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Fearlessness

The pearl parable teaches that fearlessness and refusal to obey convention are what make a person wealthy and powerful.

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Jiang's second characteristic of messianic calling is absolute fearlessness: the chosen person believes God protects him, or that death makes him an elect martyr whose followers continue the mission.

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Rome's Cult Of No Surrender

2024-11-07, day precision · Civilization #14: Hannibal Barca, Lucius Brutus, and the Triumph of Rome

Transcript

"Okay? And by doing so with his devotion he's able to save Rome by himself. So Rome right now is surrounded by this huge..."

Rome's Cult Of No Surrender

2024-11-07, day precision · Civilization #14: Hannibal Barca, Lucius Brutus, and the Triumph of Rome

Transcript

"They look the same. Lucius doesn't know who's the king and who's the secretary. You know at this point an ordinary person would be..."

Rome's Cult Of No Surrender

2024-11-07, day precision · Civilization #14: Hannibal Barca, Lucius Brutus, and the Triumph of Rome

Transcript

"You kill me there'll be 99 more. Okay? We are not afraid of you. You say you will burn me if I do not..."

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Sin Becomes A Technology Of Faith

2025-12-11, day precision · claims

Reading

A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s lecture on Jewish history, Sabbatai Zevi, and Jacob Frank: Jerusalem begins as an imperial hinge, exile becomes a crisis of faith, and Frankism turns sin, story, money, secrecy, and...

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