Tucker’s interview with @JayDyer lifted the veil on many “Christian” nationalists. If your worldview begins with politics and works backward into theology, you’re already headed the wrong direction. The Church isn’t a political project. We will gain many enemies on this path. ☦️
My “nominalism came from
Protestantism” is from famous *Lutheran* scholar Heiko Oberman. Protestants and shitlibs whining about it have never read the book- which demonstrates Luther’s influence from Ockham and Gabriel Biel
Jay Dyer on Tucker Carlson: How Medieval Philosophy Nominalism created modern transgender ideology:
“Nominalism is the idea that there are only names to things, not essences. So there’s no human nature. No dog nature. The ancient world believed things have real essences. Words described metaphysical reality.
Occam started denying that. It influenced Luther. Then Hume, Kant, the Enlightenment…
If things don’t have essences, then they don’t have genders objectively — everything is just a name.
So I can just name myself he, him, Zer, Z.
That’s the logical train from medieval philosophy to postmodern gender ideology.
It flies in the face of lived experience. You basically have to be indoctrinated to believe it.”
This is what happens when you meet a true God-bearing elder of the church. Look up who Roosh was. This blessing changed his whole life course. It's not like meeting a scholarly Christian. I cannot explain it, but when it happens, and God's grace is imparted, your heart sets aflame and YOU KNOW.
I have only met 1 my entire Orthodox life and I have traveled the world, been to Athos twice....maybe there were others and God hid them from me. The one I met was established by Elder Ephraim and her name is Mother Markella.
She looked at me, read my life, told me what it was and what my problem was without me even saying a word and the whole time I sat there my heart was bursting and tears filled my eyes. I felt the presence of Christ in this nun.
Its real. Protestantism and politics won't get us there. Prayer, fasting and self denial are a start.