WOMT: The Values Of The West: Anti-Authoritarianism
Everything really does start out with the people who stood up and refused to accept things solely on the authority of a Holy Book or Holy person (let's be honest here... Holy MAN). That really was the first step out of those darkened ages.
It's so heartbreaking to think of how many people lived in fear and were ultimately tortured and put to death simply for thinking outside the little box the Church kept everyone in. We're all so lucky to be living in this time and place — even with authoritarianism on the rise.
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WOTM: The Values Of The West: Anti Authoritarianism (YouTube)
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OK, eight shekels, but that’s my final offer!
It is fascinating —and discouraging— to realize that far too many humans still depend upon their amygdala which generates emotions to venerate an “Alpha Chimpanzee” rather than their cerebral cortex which applies critical thinking to whatever they observe in life. No wonder we’re reverting to the Dark Ages in this country.
Wait, wasn't "one man, one vote" one of those 600+ commandments in the Bible . . . along with advocating democracy, and all? Actually it seems that the Bible blathers on and on about the Kingdom of Heaven with Yahweh/Jesus at the top of the org chart . . . KINGdom doesn't sound too democratic.
The "church" (aka Catholic Church) recently claimed that atheists were headed for Hell. The practice of applying their church's rules to people not members of their church seems to be still in effect. In their heyday, at least the countries they were lording it over were professed "Christian countries," but now? Are they going to condemn all of the Muslims, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, Hindus, etc. and blow up any god will they have worked so hard to make with those other religions, or are they just punching down on the group they think will be least defended?