Jumala The Sky God

Jumala

The Sky God

Jumala—Finnish for “god,” the Finno-Ugric sky deity of thunder and lightning—names this blog exploring the intersection of authentic Christian faith, America’s democratic decline, and humanity’s struggle with its own contradictions. These are meditations from the edge of empire’s twilight, seeking light in gathering darkness.

Classical nude painting representing virtue, moral philosophy, and the timeless tension between stated values and practiced behavior.
Virtue

Virtue becomes performance in polarized societies. A dialogue with a frontier large language model examines how signaling tribal allegiances replaces substantive action—creating moral certainty that fragments coalitions and blinds participants to structural problems threatening the entire system’s survival.

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