the one true way... to something scary
2009-Aug-01, Saturday 09:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellowtiggerMonotheism is once again scaring me.
I'd heard about "The Family" recently, but![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kauko reminds me about it today. They're a Christian group that teaches things like "Morality is for the little people" (rules of decency do not apply to those in power), "Jesus plus nothing" (meaning essentially the totalitarianism of Jesus-ites), and "Be more like Hitler" (demanding complete devotion to party and goals over personal life or standards). Scary, scary stuff.
Then today the headline comes in from Israel about a GLBT youth meeting ambushed by a masked killer, leaving at least 3 of these kids dead.
I repeat a previous statement of mine that monotheism is a great threat to world peace. I'll try to pay more attention to polytheist news to see if this kind of savagery is apparent there too. I don't really expect human nature to differ immensely from one group to another. I do expect, however, that the reinforcements of "one true way" thinking are responsible for removing important barriers to some of the darker motivations in human nature. After all, nothing is too shocking if (your belief of) God wants it that way.
Coincidentally, today I splurged and spent some money on a pirate fish pastafarian t-shirt. I'll consider sending some money to the buddhists and the hindus, since I've done my bit to support the atheists for today.
I'd heard about "The Family" recently, but
kauko reminds me about it today. They're a Christian group that teaches things like "Morality is for the little people" (rules of decency do not apply to those in power), "Jesus plus nothing" (meaning essentially the totalitarianism of Jesus-ites), and "Be more like Hitler" (demanding complete devotion to party and goals over personal life or standards). Scary, scary stuff.Then today the headline comes in from Israel about a GLBT youth meeting ambushed by a masked killer, leaving at least 3 of these kids dead.
I repeat a previous statement of mine that monotheism is a great threat to world peace. I'll try to pay more attention to polytheist news to see if this kind of savagery is apparent there too. I don't really expect human nature to differ immensely from one group to another. I do expect, however, that the reinforcements of "one true way" thinking are responsible for removing important barriers to some of the darker motivations in human nature. After all, nothing is too shocking if (your belief of) God wants it that way.
Coincidentally, today I splurged and spent some money on a pirate fish pastafarian t-shirt. I'll consider sending some money to the buddhists and the hindus, since I've done my bit to support the atheists for today.