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Raymond S. G. Foster

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Beyond Partisanship: Polarization, Personal Responsibility, and the Seven Core Strengths

Beyond Partisanship:

Polarization, Personal Responsibility, and the Seven Core Strengths


Modern politics often creates the illusion that society is divided into two fixed camps: one side that believes it is morally enlightened, and another that believes it is practically grounded. In reality, people are more complex than slogans, labels, and party identities. Yet political culture increasingly rewards oversimplification. People are encouraged to sort themselves into tribes, defend every position of their chosen side, and treat disagreement as betrayal. The result is a society where nuance disappears, conversations become hostile, and individuals lose sight of their own independence.


Many people who once strongly identified with a political movement later describe a common experience: acceptance and belonging often feel available only as long as they remain in agreement. The moment they question a doctrine, challenge a narrative, or reject a favored talking point, they may face exclusion, ridicule, or suspicion. This pattern…


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Raymond S. G. Foster

High Elder Warlock

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INTRODUCTION: THE CORE VIEW OF DRUWAYU


INTRODUCTION: THE CORE VIEW WITHIN DRUWAYU


Within the Druwayu tradition, Druans understand humanity through a single foundational insight that all human beings arise from the same underlying essence. This essence is the Wihas, the shared ground from which all reality is formed. It is not divided by culture, belief, status, or behavior.


From this recognition comes a dual responsibility:


First, to extend compassion to all people as expressions of that shared essence.


Second, to recognize that actions can distort alignment with that essence in ways that cause harm and disrupt the balance of communal life.


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Raymond S. G. Foster

High Elder Warlock

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THE FLAW OF NOWISM: Living in the “Now” Is Death


THE FLAW OF NOWISM: Living in the “Now” Is a Subtle Death
THE FLAW OF NOWISM: Living in the “Now” Is a Subtle Death

Nowism is The Subtle Death of Continuity


To “live in the now,” when taken as a total principle, is not liberation but diminishment. It reduces existence to a thin slice of experience, severed from the continuity that gives it meaning and the connections you have with those who have come and gone before you, and those who will come after.


  • That is not to say do not recognize each moment as valuable because it is the moment that makes the memory.

  • It is more of a warning not to become stagnant within it for it is like water. When it becomes stagnant, it becomes as poison.


Within Druwayu, reality is not a sequence of isolated instants but an unfolding whole, in which identity, purpose, and action arise only through the integration of what has been, what is, and what may become.


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Raymond S. G. Foster

High Elder Warlock

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Why I Stopped Believing in Christianity

Why I Stopped Believing in Christianity

A Personal Reflection on Time, Expectation, and Interpretation


My decision to step away from Christianity at 12 wasn’t sudden, emotional, or reactionary. It developed over time through a careful examination of whether certain claims—especially those tied to specific timeframes—actually align with observable reality.


This is not an attack on Christians as people. Anyone who interprets it that way is, in my view, reacting defensively rather than engaging with the argument itself and betraying the insecurity they are trying to suppress in themselves.


My aim is not to provoke hostility,


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kevindabbs63
kevindabbs63
Apr 09

Pretty much the same with me, except some others also, Noah's ark, and Ark that was smaller than the Titanic is going to house 1 family and 1000+ animals for 40 days and 40 nights, the Crucifixion, if Jesus died on the cross. Why did Nicodemus and John put expensive healing oils everyday on his wounds, waste of time and money, when Jesus came out of the tomb with 2 " Angels" ( they were humans) had white robes and long hair and beards, why did he tell Mary" do not touch me, I have NOT ascended to the father". I accept what others believe, but not agree with them, Jesus said,"The kingdom of Heaven is within you, so why does everyone look outward for heaven?

Everytime there is a war, the Christians best phrase" Jesus is comin" where is he, been having wars for last 100 yrs, churches use the Bible as a scare,control, tactic, be good go to Heaven, be bad go to hell, and that my Brother is a short essay of why I also left Christianity, so if we are going to he'll, we will have alot to talk about lol

Raymond S. G. Foster

High Elder Warlock

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Common Atheist Objections About Evil and God


Beyond the Soundbite

Challenging Common Atheist Objections About Evil and God


DRUISH AXIOMS


  • Reality is structured.

  • Outcomes arise from consequence, not purpose.


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kevindabbs63
kevindabbs63
Apr 05

What goes around, comes around, just like Karma, God allows things to happen, if he stepped in every time, we wouldn't have any free will and be like zombies, I always think of God as giving us a stern look, pointing his finger at us and saying, I DIDNT DO THIS ,YOU DID

When things go right we forget God, when things go wrong, we run to God, the person we forgot. Alot of these problems would be corrected if we get rid of the ego, stop judging, start loving, work together, not against, a boat in the water goes nowhere if to people are pulling in different directions

Raymond S. G. Foster

High Elder Warlock

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People Always Confuse These Four Things


People Always Confuse These Four Things

Necessity, Natural Rights, Privileges, and Entitlements


Introduction: The Invisible Collapse of Categories


Most people do not suffer from a lack of intelligence. They suffer from a lack of distinction.


In everyday conversation, political arguments, moral judgments, and even private expectations, four fundamentally different concepts are constantly blended together as if they were interchangeable:


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