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| author | Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com> |
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| date | Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:45:04 -0700 |
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| 204 </blockquote> | 204 </blockquote> |
| 205 <cite>Amos 5:15</cite> | 205 <cite>Amos 5:15</cite> |
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| 207 <p>The Arkian goal is to save individual families, and this is best done through a family religion. The Arkian religion is the religion of the Old Testament. The Old Testament religon began as the family religion of Abraham. This is the only Western religion that has been decribed as serving as a family religion.</p> | 207 <p>The Arkian goal is to save individual families, and this is best done through a family religion. The Arkian religion is the religion of the Old Testament. The Old Testament religon began as the family religion of Abraham. This is the only Western religion that has been decribed as serving as a family religion.</p> |
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| 209 <p>The Old Testament is unique among scriptures in focusing on the historical rise and fall of cultures. This is very relevant to the Arkian goal of understanding the evil of modern culture and avoiding it.</p> | 209 <p>The Old Testament is unique among scriptures in focusing on the historical rise and fall of cultures. This is very relevant to the Arkian goal of understanding the evil of modern culture and avoiding it. The Old Testament also takes the strongest position against adultery (sex between a married woman and man other than her husband), requiring adulterers to be stoned to death, which is ideal.</p> |
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| 211 <p>In the East, people belong to multiple religion. In the West, this isn't the case because each religion claims to have the exclusive truth. But since the Old Testament is part of the Christian Bible, there is no reason why a Christian couldn't also say that his religion includes the Arkian religion of the Old Testament. The core of the Arkian religion is to take the Old Testament seriously regardless of what other religious beliefs one has.</p> | 211 <p>In the East, people belong to multiple religion. In the West, this isn't the case because each religion claims to have the exclusive truth. But since the Old Testament is part of the Christian Bible, there is no reason why a Christian couldn't also say that his religion includes the Arkian religion of the Old Testament. The core of the Arkian religion is to take the Old Testament seriously regardless of what other religious beliefs one has.</p> |
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| 213 <p>Some (like me) may choose for the Arkian religion to be their only religion. In this case, I recommend reading <a href="/mikraite/Truth_and_Alternatives.html">Truth and Alternatives</a> and the book recommended there <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0096BCVPG/">The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture</a>.</p> | 213 <p>Some (like me) may choose for the Arkian religion to be their only religion. In this case, I recommend reading <a href="/mikraite/Truth_and_Alternatives.html">Truth and Alternatives</a> and the book recommended there <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0096BCVPG/">The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture</a>.</p> |
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