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, from the edge of empire’s twilight, the intersection of authentic Christian faith, America’s democratic decline, and humanity’s struggle with its own contradictions.

Fireworks exploding in the night sky, symbolizing both celebration and the explosive tensions in American democracy.

Democracy commits suicide when its documents become inert scraps of paper. With fascism entrenched and the Constitution in tatters, a foundation LLM demonstrates how AI can draft clearer, more just amendments pairing every right with corresponding responsibilities—showing what’s possible.

Artistic depiction of the Good Samaritan parable, showing compassion across boundaries and the radical love Jesus taught.

To claim “I am Christian” requires clarification when authoritarian dogma has corrupted the faith. This meditation rejects theological constructs about Christ to embrace Christ’s example: loving next door neighbors as well as faraway “enemies,” feeding multitudes through shared generosity, choosing service over notions of “salvation.”

Historical photograph from the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, a stark reminder of freedom’s price and fascism’s horrors.

After Liberation Day tariffs devastate markets, what does real liberation mean? A dialogue with a frontier large language model explores organizing strategies for polarized times: building coalitions, focusing on concrete harms, and bridging divides through trusted messengers rather than virtue signaling.

Classical ruins symbolizing the decline and fall of civilizations, representing humanity’s persistent vices and follies across history.

A creative experiment in AI-assisted screenplay development explores human vice through absurdist post-apocalyptic fiction. Twenty years after ASI takeover, Chinese researchers document fragmented America’s competing societies—from ethnostates to Manhattan’s prison-turned-art-colony.

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

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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A vibrant rainbow over a coastal landscape, symbolizing hope, beauty, and the possibility of joy after storms.

Love requires joy. After decades mired in gloom—from failed entrepreneurial ventures to society’s unraveling—a father learns that rewiring his brain isn’t enough. His daughter’s persistence teaches him that joy requires moment-by-moment consciousness: a gift of gratitude and healing.

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