00:00 Can we move beyond good and evil? https://rumble.com/vjbk1r-saving-private-godward-7-1-21.html
03:00 Godward on Justin the Martyr, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Martyr
25:00 Scholar of religion, John Z. Smith, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Z._Smith
45:40 Richard Spencer gets mean about Christianity and Judaism, https://youtu.be/RLVVrmbm1bc?t=5860
49:00 What does Judas Maccabeus want for his people?
1:02:00 In-group solidarity
1:10:50 If you get rich, you can have your own ethno-state, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_fIOjJQ13k&t=1421s
1:13:00 Billionaires have their own ethno-states
1:14:00 Racists are poor, the rich live in their own ethno-states
1:15:40 J.Z. Smith taught a university seminar on the Yellow Pages
1:24:00 Contingency, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contingency_(philosophy)
1:26:00 Do religions other than Christianity struggle with sin and evil?
1:28:00 Jason Kessler names his supporters
1:32:30 Europeans are the villain says RS
1:36:00 Why Did Charles Murray Vote For Joe Biden? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sni86jkLFkA&t=1178s
1:41:00 JZ Smith says there has never been a monotheistic religion
1:43:00 Monotheism as a term developed out of Christian polemic (Unitarians vs Catholics)
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