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Okay, this doesn't really make sense. And Arianism doesn't really make sense, because the entire point of Christianity is to say that Jesus is God, right? We worship Jesus, not God. So, if you're saying that God's superior, why shouldn't we worship God? Why shouldn't we worship God instead of Jesus, okay? So this is problematic as well. So what Constantine did was, he organized all the bishops of the different churches to come to Nicaea, it's called the Council of Nicaea, okay? In order to come up with a solution to this problem. And this solution is actually even more problematic than these three, okay? And it's called the Holy Trinity. So let's go over the Holy Trinity. What the Holy Trinity says is this. God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, they are separate, okay? But they are equal. 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Now, if you think about it, it makes actually no sense whatsoever. The only solution to this problem is, that this Holy Trinity is both nothing and everything at the same time. It becomes reality unto itself, okay? And the only way to understand this is to accept this as a reality, all right? So I know there's confusion, but think of the idea of money, right? Okay. So the idea of money is both nothing, and reality. Okay. Money is nothing, but it can be everything at the same time as well, because it symbolizes wealth, okay? Does that make sense? All right. So none of this actually makes any sense, and the only way that it makes sense is if you force it to make sense, if you just memorize it. So think of math class, okay? 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But as you can see, what's happening is that because people are forced to learn this, they don't want to learn this and it starts a series of wars within the Roman Empire because Constantine and the Byzantine Empire is going to enforce this orthodoxy onto every Christian church and it starts a series of wars.", "word_count": 160, "timed_chunks": [ { "id": "seg-0025-chunk-001", "start": 1523.25, "end": 1524.07, "text": "Yeah. Okay.", "word_count": 2 }, { "id": "seg-0025-chunk-002", "start": 1524.85, "end": 1525.93, "text": "We'll talk about this later.", "word_count": 5 }, { "id": "seg-0025-chunk-003", "start": 1526.07, "end": 1527.91, "text": "Okay? But yeah, if you work in Silicon Valley,", "word_count": 9 }, { "id": "seg-0025-chunk-004", "start": 1528.25, "end": 1532.79, "text": "you are a materialistic person who is incapable of thinking spiritually.", "word_count": 11 }, { "id": "seg-0025-chunk-005", "start": 1533.13, "end": 1534.65, "text": "Yes. 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Let those who have been accustomed unjustly to wage private warfare against the faithful now go against the infidels and end with victory this war, which should have been begun long ago. Let those who for a long time have been robbers now become knights. Let those who have been fighting against brothers and relatives now fight in a proper way against the barbarians. 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Yeah. Okay, back to your question. Okay. So this is what we call the placebo effect. Okay? The placebo effect is basically you feel really sick. And you're like, doctor, doctor, I'm really sick. I'm gonna die. Is there any medicine that can save me? And I'm a doctor and I don't want to say there is no medicine. So I say, okay, well, here's some, here's a medicine, okay? It might help you. But this medicine does nothing. You take this medicine and then you feel better. You get better. And this happens a lot, okay? It's called the placebo effect. So why does this happen? It happens because if you understand that mind leads to matter, then your reality is shaped by your perception, your belief. Okay? So, if you believe that this medicine can improve your body, then it will have effects, okay? The question though is how much do you really believe in this medicine?", "word_count": 160, "timed_chunks": [ { "id": "seg-0096-chunk-001", "start": 4882.15, "end": 4882.97, "text": "Okay. 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