This is a long but very informative and deep episode about The Foundations of Knowledge and the Hegemony of Faith. It’s really part of our efforts to study power, it’s strategies and effects on the dynamics of human society. The discussions are a continuation from the previous episodes where we discuss Putin’s Mind and Florida’s ban on teaching and Reimagining Peoples and the challenges in the world today stemming from privilege and position. But this kind of privilege and suspicion of the other exemplified in Putin's motivations is evident not only in politics but is the foundation of almost all major religions of the world. And religion or faith has provided the legacy of privilege, position, hegemony, dominance and wars such as the crusades and Suicide Bombings. Even as I explore "The Secrets to Unlocking Divine Intervention," one must be careful that this discovery is not presented or accepted as the ideal or better theology, but a perspective in reality from a subjective experience that may facilitate catharsis, or some broaden understanding or practice that may aid or support the dynamics and challenges of life.For when and if we’ve connected with “God,” we shouldn’t privilege that personal realization steeped in human prejudice or personal interpretation of that revelation which was probably meant for me and my Divine connection. Yet we have sought to universalize a brand of Divine intervention as if to proselytize or to create franchises instead of providing a perspective that may help to inspire and advance a human soul and preserve life. For if life is to be preserved then at times an intervention that is Divine may suffice to appease that Divine goal of life and the enjoyment it brings the Gods. If truth be told, we have universalized a brand of divine intervention so as to continue to assert our hegemony. But this is not new the beginnings of Christianity and the bifurcation of Judaism into "Jews for Jesus" and "Jews not for Jesus" created a situation where these positions jostle for positions that’s privilege themselves and beliefs over others. When you study the foundations and evolution of knowledge up to the patristic traditions and beyond you see how these branches utilized interpretive methods so as to assert their positions and Romanized Christianity which provided a victory for “Jews for Jesus” who at that point reposition themselves and started their hegemony and growth over the world. We will delve into these fully as I develop my final paper that looks at development of privilege and position.Furthermore, as we think about these matters and examine the foundations of religion, we see the polishing or incorporation of Socratic-Platonic philosophy regarding piety and "philosophical preparation" to achieve "eternal life" within the development of western foundations of religion. While the Jews look for a Hero that is Like that of the Greeks Achilles, those of the Messianic persuasion saw their hero as Jesus who is the Christ and who dies to save the day. One may come to a conclusion about the influences how the traditions of Greek philosophy are mixed elaborately within Christian traditions, as the early church and religious fathers had attempted to promote a religion that was better than the others. And the fathers were selective, ensuring that the traditions and literature that would create or lead to the hegemony of Christianity was included in the canon of scripture, which we now refer to as The Holy Bible, that was nonexistent in the patristic and the early part of the medieval period… we will break this segment into two parts one is an introduction about what we are doing here at the Neoliberal and what we are about. Then we introduce the topic picking up from last week and discuss the topic in Part 1, Part 2 and Closing arguments Segments outlining what occidentalism and Orientalism is. You may visit us at renaldocmckenzie.com and add our show to your library. Send us feedback via our contact.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support