orthopraxy >>>>> orthodoxy
August 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
orthopraxy >>>>> orthodoxy
the notion that gods are dependent upon human belief and even created by it I think is an extension of the Christian emphasis on faith on orthodoxy in contrast to orthopraxy.
September 23, 2026 at 12:31 PM
the notion that gods are dependent upon human belief and even created by it I think is an extension of the Christian emphasis on faith on orthodoxy in contrast to orthopraxy.
Orthodoxy replacing orthopraxy is one of the major flaws in some theological systems
Hot take: A certain kind of American leftism is deeply culturally Protestant, even if it disbelieves in God, because of its preeminent focus on having the right inner mindset and intention and feeling properly guilty about one's moral failings to live up to a certain standard.
One thing you can see in the latest Stancil blowup is that a sizable share of this website thinks that good intentions are the only thing that matter in policymaking, and expressing skepticism that a policy will really work as intended is equivalent to stealing food from the poor.
July 29, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Orthodoxy replacing orthopraxy is one of the major flaws in some theological systems
Propaganda as orthopraxy, per Ellul. It gives the base a way to participate. And it evolves with that participation.
March 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Propaganda as orthopraxy, per Ellul. It gives the base a way to participate. And it evolves with that participation.
There are two attributes a religious creed can have: orthodoxy and orthopraxy. Orthodoxy requires right belief. Orthopraxy requires right action. Christianity focuses on orthodoxy. Plenty of other creeds have no emphasis on orthodoxy, to the point that they validly include atheists
March 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
There are two attributes a religious creed can have: orthodoxy and orthopraxy. Orthodoxy requires right belief. Orthopraxy requires right action. Christianity focuses on orthodoxy. Plenty of other creeds have no emphasis on orthodoxy, to the point that they validly include atheists
He was quite possibly the most effective American Christian Clergyperson of the 20th Century from the perspective of orthopraxy.
January 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
He was quite possibly the most effective American Christian Clergyperson of the 20th Century from the perspective of orthopraxy.
Mohammed is just Bishop Arius + orthopraxy
March 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Mohammed is just Bishop Arius + orthopraxy
Even moreso of course if that magic *doesn't* work on physics-like principles. What if usually spells work, but sometimes, randomly, for reasons no one understands, they don't?
I'd expect an orthopraxy response - "well, you must have done it wrong, do it again!" 13/
I'd expect an orthopraxy response - "well, you must have done it wrong, do it again!" 13/
October 9, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Even moreso of course if that magic *doesn't* work on physics-like principles. What if usually spells work, but sometimes, randomly, for reasons no one understands, they don't?
I'd expect an orthopraxy response - "well, you must have done it wrong, do it again!" 13/
I'd expect an orthopraxy response - "well, you must have done it wrong, do it again!" 13/
I do not say this lightly: this two-hour 40k lore video is incredibly worth your time
youtu.be/07sBCdn7Zu8?...
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The Theology of Warhammer 40k
YouTube video by orthopraxy
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June 3, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I do not say this lightly: this two-hour 40k lore video is incredibly worth your time
youtu.be/07sBCdn7Zu8?...
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There's a lot more variety in mycelian sexes.
At least 3,000 of them qualify as "female" by conventional biological definitions, out of roughly 11,000.
They predate mammalial orthopraxy by a few billion years.
Silly species-come-lately bias.
At least 3,000 of them qualify as "female" by conventional biological definitions, out of roughly 11,000.
They predate mammalial orthopraxy by a few billion years.
Silly species-come-lately bias.
August 1, 2026 at 12:29 AM
There's a lot more variety in mycelian sexes.
At least 3,000 of them qualify as "female" by conventional biological definitions, out of roughly 11,000.
They predate mammalial orthopraxy by a few billion years.
Silly species-come-lately bias.
At least 3,000 of them qualify as "female" by conventional biological definitions, out of roughly 11,000.
They predate mammalial orthopraxy by a few billion years.
Silly species-come-lately bias.
Not orthodoxy, not orthopraxy, but a secret third thing (orthokardia)
December 18, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Not orthodoxy, not orthopraxy, but a secret third thing (orthokardia)
“I don’t get your gender”
Same, honestly, I don’t get my gender half the time either.
Fuck orthodoxy, it’s orthopraxy or bust.
Same, honestly, I don’t get my gender half the time either.
Fuck orthodoxy, it’s orthopraxy or bust.
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“I don’t get your gender”
Same, honestly, I don’t get my gender half the time either.
Fuck orthodoxy, it’s orthopraxy or bust.
Same, honestly, I don’t get my gender half the time either.
Fuck orthodoxy, it’s orthopraxy or bust.
“In other key ways, Deuteronomy aligns with a vision of Liberation Theology, which focuses on orthopraxy over orthodoxy - that is to say, what a person does is more important than what they believe.”
Did you know that, in so many ways, the Book of Deuteronomy is... liberation theology?
And that it's actually crafted as a bit of a 🖕 to the Assyrian Empire?
And that its power -- and its limits -- can teach us a so, so much about where we must be as we face down the Empire before us today?
And that it's actually crafted as a bit of a 🖕 to the Assyrian Empire?
And that its power -- and its limits -- can teach us a so, so much about where we must be as we face down the Empire before us today?
Deuteronomy's Liberation Theology
how it can teach us to expand our vision for tomorrow
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“In other key ways, Deuteronomy aligns with a vision of Liberation Theology, which focuses on orthopraxy over orthodoxy - that is to say, what a person does is more important than what they believe.”
ORTHOPRAXY >>> ORTHODOXY
June 20, 2026 at 3:02 PM
ORTHOPRAXY >>> ORTHODOXY
In my experience with American evangelicals, precious few have read the bible. They've kinda left the paradigm of orthopraxy or orthodoxy. Prosperity gospel being this ugly third thing.
August 19, 2026 at 1:55 PM
In my experience with American evangelicals, precious few have read the bible. They've kinda left the paradigm of orthopraxy or orthodoxy. Prosperity gospel being this ugly third thing.
Also orthopraxy isn’t inherently better, less oppressive, etc. than orthodoxy?
March 4, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Also orthopraxy isn’t inherently better, less oppressive, etc. than orthodoxy?
A professor whose class I took once suggested that “Orthodox” was the wrong word to describe religious Jews, with the word’s literal focus on belief, and appropriate for evangelicals whose religiosity is premised exclusively on embracing Christ. “Orthopraxy” (lit. correctness of practice) was apt.
And the idea that the world is separated into "belief" and "non-belief"? Yeahhhh that's the least Jewish idea in the world, by the way.
Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. But Jews can, are, long have been atheists, agnostics, that's a thing.
What matters to us is what you DO.
Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. But Jews can, are, long have been atheists, agnostics, that's a thing.
What matters to us is what you DO.
September 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A professor whose class I took once suggested that “Orthodox” was the wrong word to describe religious Jews, with the word’s literal focus on belief, and appropriate for evangelicals whose religiosity is premised exclusively on embracing Christ. “Orthopraxy” (lit. correctness of practice) was apt.
ORTHOPRAXY > ORTHODOXY. Yes yes yes!
September 29, 2024 at 12:28 AM
ORTHOPRAXY > ORTHODOXY. Yes yes yes!
I actually forgot I had the orthopraxy and orthodoxy memes. They would have been helpful a handful of days ago.
June 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I actually forgot I had the orthopraxy and orthodoxy memes. They would have been helpful a handful of days ago.
A beloved teacher was a Rabbi, who made a point how this is at the core of the Orthopraxy of Judaism.
Actions are good or bad. People aren't - and they're complicated and fail often.
Doing good things is important; understanding yourself to be a "good person" makes it much harder to do so.
Actions are good or bad. People aren't - and they're complicated and fail often.
Doing good things is important; understanding yourself to be a "good person" makes it much harder to do so.
IME, folks who think of themselves as "good people" also believe they cannot be harmful, because they are good people. They get extremely defensive when faced with even mild criticism about their actions and attitudes.
Because they are good people.
Because they are good people.
June 20, 2024 at 3:46 AM
A beloved teacher was a Rabbi, who made a point how this is at the core of the Orthopraxy of Judaism.
Actions are good or bad. People aren't - and they're complicated and fail often.
Doing good things is important; understanding yourself to be a "good person" makes it much harder to do so.
Actions are good or bad. People aren't - and they're complicated and fail often.
Doing good things is important; understanding yourself to be a "good person" makes it much harder to do so.
Everybody knows authentic means orthodoxy and orthopraxy
August 18, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Everybody knows authentic means orthodoxy and orthopraxy
The idea of religion as humble and self-effacing orthopraxy is entirely foreign to this kind of person.
October 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The idea of religion as humble and self-effacing orthopraxy is entirely foreign to this kind of person.