<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 19:06:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@matthewmencel/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Perfect Law of Liberty - Parasha Bereshit]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is the first of a weekly post on the interplay of Torah (the first five books of the Bible) and Politics (in particularly, Libertarianism). Every week, Jews of all denominations, including Messianic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/libertarianism/@matthewmencel/the-perfect-law-of-liberty-parasha-bereshit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/libertarianism/@matthewmencel/the-perfect-law-of-liberty-parasha-bereshit</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarianism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthewmencel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2016 23:44:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9RTqgzgfVW72JCF2rxGRcYyx1Yvz7ZPKNaJV47tdww4udZCMCj1aB3rsmiDYuz2MkhCPMCocTx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaining Kowledge: The Rationalist Revival]]></title><description><![CDATA[“And you shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free” -- Yeshua bar Yoseph (also known as Jesus the Christ) “What is Truth?” – Pontus Pilate This two thousand year old question is one that every]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@matthewmencel/gaining-kowledge-the-rationalist-revival</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@matthewmencel/gaining-kowledge-the-rationalist-revival</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthewmencel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2016 00:19:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/CQdwDW6BZfWYLQAX4C9uhASAwwqN46cRujgLgjRVEbN6qNdCoAqPfBe9zUzkKR8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Alt-Right is Right-Wing Communism]]></title><description><![CDATA[This past year has been a roller coaster of strangeness of American Politics. We have seen the rise of Black Lives Matter movement, which started out as a protest against police brutality against African]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/immigration/@matthewmencel/the-alt-right-is-right-wing-communism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/immigration/@matthewmencel/the-alt-right-is-right-wing-communism</guid><category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthewmencel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:47:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrLiDrrZiL5uU4fsf8fYY7bWjEQc58FYNQPaJ7FQafhoVr1HBx3VtshXYBv4dmzKDTj1Kfk68JvZPGG8Dk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Anarchist Wager]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the 1600s, Mathematician and Physicist Blaise Pascal came up with an argument for an existence of God based on the proposition the concept of gambling. He proposed that whether to believe in God or]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@matthewmencel/the-anarchist-wager</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@matthewmencel/the-anarchist-wager</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthewmencel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:03:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpx3faEQTiEhdoNQDUjg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus was not a Socialist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every Four years, Democrats will come out claiming that Christians should oppose cuts in Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid and that they should support the Democratic Party, because Jesus said that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@matthewmencel/jesus-was-not-an-anarchist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@matthewmencel/jesus-was-not-an-anarchist</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthewmencel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2016 21:35:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXp952w8284ir2eH6RQs7?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit: Agnostic- Believer]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the past couple of days there has been a great deal of controversy over Steemit. @dollarvigilante has been singing its praises ever since he has come on the platform and has made a significant amount]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@matthewmencel/steemit-agnostic-believer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@matthewmencel/steemit-agnostic-believer</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthewmencel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:49:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5CEvyaWxjaEt3FA7GFqXQVsUuYE8fuwBPpuHBhQEPMqqDr273t7dpF1wGyKxGsGE48mRAHtqWTu2G1tar?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Signs That You Might Be an Anarchist]]></title><description><![CDATA[You have heard the "You might be a Redneck" Jokes. This is my Anarchist version; enjoy! If you have been called a Fascist and a Communist , you might by an Anarchist. If you have ever have ever]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@matthewmencel/10-signs-that-you-might-be-an-anarchist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@matthewmencel/10-signs-that-you-might-be-an-anarchist</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthewmencel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 07:27:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/KWcVEiwEzuiGGuVCeLVBCiRpAtpxrke8skRkSDKY5gzXqhMshicHVWs8ZVcyV6dN37shgTYEbaGcEieq57?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government from beginning to end: God's War Against the Beast]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Christian Eschatology, there is a guy who will rise on the scene and become the ruler over nations, ruling with an iron fist and turns his wrath on all Christians and Jews. This individual is identified]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@matthewmencel/government-from-beginning-to-end-god-s-war-against-the-beast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@matthewmencel/government-from-beginning-to-end-god-s-war-against-the-beast</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthewmencel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 18:53:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchism, Physics and Divinity  Revised]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a working of blog post from an old account. What is anarchy? This is a question that has been a subject of several debates. The Statist would generally reply that it is chaos. The Anarcho-Communist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@matthewmencel/anarchism-physics-and-divinity-revised</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@matthewmencel/anarchism-physics-and-divinity-revised</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthewmencel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 04:45:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi, My name is Matthew Mencel, I had another account here on steemit already, but I had problems that caused me to lose all of my information. Instead of noting what my previous profile was, Let me reintroduce]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@matthewmencel/introduceyourself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@matthewmencel/introduceyourself</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthewmencel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 04:37:27 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>