through that lens, something like "the metaphysical unjustifiability of necessary political violence" codes as a demonic horror. But it's fun, like imagining your survival instinct as a vicious tiger spirit-guide. Read here https://open.substack.com/pub/sectionalismnotes/p/life-of-pi-and-the-end-of-western?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=ncrz6
I seem to recall reading about how Christ whipped the moneylenders and kicked their tables over before chasing them out of the temple.
I also recall him saying something about selling scrips for swords
The Knights Templar fought the Muslim to free the holy city.
Violence is necessary to bring the kingdom.
The neat thing about ontology violations is that they code as magical experiences. Though through that lens, something like "the metaphysical unjustifiability of necessary political violence" codes as a demonic horror. But it's fun, like imagining your survival instinct as a vicious tiger spirit-guide. Read here https://open.substack.com/pub/sectionalismnotes/p/life-of-pi-and-the-end-of-western?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=ncrz6