Thank you for sharing this. Glen Roberts (writing from inside Crooke's consciousness) is doing something rare: he's taking metaphysics as seriously as geopolitics. That alone sets him apart from 99% of commentary.
But I want to connect his piece directly to my "Seven Deadly Sins" post — because they're describing the same disease from different angles.
I listed Pride first. Roberts diagnoses its civilizational form: the Western Christian "ego operating at civilizational scale, wearing God's face, convinced that what it is doing is faithfulness." That's not a political critique. That's a theological one. And it's devastating.
I named Wrath. Roberts shows it in Israel's governing coalition, where "eschatology" has replaced statecraft — where Ben-Gvir and Smotrich are not politicians but prophets of displacement. The knife on Moriah was not supposed to fall. In Gaza, it falls daily.
I called out Idolatry. Roberts agrees: "A God who is less than universal is not God. A God who is less than universal is the ego of a civilization, projected onto the sky and handed a weapon."
Where I part ways with Roberts is the solution. My sins framework suggests repentance and return to gospel humility. Roberts suggests something deeper: not just behavioral correction, but an ontological shift — from the ego's fragment to the universal ground. He's not calling Christian nationalists back to church. He's calling them out of a false God entirely.
That's harder to hear. It's also harder to dismiss.
What both Roberts and I agree on: the angel is still on the mountain. The knife does not have to fall. But the "ram in the thicket" will not appear until the ego — of nations, of traditions, of the self — stops mistaking its reflection for God.
That's not politics. That's the fight of the 21st century.
I am not a religious person at all and have arrived at a point where religion in today’s world represents evil - my opinion - in many places.
In theory the Bible speaks of sin as going against God’s will — morally, spiritually, or ethically. It’s not just about breaking rules; it’s often described as a condition of separation from God.
The original biblical words give extra nuance for me. In the Old Testament (Hebrew), one common word for sin means “to miss the mark.” In the New Testament (Greek), the word ‘hamartia’ also carries the idea of failing to hit the intended target. So biblically, sin can include:
* Wrong actions
* Wrong attitudes
* Neglecting what is right
* Rebellion, selfishness, dishonesty, cruelty, pride, etc.
Taking this definition and applying it to the world we live in today, ‘sin’ is rampant at levels probably never observed before. So if there is a God, what must he think of this mortal coil and its sinful inhabitants?
We are born in ego not sin. Wrong actions is karma yoga. My upcoming book Sacred Metaphysics and Consciousness The History of the Absolute and Eternal reveals the absolute objective eternal truth of goodness and beauty. You are not the body you are not the mind you are pure consciousness
Thank you for sharing this. Glen Roberts (writing from inside Crooke's consciousness) is doing something rare: he's taking metaphysics as seriously as geopolitics. That alone sets him apart from 99% of commentary.
But I want to connect his piece directly to my "Seven Deadly Sins" post — because they're describing the same disease from different angles.
I listed Pride first. Roberts diagnoses its civilizational form: the Western Christian "ego operating at civilizational scale, wearing God's face, convinced that what it is doing is faithfulness." That's not a political critique. That's a theological one. And it's devastating.
I named Wrath. Roberts shows it in Israel's governing coalition, where "eschatology" has replaced statecraft — where Ben-Gvir and Smotrich are not politicians but prophets of displacement. The knife on Moriah was not supposed to fall. In Gaza, it falls daily.
I called out Idolatry. Roberts agrees: "A God who is less than universal is not God. A God who is less than universal is the ego of a civilization, projected onto the sky and handed a weapon."
Where I part ways with Roberts is the solution. My sins framework suggests repentance and return to gospel humility. Roberts suggests something deeper: not just behavioral correction, but an ontological shift — from the ego's fragment to the universal ground. He's not calling Christian nationalists back to church. He's calling them out of a false God entirely.
That's harder to hear. It's also harder to dismiss.
What both Roberts and I agree on: the angel is still on the mountain. The knife does not have to fall. But the "ram in the thicket" will not appear until the ego — of nations, of traditions, of the self — stops mistaking its reflection for God.
That's not politics. That's the fight of the 21st century.
Thank you for your thoughtful reply. My metaphysics is established in the absolute objective enteral truth of goodness and beauty expressed in the virtue of Jesus Christ and the knowledge of Brahman all is consciousness Amen Namaste https://substack.com/@theverticaldispatch/note/p-195790820?r=1pgr4n&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-actionhttps://substack.com/@theverticaldispatch/note/p-195790820?r=1pgr4n&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Thank-you for this excellent article 🙏🏻
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I am not a religious person at all and have arrived at a point where religion in today’s world represents evil - my opinion - in many places.
In theory the Bible speaks of sin as going against God’s will — morally, spiritually, or ethically. It’s not just about breaking rules; it’s often described as a condition of separation from God.
The original biblical words give extra nuance for me. In the Old Testament (Hebrew), one common word for sin means “to miss the mark.” In the New Testament (Greek), the word ‘hamartia’ also carries the idea of failing to hit the intended target. So biblically, sin can include:
* Wrong actions
* Wrong attitudes
* Neglecting what is right
* Rebellion, selfishness, dishonesty, cruelty, pride, etc.
Taking this definition and applying it to the world we live in today, ‘sin’ is rampant at levels probably never observed before. So if there is a God, what must he think of this mortal coil and its sinful inhabitants?
We are born in ego not sin. Wrong actions is karma yoga. My upcoming book Sacred Metaphysics and Consciousness The History of the Absolute and Eternal reveals the absolute objective eternal truth of goodness and beauty. You are not the body you are not the mind you are pure consciousness
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