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articles in English, contemplation, dictatorship

An evil regime is conquering the nations. Will you resist? Will you survive?

Just look closer. What you experience now is not a political problem; it’s something that has to do with evil. This is the evil that’s conquering the planet. It has happened before in history, but never at such a large scale. Please look closer and recognise that this is a spiritual problem.

January 17, 2022January 18, 2022 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, dictatorship, ethics, globalisation, political anthropology

A great metaphor for a society that has turned upside-down: An arsonist becomes chief of a fire department (real news story)

Here is a weird coincidence, and I’m not sure whether it’s funny or sad. In november I published a article on the “Firefighter Effect” in International Political Anthropology and I argued that this world was actively promoting a reversal of values at global scale (e.g. healing vs killing, protection vs aggression etc.).

December 31, 2021January 18, 2022 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, dictatorship, media

Why “fact-checking” is not the solution to fake news but part of the problem

Modernity is the world of disconnectedness from reality. It has been cultivating the seeking of always new realms of experience, why, because the world that we had, the world was given to us, was sees as not good enough. S it had to be improved, or replaced witha better world.

December 14, 2021December 13, 2021 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, dictatorship, globalisation, video

Protests are not enough to stop the global tyranny | VIDEO

⁣⁣⁣The world is on the verge of the widest and most cruel dictatorship. This is a transition period. We need to act now, befor the system stabilises itself. But protests are not enough. Your Government must answer a number of precise questions.

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, Christian life, dictatorship, spiritual warfare, video

This world is going insane. What’s really important to be done | VIDEO

Courage and strength are important, but political action and protests need strong spiritual backup. We need not be naïve.

September 5, 2021December 13, 2021 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, contemplation, dictatorship, ethics, political anthropology, spiritual warfare

mRNA technologies and Trickster’s alchemy

Here’s a question: Does life need tricks to go on its way? Do the cells of your body need to be tricked into producing spike proteins so that your immune system recognise them as the bad guy and wage war against them, all this for the sake of a workout exercise?

August 27, 2021September 5, 2021 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, globalisation, the political

Babel at its peak: First time in history that a LIE was told in ALL languages

You had one year, Dear Government, ONE FULL YEAR to build those EXTRA hospitals you said you lacked in the spring 2020, which would have spared us these lockdowns. Have you done anything about that?

April 27, 2021August 27, 2021 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, contemplation, coronavirus, ethics, the political

Who are the superspreaders of lies and fear

I find it funny (and sad) how often the expression “super spreader” is being used these days. The one who coined the term must have been an expert in marketing and communication, not a medical doctor. The current “pandemic” is being managed by that kind of experts anyway.

March 25, 2021March 26, 2021 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, coronavirus, science, video

“Flatten the Curve” was flawed reasoning | VIDEO

While the peak is lower in a flattened curve compared to the natural evolution of the number of infected people, the total number of victims is roughly the same or even larger, because the area of the surface drawn by the curve is roughly the same.

March 19, 2021September 5, 2021 by Marius I. Bența

abortion, articles in English, Christian life, ethics, video

How can Church leaders promote these vaccines? | VIDEO

UPDATE: 9th March, 2021 Before promoting anti-covid vaccination, bishops and priests need to ask producing companies an important question related to the use of human

February 20, 2021March 20, 2021 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, contemplation, dictatorship, ethics

My message to medical staff these days. This has to do with doing procedures without consent

In case you’re a doctor or a nurse and you have uncertainties concerning your future activities in your profession during these confusing times, please take heed of the following things.

November 7, 2020August 25, 2021 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, coronavirus, dictatorship, the political

The “new normal” is at the doors. Here are a few tips for your techno-dictatorship survival kit

The non-neutral internet is going to make your life harder. You need to be aware and be able to distinguish between those things that you can do safely and those things that are not safe to do.

Here are a few tips for living in the new normal.

August 8, 2020November 8, 2020 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, media

Journalists live in a media bubble of the ‘global monastery’

I was wondering why bad examples propagate so quickly throughout the media, while good examples don’t. Wealthy advice for the poor A ‘news’ story that

September 17, 2017November 8, 2020 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, contemplation

Love poem to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

The Lord is a fountain of Love His Mercy will last forever His Sacred Heart is an attic of treasures For His humble servant and

January 26, 2016November 7, 2020 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, media, refugees, the political

Refugee crisis: How Europeans took the worst possible decisions (to the best dramatic effect)

Europe finds itself on the verge of the worst humanitarian disaster since the Holocaust. EU countries bear a direct responsibility for the origin of this

September 17, 2015November 7, 2020 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, contemplation, progress

Humans are not prepared to conquer other planets, here’s why

Isn’t it beautiful that dream of space exploration? That drive of the human race to reaching other worlds and to colonising them? Isn’t it charged

August 19, 2015November 7, 2020 by Marius I. Bența

articles in English, elections, the political

‘Go West’ or ‘Go away, West’?

We have elections these days in Romania. The country has turned completely upside-down, that’s my feeling. Politicians and journalists alike have lost their sense of

November 8, 2014November 7, 2020 by Marius I. Bența