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Nathan, I just discovered your excellent piece. I am not a fan of reading off screen , so I will print it up and finish it over breakfast. Will comment more once I have absorbed all the details.

(On a surprising side-note: the guy who just repaved our driveway had a couple of work stints at St. George's Orthodox Church in PA where you got baptized- although he otherwise lives here in Ontario). Looking forward to digging into your work...

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Thank you and I'm looking forward to what you have to say, Ruth. I am still very much processing all this. As you know, faith and technology is a titanic intersection of topics.

And wow, that's so funny about our shared worker.

Nathan

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Nathan, wow, what a piece. It was fascinating to read how Pageau and Peterson played a role in moving you toward your conversion. I remember when Peterson first entered the field and noted that (although he is not a Christian himself), he opened up the possibility of the Truth of the Christian faith to a generation that appeared unreachable or uninterested.

Your post contains so much intriguing analysis - what struck me is that this piece could be a whole substack on its own. I know that your focus is on poetry, but I think your experience and insights would be of great interest to others trying to find their way through the morass of current culture. There are at least six separate essays in this piece alone that would receive the attention they deserve if they were individual posts.

Looking forward to more of your work!

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Yes, you're exactly right about Peterson.

The post very much got away from me in a sense that it just kept growing and growing. You've given me plenty of food for thought. It could be profitable to break this post into several shorter ones. I'm a bit loath to speak about my own faith especially as I am still a babe, so to speak but I've heard from several individuals that this post was helpful for them so thank you for the encouragement.

Nathan

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Thanks. This was interesting to read; both for your story and to get a sense of the online world. I became orthodox without seeing anything online; rather entirely through attending services and reading a few recommended book. I've been told that's the recommended route, but also just how it happened. Yet I meet people who are watching videos or reading stuff online. Good to know some of what it's about -- and that it's not necessarily crazy.

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Mar 18, 2023
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Well said. I'm more in line with Pageau's approach to the culture at large but social media isn't going anywhere and the Church needs to seriously grapple with what that means for its evangelism. I think clergy should be leading the way.

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Thanks for the kind words, ZS. I'm glad you got something out of it. And there is more to come!

Nathan

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