08-25-2019, 03:20 PM
(08-25-2019, 08:55 AM)sbarrera Wrote:(08-23-2019, 11:26 AM)tg63 Wrote: Some really good stuff in here.
To your third point, religion and tyranny - I submit that they align not because of any shared values, but rather the shared need for authoritarianism by nn% of the people (I'll submit that nn = approx 30, but in the end it really doesn't matter what the number is).
I agree. Religion isn't about helping people; it's about sticking to a strict code of behavior, following traditional rules. It's aligned with law and order, and suppression of women and LBGTQ people, so it fits with the right-wing politics.
Should it though? Religion can be revolutionary. Is this an emerging time of change, where the social gospel gets dusted off, and the clergy become social justice leaders? It can play that way again, but it's a long shot.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.